Show BEST IDEST KIND OF BARLEY common six rowed variety has been solen fourd preferable plant la Is shallow feeder its lt roof roots growing near surface of soil soll no crop responds Rei pond more quickly 0 9 good tillage afy ty P X STONE darle barley commonly la Is clarified as ex koweil four our homod row od and two rowed there are bearded beard u lvis and hul loss lesa varieties under these classi fica eions and there are also tall and ald a ld spring Tarle ties as in wheat the term variety Is used by plant bree breeders dors and farmers in a wider and less rigid eena een a than that applied by the botanist raea rates of bar ley the type of which has been mate mato changed by careful selection or cross breeding for a period of years la in common practice are designated as 1 varieties cheri a superior barley has bas been developed from a single seed and carried through a course of sey eral years breeding by selection or hybridization and ia lection and a rec ree ord kept of the same it la is known as a U pedigree barley experiments with two rowed barley through several yeara years breeding work clearly prove that the fanner farmer generally speaking can not get got the return retura ji this crop that can bo be secured with the six all rowed variety it la Is not ua as uniform in breeding as tho the six rowed barley the straw la Is frail trail and lodges easily thereby injuring the quality of tho the grain and reducing the tha yield barley Is a shallow feeder its roots growing near the surface of the soil it does not feed so extensively as oat ont 4 or wheat therefore it requires a well subdued mellow rich soil with fertil ity RY near the surface no crop respond responds more readily to good tillage and the prudent farmer soon finds that it will amply arvay him to put extra cultivation with disk and fine tooth harrow upon the land in preparing a good mellow seed bed it Is useless to try to grow barley upon poor sandy lands or worn out soils neither docs dots it do well en on ground that has been newly cleared or where tho the land Is in poor or not w wll all drained |