An introduction to agriculture . Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture of all these four grains are very much alike, but theyall differ very much from those of corn. 84. The Flowers and the Head.— Wheat has fromthree to five flowers placed in groups one above another 96 WHEAT, BAKLEY, EYE, AND OATS 97 and slightly overlapping on two sides of the of these groups usually bears three kernels ofwheat. Barlev is of two kinds, the six-rowed and the two-rowed. The six-rowed barley has six rows of distinctflowers, three on each side of the stem. Each of theseflowers produces a kernel of
An introduction to agriculture . Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture of all these four grains are very much alike, but theyall differ very much from those of corn. 84. The Flowers and the Head.— Wheat has fromthree to five flowers placed in groups one above another 96 WHEAT, BAKLEY, EYE, AND OATS 97 and slightly overlapping on two sides of the of these groups usually bears three kernels ofwheat. Barlev is of two kinds, the six-rowed and the two-rowed. The six-rowed barley has six rows of distinctflowers, three on each side of the stem. Each of theseflowers produces a kernel of grain. In two-rowed. Yecurhook of the Department of Agriculture barley only one flower on each side of the stem developsinto a kernel of grain. Rye has four rows of flowers, two on each sideof the stem, each of which produces a kernel. All three of these grains, wheat, barley, and ryeform their grains in a compact, elongated mass calleda head. Oats differs from them. Oats forms its flow-ers, and consequently its grain, in clusters at the ends 98 AN INTKODUCTIOX TO AGRICULTURE of little stems. These clusters of flowers resemble theflowers of wheat, and each cluster generally forms twokernels of grain. 85. Varieties of Grains.— All our State Agricul-tural Colleges have been instrumental in developingvarieties of wheat, barley, rye, and oats best adaptedto their respective states. Any farmer may find outfrom his state agricultural college, or his county agri-cultural agent what varieties of these grains are bestadapted to his soil and where the best seed can be ob-tained. The teacher should get the pupils
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