Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-02

lUt tiin' ANt INNff't
near. and the present prices and supply
ON hand are not encouraging for
large acreage. The man who sowH
wheat In roxas this year should study
weii tho subject before hand. There ~
no money In large acreage aud a
pman ylold, ana all EFFORTS should be
directed to increase the Yield and quail
~ Of the wheat whore pront is sought
rwo hundred years ago the average
yield Of wheat IA England WAS ten
bushels per acre. Now It Is over twen-
ay-aiX Bushels. In the pnst eighty years
the yield has Increased u per cent
This lncrcnsc IA the average yield per
acre has been obtained by close study
OF tho questions involved ln wheat
Brnwlng, by tho llngllsh farmer
ono Of tho hrat things 10 consider Is
Abe preparation OF the soil, The soil
should be wen drained and thoroughly
pulYcrized. Deep ploughinE ~ eaaen-
tial, and subsoillnR shows line results,
a clean soll. well disintograted, starts
tho YOUNG plant on with q vlgor that
thown even nc harvest time Ia plouEh~
Ing tho soil, II ~ welt 20 consider the
Rdyantagea and disadvantages OF tuFn-
Ing under tho green growth OF Wcuda
and glgtsH. Some hold that THIS fOurs,
whom loo green, and plants IN the soil
1anggrouB fungi 10 the growing crop.
The seed should be selected with cnrc,
both Ms TO variety and other points,
II 10 stated That nugd brought nom
reasonable distance ia bcst, and II 81
wen known that seed brought from
lho north viii grow plants with more
slgor and mature them from ten 10
hftecn duyn ebrlilr than bono grlal
seeds. Then, seed should be treated
fqr smut and runt before plautinE l,p-
lation Of crops ia "a very important
1pegtion, and effects both the yield and
quality ot the grain. There are many
nHacta Hnd fnpW that affect the Yield
ana quality OF wheat and they ali
anyc remedies ard representatives.. Time
enployed In studying these enemies TO
wheat growing win pay al harvest
lime,
Farmers Should hold Institutes and
compare notoa ON wheHt growing and
adopt the methods thut give best re-
suits Az Il now Isl there is no why 81
collecting or distributing Information
pn this subject among me people
Wheat ~ the most widely distributed
pr any OF The cereale II grows as
far north nR Norway aud aB fnr south
M the Straits OF Magellan. II grows
on very high attitudes and Il grows at
the sen lcVOl There ans varieuea
hdapted 70 dry soils aud others Tint re-.
puire considerable moisture. NVboat
ann he made 10 change both iu habit
mo tyne without hybndislnr. Nintor
Naoat eap bc changed 20 snfinr wheat,
pr vice versa. by merely rhangipg mo
lime of sowing; ana wheat carried
Jom other Rtntcs TO California will In
fqw years change ia type. Tho ian
hncsc have @ dwarf variety % wheat
which they alternate with rlce, GROWING
crop Of each every yOnr ON tho same
land, Our Texas rice Growers eouid
try this wheat perhaps with prout
inc largest ylcld Of wheat from any
lnoaiity appearing nt the state fair Tor
reneNted yeniA comes from near Mid
lothian, In Ellia county, and "a Mr.. Nri.
ron, near there, thrshed forty three
buAhcls per acre this year.
The wheat that made the flour maj
mas taken tho premium at the state
iair for seven Successive yeitrs was
crown IN Denton county ON vnrlnns
farms along the Gulf. Colorado ma
santa 20 railroad. The largest ylstd
OF wheat ever shown nj tho stnts mir
was slNtY-aevcn bnAnola Der nnre II
much for wheat, Rnd It N hoped thnf
Farmers VIII organize mOetinQl ana
diaonss wheat TO the end that thew may
inVrmaae the yield ana Improve Inc
quality thereof rhp average yicid ~
wheat N reYaa n a lit,io over cieyeS
and a half bushels par acre III can bs
made double that amount.