Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-23
WHEAT AFTER SPRING GRAIN.
The impor'an; Point IN Getting Good
wheat Amer stubhir Of ANY Kind


The Impor,an; roint ~ Getting Good
wheat Amer stubhic OF ANY Kind.
Probably threc.fourths Of tho winter
wheat in this country is grown after
tome preceding crop. usually oats or
barley. In localities whore mixed hus-
bandry prevails Whore wheat Il grown
almost exclusively tho saup Land s.
sown year after year. until insects or
soil exhaustion produce % failure It IA
often thought that after spring grain
wheat Il suror than 1t "a after wheat.
SO Il l. Hs regards insect enomios. But
as for soil exhaustion the oat crop prob
ably takes as much ~ the plant food re-
quired by wheat IN does a preceding
wheat crop. II uses about az much
phosphate Of lime and nitrogen, and
growing moro quickly, II draws these
important materials from nearer the
surface than does wheat, according TO
The American Cultivaior, which says:
Whatever grain crop Is 10 be succeed
cd by wheat itsslubblc should be plowcd
under as quickly as possible 1t does
not pay to wait TO draw out thc summer
made manure before blowing. The
manure will do more good IL used as
top drcssing and merely cultivated
slightly under tho surfaces This packs
the plowcd ground and Is harder work
for the teams, hut manure wagons
should have wide tires, 80 that they will
not cut the plowod ground deeply. II
| there AFRO frequent rains the scattered
grain left at harvesting time will sprout
and need 20 be- cultivated under, The
sooner this IA done after the young grain
shows above the surface the better for
the seed bed. II the manure has been
drawn and spread before blowing we
would advise cross blowing to bring NJ
much Of 1t ~ possible near tho surface.
Land thus double plowod needs to be
cultivated and rolled a good deal to
make It solid enough, but with tho
manure mixed through IL, ~ 1t will be
by double plowAlg. the wheat will make
stronger fall growth and stand the
winter better thun II will TO keep the
manure at the bottom Of the furrow all
the next season. IN the fall this ma.
nuro dries tho land. In winter II makes
Il more porous and enables II 10 absorb
moro water. 10 Is not usually spread
thick enough TO heat, and its soluble
parts are washed down into the subsoil
often before the wheat roots are able &c
reach them.
Tho most important point IN getting
good wheat after stubble Of any kind 1.
not TO sow until aftor u heavy soaking
rain sufficient TO wet down as far rs Tia,
plow has cone such a rain h necessary
to compact stubble ground, whose ten
dcncy. however cultivated, Is 20 dry uI
rather than grow mOistor under ligh
rains that will thoroughly moiston field
plowcd before harvest. Oftentimos II
drought Il seems MS II stubhlo grOdnC
grew dricr aud dustier tho more It &
stirred. II the siubble has been loi
shor, Il may probably be narrowed be-
fore plowiug. This win cover scattorc,
grain 20 that II light rains come It vii
terminate The loose sell that this har
rowing viii leayc CA tho surface acts a
mulch and helps TO save the moistur
I IN the soil from eyaporating, aud whel
plowcdmuch of The grain that has bee
: slightly covered will be- gcrninated, am
, Whom plowed under will never come L
the surface again.