St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-14
WHEAT TESTS.
Successful Experiments Made by Michi-
gan Farmer.

gan Farmer.
A Michigan correspondent gives the
results of experiment with three kinds
OF wheat during the last season:
Niger, Red Diehl and Clawson were
the varieties grown. VIII first speak of
the Niger wheat. 1t is red, bearded,
white chaff variety, tall, stiff, bright
straw, hardy, free from rust, large berry
and good yielder. It should be har-
vested before dead ripe or it will shell
badly, as the kernels are so large and
the chaff SO thin they burst open if left
stand too long.
VIII take up Lot No. and go into
detail. Number of acres, fourteen and
q half; was ploWed for corn in the
spring Of 1888; one-half of it was ma
nured, fifteen loads per acre, and plowed
under. The fall following was sowed
TO wheat after corn was cut. After
harvest, in the summer of '84, was
plowed for wheat and the balance OF
the field MANFRED and plowed under.
Was drilled in with Niger wheat the
10th TO 18th of November. Fair amount
Of tillage. There were $50 dozens on
the field, which threshed out 321 bushels,
machine measure, or 351 bushels by
weight; it oVerrun about seven pounds
TO the bushel as measured by the thresh-
er. Omitting fractions, it yielded twenty.
four bushels per acre.
Lot No. contains six and one-fourth
acres; was plowed for corn in the spring
of "a: twenty loads of manure (mostly
horse) to the acre was plowed under,
after corn was cut; was cultivated once
with two-horse riding cultivator,
which was followed by buckeye drill
and one and one-half bushels Niger
wheat drilled in per acre. The time
was 18th to goth of September, in the
fall of '84. There were 24O dozens,
which yielded 225 bushels, machine
measure, and PSI bushels by weight, OF
forty bushels per acre of plump wheat
This remarkable yield on corn ground
is not because of extra tillage-but the
manure that was plowed under when
planted to corn is the direct cause.
Lot No. 3 contains six and one-hali
acres; has been titled the same as Lot
No. 2, with the exception that no ma.
nure was put on when plowed for corn,
but in previous years it had been ma
nured heavily. Variety, Red Diehl.
This is a smooth, small, round berry,
stiff straw, white chat, and yields bic |
for the amount of straw grown. Just
the variety for very rich soil. LotNo. 6
was sown to wheat the 9Th to 10th Of |
September, one and one-half bushels |
seed being used to the acre. There |
were 270 dozens, which yielded ZOE |
bushels by measure and 225 by weight, |
or thirty -four bushels per acre.
The above tests were accurately and |
carefully made and can be relied on.
The other give is guesswork in bushels
but correct in acres and dozens.
Lot No. A worked the same as Lot No.
l.. Variety, Clawson. This is white, I
red chaf variety, does not stool well, /
is rather soft for milling, but good
yielder. The field gave $40 dozens,
which l think yielded 325 bushels, based
on the amount had in all.
The number of acres was fifty or fifty
one, which yielded 1861 bushels by
measure and ], 450 by weight.
The Niger ranks No 1, the Red
Diehl No. and the Clawson No. 3.
This is in the order they have done for
me.
In addition to the above tests sowed
one bushel of Royal Australian, which
yielded ten bushels of fine wheat. In
behalf of this variety, would say it had
avery poor chance; was sown in an or
chard, also late. Think 1T a big yielder
if given a chance; am much pleased
with it SO far Ohio Farmer.
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