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Utah State University

1915

Home grown

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Bulletin No. 137 - The Quality Of Home Grown Vs. Imported Wheat, Robert Stewart, C. T. Hirst Feb 1915

Bulletin No. 137 - The Quality Of Home Grown Vs. Imported Wheat, Robert Stewart, C. T. Hirst

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In 1907 a number of new varieties of wheat were introduced into Utah and have since been grown on the Nephi Experimental Dry Farm, under strictly dry farm conditions. In view of the well-known influence of environment upon the quality of the wheat it is of importance to study the effect of climatic conditions in Utah upon this introduced seed. Wiley (1) says: "The quality and properties of wheat depend more upon the environment in which it is grown than upon the species to which it belongs. There is perhaps no other field crop in which environment, namely, conditions of …