Here you can see the difference between an ear of barley and wheat. The barley has seeds arranged in two rows one on each side of the stem. Each seed has an elongated tip making it very distinctive. There are many fields of barley in and around Rush. Barley is used for brewing beer and feeding livestock.
Wheat is used for making bread, biscuits cakes and also for feeding livestock. In the field the crop has a blue green tinge. The stem and ear of wheat are held upright until just before harvesting when the colour changes to brown and the ear bends over. Wheat needs very fertile soil to grow well.
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