. Agriculture for beginners. ant varieties are as follows : I. White Bui-ley. 6. Sumatra. 2. Prince Bismarck. 7- Connecticut Seed Leaf. 3- General Grant. 8. Hyco. 4- Ya/jw Orinoco. 9- Havana Seed. 5- Havana. 10. Pryoir.^ II. Perique. SECTION XXXIV —WHEAT Wheat has been cultivated from earliest times. It was achief crop in Egypt and Palestine, and still holds its impor-tance in the temperate portions of Europe, Asia, Africa,^1 Australia, and America. This crop ranks third in value in the United N M\Mt///J^ \MMMtk^::^=^-r-~^ States. It grows in cool, temperate, and warmclimates, and in manykinds
. Agriculture for beginners. ant varieties are as follows : I. White Bui-ley. 6. Sumatra. 2. Prince Bismarck. 7- Connecticut Seed Leaf. 3- General Grant. 8. Hyco. 4- Ya/jw Orinoco. 9- Havana Seed. 5- Havana. 10. Pryoir.^ II. Perique. SECTION XXXIV —WHEAT Wheat has been cultivated from earliest times. It was achief crop in Egypt and Palestine, and still holds its impor-tance in the temperate portions of Europe, Asia, Africa,^1 Australia, and America. This crop ranks third in value in the United N M\Mt///J^ \MMMtk^::^=^-r-~^ States. It grows in cool, temperate, and warmclimates, and in manykinds of soil. It doesbest in clay loam, andpoorest in sandy soils. Clogged and water-soaked land will not grow wheat with profit tothe farmer ; for this reason, where good wheatproduction is desired, the soil must be welldrained and in good physical condition,—thatis, the soil must be open, crumbly, and mellow. Clay soils that are hard and lifeless can be made valuablefor wheat production by covering the surface with manure,. 164 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS by good tillage, and by a thorough system of crop make a most valuable crop to precede wheat, forin growing they add atmospheric nitrogen to the soil; theirroots loosen the root bed, thereby admitting a free circula-tion of air, and adding humus to the soil. Moreover, the cowpea leaves the soilin the compact conditionso much desired in wheatproduction. One may secure a goodseed bed after cottonand corn as well as afterpeas. They are summer-cultivated crops, and theclean culture that hasbeen given them rendersthe surface soil mellowand the undersoil firmand compact. They arenot so good, however, ascowpeas, since they addno atmospheric nitrogento the soil, as all leguminous crops do. From one to two inches is the most satisfactory depth forplanting wheat. The largest number of seeds comes upwhen planted at this depth. A mellow soil is very helpfulto good coming up and provides a most comfortable homefor the root
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