The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-28

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OF such seed In wheat grow
Ing. Al present experiments are
being made at several different places
TO test this point with reference 20
wheat. three grades Of sees-smal'
medium and largc-being used. TOO
much attention cannot be given TO this
subject Many choice varieties have
been developed BY selecting from
Held certain unusually good heads.
planting the grains Of these separate
~, aud thereafter selecting the best
each year. Il has been satisfactorily
proved that the old idea that rust
ahriveled grains give as good returns
as large. healthy ones Is erroneous.
About the year 1876 a Geml-hard. red
variety. known az Grass wheat prob
ably an Odessa sort. became quite
popular In Northern Kansas. and was
widely used for ten or twelve years
thereafter. However. as the variety
was adapted for either fail or spring
tUwing. and the sprlug-sown crop was
always inferior 20 the iall.Eown. the
consequence was that two grades were
produced from the one variety As the
iall-sown crop brought the better price
u became The practice 20 sell an the
winter wheat and use the worst Of the
spring crop Tor fall fccding. Il was
claimed that this practice made 30 dif-
ference % the quality or quantity Of
the winter wheat. but about iSSS Grass
wheat began losing favor among wheat
growers. having lost much OF lts orig
inal good quality. and finally gave
place 20 Turkey. l'ultz and other var
ietios Now. there Is no doubt that
the deterioration Of this variety was
due. IN great part az least. 20 the con-
slant use OF the very inferior shrlyeled
spring grain for fall seeding Many
other instances Of the so-called run
ming out" Of varieties Is probably due
mostly % similar cases. However. even
under the best treatment Il ls a pretty
well-establlshed fact that certain var
ieties. when introduced into new local.
tiles. will In time change quite mater
tally In quality Of grain. This o. cspe-
clally likely TO be the case W "a
northern sorts when tran 10
warmer and moister southern udes.
Probably the only remedy In such cases
Il 10 make an occasional fresh importa-
ton OF seed. The matter Of seed Sc
lcctlon Is Of such vital importance that
probably nothing would be OF more
benefit 10 the wheat grower than the
establishment OF special small reed
plais Of, say, one 10 Eve acres. from
which TO select seed each year. The
following plan BE- recommended: Al har.
vest time cut from a good field a STRIP
OF the best portion. lrst eliminating
all rye and other foreign heads and
large weed seeds. After threshlng ths
wheat from this strip. grade Il by
means Of a tanning mill with special
sleeves made for the purpose. so as q
obtain only the largest and most Wig.
orous grains Use the best grade Of
wheat both Tor sowing the small plat
and for the general crop the next sea.
son. The next year use none OF th,
field ercg Tor seed, but after grading
the wheat from the small plat. AZ be-
fore. use the very best OF Il for SOWING
the small plat and all the remainder
for sowing the large field. and 90 or
year after year. In this way seed 8.
never taken from the general crop
which cannot be given the same car,
as the small plat. and there IL a con.
slant selection OF seed. which Is NOR,
and more rigld every year Moreover
there Il no extra labor involved. except
the small amount required Tor grading
the seed each year.