The basis for the improvement of American wheats . Fig. 8.—Bags of Wheat just harvested on the Bidwell Estate, Chico, Cal. (Original, i. Fig. 2.—Wheat Field near Tehama, Cal. i Original. 23 grown to some oxt(Mit. Othor sorts from the P^ast, such us Kudv. areoccasionally introduced, but these do not seem to yield so well, andbesides shatter so badly that they soon have to be given up. Nonshat-tering varieties are in great demand. In all portions of the State theincrease of the gluten content is probably the greatest need. All varie-ties grown in the State are winter wheats. One of the most inte
The basis for the improvement of American wheats . Fig. 8.—Bags of Wheat just harvested on the Bidwell Estate, Chico, Cal. (Original, i. Fig. 2.—Wheat Field near Tehama, Cal. i Original. 23 grown to some oxt(Mit. Othor sorts from the P^ast, such us Kudv. areoccasionally introduced, but these do not seem to yield so well, andbesides shatter so badly that they soon have to be given up. Nonshat-tering varieties are in great demand. In all portions of the State theincrease of the gluten content is probably the greatest need. All varie-ties grown in the State are winter wheats. One of the most interesting sections of California devoted to wheatculture is that of the -Tule lands, near Stockton. (See Plate III,fig. 1.) The great grain fields there show strikingly the possibilitiesin a rtHhunation of innnense marshes. They were once vast flats cov-ered with water, mud, and a growth of bulrushes {Scirpu.^ Idcustris)^called Tule in Spanish. By means of pumping, dredging, and throwingup levees these lands have l)een reclaimed, and now after many yearsthey are among the most fertile of the State. Wheat yiekls from 50to 8U Inishe
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