. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 34 THE BOOK OF THE FARM WINTER. Fig. 304. (1509.) Barley.*—liB botanical poaiiion ia the 3d claas Triandria, 2d order Dig^nia. genus Hor deum o| the Liniiipan gystem, and in the natural order of the Graminrtr. Profewwr Low divides the cultivated barley into two dlBtinctions, namely the 2-rowed and the 6 rowed, and each of thc§e comprehends the ordinary, the naked, and the (prat or battledore Mr. Lawson dewriben 20 varieties of hurley;* w
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 34 THE BOOK OF THE FARM WINTER. Fig. 304. (1509.) Barley.*—liB botanical poaiiion ia the 3d claas Triandria, 2d order Dig^nia. genus Hor deum o| the Liniiipan gystem, and in the natural order of the Graminrtr. Profewwr Low divides the cultivated barley into two dlBtinctions, namely the 2-rowed and the 6 rowed, and each of thc§e comprehends the ordinary, the naked, and the (prat or battledore Mr. Lawson dewriben 20 varieties of hurley;* while the Mutu-um of the Hichland and Agricultural f?(K'icty contjiins Bjiecinieng of 30 varie tles.|| The natural claiuiifiraLion of Harley by the ear is obviously of three kindx. 4 rowed, tirowed. and 2-rowed. Fig. 304 represents the three forms, where a is the 4-rowed, or here or bigg : c is the firowed : and b the 2rowed ; all of which figures represent barley in half its natural size. Of these the here or bigg was tliat which \\ cultivated until a recent perioti, when tJie 2 rowed has almost entirely supplanted it. and is now the most commonly cultivated variety, the G-rowoii being rather an object of curiosity than culture. (1510.) In classifying barley by the sr>'ain, there are just two kinds, bere or l"irg. and barley ; and thouL'li both awned. are sufficiently marked to constitute dis- tinct varieties. In the here, the median line of the bosom is so traced as to give llie grain a twisted form, one of its sides appearing larger than the other. In the barley the line passes straight, and divides the grain into two equal sides. They are both represented in tig. 305, where a is the bigg, with the twisted-like grain, and lengthened point from which the awn has been broken otf; and h is the barley, whose shortness and plumpness give it a character of superiority. Both iliese clusters of grain are of the natural size. The bigg has long been recognized in Scotland
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