Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . Wheat Districts of the United States. District No. 5.—The medium hard spring and winter wheat is grownin the extreme Northwest, Washington, Oregon and Idaho. The wheatin this section is medium in quality, much of it having a bleached, dullappearance. The principal varieties of winter wheat are Forty Fold,Red Russian and Jones Winter Fife. Bluestem is the leading springvariety. Wheat Improvement.—Every wheat grower should ascertain, bytest or otherwise, the variet
Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . Wheat Districts of the United States. District No. 5.—The medium hard spring and winter wheat is grownin the extreme Northwest, Washington, Oregon and Idaho. The wheatin this section is medium in quality, much of it having a bleached, dullappearance. The principal varieties of winter wheat are Forty Fold,Red Russian and Jones Winter Fife. Bluestem is the leading springvariety. Wheat Improvement.—Every wheat grower should ascertain, bytest or otherwise, the variety best suited to his conditions. The varietytests at the nearest experiment station will generally indicate the bestvarieties for similar conditions. For a community located on soil differentfrom that of the nearest experiment station, an ideal plan is to organizea community seed association. A variety test of wheat should be con- WHEAT 67 ducted on some central farm. After the best variety is determined, thefarmers of that commmiity will find it advantageous if all grow the samevariety of wheat. The advantages of such a p
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