86 PROJECTS, IN GROWING SMALL GRAINS 
Choosing the Type of Wheat.—By the aid of the map one 
may decide which type of wheat is best suited to his own vicinity. 
(Fig. 55.) Both winter and spring wheats have hard and soft 
varieties. Decide which one of the following types would suit best 
for growing at home: Hard winter wheat ; semi-hard winter wheat ; 
soft winter wheat ; macaroni wheat; hard spring wheat ; soft spring 
wheat ; Mediterranean wheat; durum wheat. (Figs. 57 and 58.) 
Note that along the Pacific slopes white winter wheats are chiefly 
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Fic. 55.—Regions for different types of wheat. (Montgomery’s Productive Farm Crops.) 
grown. Note that the region marked in figure 55 in the dry region 
east of the Rockies is durum wheat. It extends from Texas to 
North Dakota and Montana. 
Ask wheat growers and seedsmen of your county what varieties 
and types of wheat are grown locally. Get samples of these and 
decide whether they are hard or soft, red or white. 
Rotations for Wheat.—As the proper kind of rotation is so 
important in wheat growing, this should be considered before 
deciding on what field to grow the next crop. Wheat-growing 
sections of Europe and America have succeeded in devising suitable 
systems of fixed rotations, by which soil fertilizers suited to wheat 
may be fairly well and permanently maintained. These vary accord- 
ing to the soils of different regions throughout the middle and 
northern latitudes. The most popular three-vear rotation in wheat