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LESSON XXX.
USEFUL GRAINS.
Wheat and corn are caled grain because they are smal, hard seeds What other kinds of grain can you name?
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Which of these grains is used the most? Which makes the choicest
flour?
Some kinds of wheat are sown in the spring. These are caled spring
wheat.
Winter wheat is sown in the fal. A few days of sun and rain, and the
plants spring up like grass, remaining green through the winter.
What color does the wheat turn as it ripens? When it is ripe what is
done with it?
For what is the flour of wheat
used?
RIPE WHEAT.
What is sometimes done with the stalks, or straw?
Indian corn is one of the most useful of plants. Do you
know why it is caled Indian corn? It is because the
Indians first raised it.
When is corn planted? How is the land prepared for
planting? What is done to the corn while the plants are
smal? When does it ripen? How tal does it grow?
What is the stem
of the corn
caled? What
are the flowers