Omaha daily bee., 1892-10-02
WINTER WHEAT.

More of the Leading Cereal Being Sown
in Nebraska.
The crusade In favor of the more general
cultivation of winter wheat in Nebraska is
meeting with marked success.
In many parts of the state where, hereto
fore, nothing but corn has been raised, farm
ers are experimenting with winter wheat on
a small scale. while IN other sections where
that cereal has proved a success the acreage
devoted to its culture mas this fail been
dou oed, and in very great mum Der OF cases
treped.
The estimate that Nebraskas winter wheat
crop will in 1893 be from two and half to
three times as large as ever before is safe
one
AS instancng what has actually been done
in connection with its growth, TIE BEE has
comIileL for the benefit of Its reuders some
information bearing on the subject. While
| the few examples cited below are taken-as
Will be seen on perusal-from widely differ
| ent parts of the state the results they serve
| to illustrate are unit in demonstrating that
| tho cultivation of winter wheat in Nebraska
| is attended by 40 small measure of profit.
Furnas county: MIR. Q. Horton, living in
the neigh borhood OF Edison, sowed seventeen
| acres by press drill in the fail of 1891; his
| vlclu averaged forty-two bushels per acre:
| the approximate cost per acre delivered in
| the granary was IS 80. If the wheat sells at
| fifty cents a bushel (sureiy u 'ow enough es-
timate) tho profit per acre is Si5.lS (S2l-
| S5.SO
Webster county: Mr.. G. W. Francis and
| Mr. j. Grecnhalgh each raised about seventy
| acres of winter wheat. MIR. Francis yield
| averaged twenty-five and Mr. GreenhalCh's
| thrty-five bushels an acre.
Sherman county: MIR. A. p. Culleys of
I4oup CITY says: "My winter wheat paid
| me $40 on acre not on part OF my land and
| Sl5 on the remainder This season intend
| putting in 250 acres There is no question
as TO this crops being grown here any season
if put into tho ground in proper shape, ana
At lnr tnI.t t.,I
better than any other crop we grow"
| Phelps county: Mr. c. M. Chrstianson
who lives near Holdrege, made the following
statement: Last fail seeded almos:
6l9 bushels of very fine wheat. This Is an
| average Of about thirty-tive ou sh ,ls TO the
acre. MIR. E. ID. Coulter planted fifty acres
| with press drill September %, 1891, aud had
an average yield of forty-four bushels an
acre.
Buffalo county MIR. F.. Y Robertson,
president of the First National bank at
kearney, writes IN relation to winter
great success. Mr.. Lew Dstz on twenty
| five acres averaged thirty eight bushels an
acre. and his brother thrty-two bushels an
acre. MIR. Lowenstine on forty acres
averaged thirty bushels. Mr.. George Keel,
Oh 250 acres averaged twenty-seven bushels
All acre MIR. H. G.. Scott has about 400
, acres south OF us, which, he thinks, will
, | average about thirty bushels an acre. II
|
| season, IT, should average twenty five tc
| forty bushels an acre.
, Clay county: Mr.. John Hoaveka planted
| by press drill sixteen acres. from which he
, | threshed $50 bushels average per acre
, | thirty four and one-half bushes) auG
| Mr. Anton Kstrenka had fifteen acres from
, | which he threshed 500 bushels-an average
| of thirty-three and one-uhird bushel an acre
| Hamilton county: A. c. Crawfora''
, | twenty five acres averaged fifty bushels u
, | the acre.
, Otoe county: A farmer living near Syca
| moro, who docs not wish his name to ap
| pear, had 200 acres of winter wheat tha
brought him 81, 300 net profit in 1891 and 29
, acres in 1892 that netted HIM a. 500 profit.
, Franklin county: Mr.. G. Hirsch put II
, | twenty acres OF winter wheat by press drill
/ | or this, ten acres averaged thirty-fv
bushels ana ten forty five bushels an acre
| Reports from Franklin county 90 to shov
r that It's average yield is thirty five bushel
, ] an acre.
: Gage county: Mr. George Goodil
, | planted fifteen acres and averaged thirty
. | five bushels. James Bristow's thirty acre
i yielded an average OF thirty two bushels
( Howard county: Menzil Fisher had te
= acres OF winter wheat that welded an aver
: age OF fortv-two bushels to the acre. Mr.. A
a s. Smiths sixty acres averaged fort
/, bushels ana Mr.. j. II. Dodd's ten acre
. twenty-five bushels 10 the acre.
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