Delta chief., 1885-11-18

found bad air IN his -hennery, Whlcn couiu
not be got out ; that was point not thought
of when he constructed 1t. So he made
fue reaching up to the gable of the roof and
running down to within five inches of the
bottom of the hennery. He had no difficulty
after that in making that room just as nice
in its atmosphere as your barn or house. The
draught was. altogether up. Air enough
came in, although the windows were as tight
as could be. The result was pure air; chick
ems never diseased they were healthy and
happy, growing and cackling and laying nice
eggs. There is no need of freezing birds
combs. have kept Leghorns for years and
never had Il comb freeze-Nc,o York Ti'i-
June.
PROF. BLoUNT ON WINTER SOWING. .
Prof A. L. Blount, of the Colorado Agri-
cultural college, gives the following results
of his experiments with winter wheat sowing:
In October, 1854, in clay loan, with firm
clay sub.sol and without manure, several
varieties of winter wheat, having been tested
several years, were sown on corn stubble on
the farm and on the experimental grounds,
three from India three from Australia, and
seven hybrids-all in the dry, dusty soil,
without moisture mutually or artifcially sup
Piled For want of a fall irrigation none of
these wheats came up until spring. All
made fair yields OF grain, those proving en-.
tirely successful being the Black Bearded
Centennial, Hebron, Fultz, Clawson, French
Imperial and the seven hybrids. The six
foreign wheats failed to germinate satisiac
iorily, and four, being soft kind badly rusted.
Thus far the experiments annually made
with fall.sowp wheat have been quite sue
cessful the grsins being larger, plumper and
more abundant where moisture enough exist.
ed to germinate the grain at seeding time.
One irrigation before sowing fall wheat has
been found sufficient to carry it throught the
winter. While the experiments on the Col.
lege farm have been generally successful,
they do not warrant the farming community
in adopting the practice in all localities and
under all circumstances, principally on ac-
count of the absence of moisture or lack of
water to irrigate before sowing. When all
conditions are favorable the advantages de.
rived from sowing wheat in the fall are de.
cidedly in favor of the practice-the grain
being better in all respects, ready for market
earlier and so much being out of the way Of
spring plowing.
OF the 3i3 different varieties of spring and
winter wheat now ON hand in small quaint.
ties at the College, but few were sown this
year, most of them after several years trial
being found of little value. Some have
proved themselves excellent for the mill bu,
very expensive for the farmer. Some have
been very productive and in every way suited
to him while very deficient in good milling
properties. As u general thing the more
prolific kinds are wanting in the elements
that make the best of -four and, on the other
hand those that make good -four often shell
to deterion,te rapidly when proper and careful
selection Of seed is neglected and when wheat
is raised successively in the same soil yeas
after year. Experiments show conclusively
that wlvat will not "run OUT or deteriora'e II
careful selection of seed and proper rotation
of crops nre annually maintained. In our
State every farmer having facilities for irri-
cation has his crop in his own hand after
yerrnination. But one or two unavoidable
accidents ever occur 10 seriously Interfere
with his making an average crop every seas.
son (hail and damp nights followed by hot
sun once in great while damage the crop
and cause the soft varieties to rust)--and fur
ther, up to this time the wheat crop has never
been molested by noxious insects, such as the
Hessian fly, midge, chinch bug and weevil.
nor has our soil ever refused to yield abund'
ant harvcsts when properly cultivated.
Only such ofthc above named wheats as
have proved worthS1pf propagation, those
from foreign countries and the crosses were
sown and cultivated this year. Even some
of the soft kinds that have never before show
any signs OF failure have succumbed this
season to the rust. The same complaint is
made by farmers all over the State. While
soft wheat is generally more prolific in good
wheat seasons and sell well on appearance,
they cannot be depended upon. All the hard
wheats have held their own where they re.
ceiyed proper attention. The Russian pro-
duced % to % pounds per :. r. the flies 81 to
90 pounds and their crosses "a to 2S pounds,
or at the rate Of "a to "A bushels per acre.
In field culture 80 pounds per acre is the
standard amount which is found in all eases
with all kinds Of wheat and in all soils to
produce better and more grain-than heavier
seedng-when sown earlier and under favor.
able conditions. Among the soft wheats
the White Mexican produced 20 pounds, Aus
ITALIAN IN Orevnn CIuh 10 and the Chilli 10