The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-25

ATTENTION "a itluh biNNh 70 AAN A1'
Of such seed In wheat groT-
Ing. Al present experiments are
being made at several different places
TO test this point with reference 70
wheat. three grades Of scea-small.
medium and large-bolng used. Too
much attention cannot be given 20 this
subject Many choice varieties have
been developed by selecting from a
Held certain unusually good heads,
planting the grains Of these separate
~. aud thereafter selecting the best
each year. II has been satisfactorily
proved that the old idea that rust
shriveled grains give as good returns
as large. healthy ones Is erroneous.
About the year 1876 a seml-kard. red
variety. known az Grass wheat lprob-
ably an Odessa SORT. became quite
popular In Northern Kansas. and vas
widely used for ten or twelve years
thereafter However. as the variety
was adapted for either fall or spring
sowing. and the spr.ng-soWn crop was
always Inferior 10 the fall-toWn. the
consequence was that two grades we're
produced from the one variety. As the
iall-sOWn crop brought the better price
Il became the practice 20 sell an the
winter wheat and use the worst Of the
spring crop Tor fall seeding. Il was
claimed that this practice made no dlf-
ference In the quality or quantity Of
the winter wheat. but about isSs Grass
wheat began losing favor among wheat
growers. having lost much Of its orig
inal good quality. aud finally gave
place 10 Turkey. l'lliz aud other var
ieties. Now. there Is 10 doubt that
the deterioration Of this variety was
due. IN great part az least. 10 the con-
slant use Of the very inierior shrlveied
spring grain for fall seeding. Many
other Instances Of the so-cailed run
ming out" OF varieties "a probably due
mostly 10 similar cases. However. even
under the best treatment Il Is a pretty
well-cstabllshed iart that certain var
ieilcs. when introduced into new local
tiles. viii In time change quite mater
Tally In quality Of grain. This O. rspe-
eially likely 10 be the case "A
northern sorts when tran to
warmer and mOlsier southern . udes.
Probably the only remedy In such cases
10 to make an occaisonal fresh lmporta-
ton OF seed. The matter OF seed Sc
lection Is Of such vital importance that
probably nothing would be Of more
benefit 10 the wheat grower than the
establishment Of special small iced
piats Of. say. one 10 i've acres. from
which TO select seed each year. The
following plan Is recommended: At har-
vest time cut from a good field a "trip
OF the best portion. frst eliminating
OF rye and other foreign heads and
large weed seeds. After threshiug the
wheat from this strip grade Il BY
means o. a tanning mill with special
sleeves made for the purpose. 90 as 20
obtain only the largest and most Wig
orous grains. Use the hes, grade Of
wheat both Tor sowing the small plat
and Tor the general crop the next sea.
son. The next year use none % the
field crop for seed. but after grading
the wheat from the small plat. a. be.
fore, use the very best Of Il for sowing
the small plat and an the romainde,
for sowing the large field. and 80 on
year after year. In this way seed 4.
never taken from the general crop
which cannot be given the same car,
as the small plat. and there Is con.
stan, selection Of seed. which l. NOR,
and more rigid every year. Moreover
there ls no extra labor involved. except
the small amount required Tor grading
the seed each year.