The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-09-06

| The land on which the wheat was
sown was Il claycy loan, rsloping to
the south. Oats were grown on the
land in 1877 and corn in 1876. No
manure was applied for several
years, but the land was sub-soiled in
1876. In September, 1877, the land
was plowed ten inches deep, thor
oughly pulverized with the harrow
and clod-crusher, and the wheat sow
cd with drill on September 20, at
the rate of one aud half bushels
| per acre. ruN Heiah
Ii will be seen from the above ta-
BILE that the time of ripening varied
from june Sth 10 July 3d--a fact
which would be of great advantage
10 those having large amounts of
wheat TO harvest, ami by sowing the
earliest, medium and late varieties,
the time Of harvest would he pro-
longcd nearly four weeks. II will
also be seen that by far the largest
number of tue, varieties. yielding
more tlaii twenty fbusliels per acre.
ripencd between the 17tli aud 2lst of
June, indicating that the most profit
able sorts Are neither the carlicst.nor
the latest. II is TRUE that the early
varieties are less troubled bv the
llessian ily and rust, but fortunately,
with the single exception noted above
this crop suffered from neither of
these drawbacks. One of the most
valuable columns in the table is the
seventh, showing the weight of the
straw to each bushel Of grain, as the
straw takes n large amount of nutri-
tious matter from the soil. and il
of comparatively little value to the
culiiyaior.f Ia those Varieties yield
Ing twenty or more bushels per acre,
the amount of straw per bushel |
varied from Do, pounds in the Claw
son 10 201.6, pounds in the Russian
No. "a difference of 1852 in favor
of the Clawson. A bushel of Claw son |
wheat requires for IFS growth LOS
pounds ofsoda and potash; a buslcl of
the Russian No. requires rs
pounds of the same elements, or, in
other words, crop of 50 bushels of
Clawson is no more exhaustive TO the
soil than is crop of 20 bushels of
the Russian wheat.
A few of the Russian varieties (the
seed of which was received from one
Of the agricultural schools of Russia),
promise well, and may produce some
Thing of value when they have be-
come acclimatized. They are nearly
al characterized by very long heads
and heavy straw. The Oregon va
rites seem quite untitled fer our hot,
dry climate. The English sorts,
la i - |
etc, are also very poor. Quite n
number of these varieties were tested
during the past year AZ the Michigan
Agricultural College of the leading
varieties: Shumaker, 1913 bushels;
Fultz, 3S.5 bushels; Michigan Wick,
1888 bushels; jennings White, 81
bushels; ClawsOn, 2i.8s bushels;
2i.sS bushels Musk
ingum, 25.5 bushels; Treadwell, 23.8
bushels; Delhi, 1913 bushels; Arm
Dld's Gold Medal, % bushels; Arm
Dld's Hybrid (red), 30.1 bushels. The
varieties varied in yield
from 0.S5 TO 20 bushels, most of them
below 10 bushels, results of which
very nearly agree with those secured
here.
The trial of all those and some
other varieties will be continued an
other year, and the next report win
give the results of the two tests. The
results of this trial should not be ta-
ken as being anything more than an
indicator of the best varieties, as the
success of any farm crop depends
upon so many attendant circum-
stances the amount of .rain ut differ |
ent times, the severity of the weather
and many other matters, winch ii Is
TO provide tor, that sew
eral trials must be had before rclia-
BILE calculations can be made.
G.. C.. SWALLOW,
Dean All College.