The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-10-21
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sowing Grain ffoo Early.
Those who are calculating to SOW win.
ter grain, either wheat or rye, should be
careful not to put in the seed too early.
Its sometimes thought that a large full
growth covers and protects the roots, and
thus enables the grain to 90 through the
winter more safely. But in practice the
more top grim has, the greuter the eyap-
Grafton from Its leaves, and no amount Of
top growth can keep the ground from
freexing deeply enough to break the roots
that strike downward. The early -sown
grain, coming ih while the ground and
air are Watm, runs up straight, while aft
beaten down to the eafth, causing the
spreading habit Of growth which all
growers of full grain like to see, as it In
dicates q spread of roots that are less
likely to be injured by freezing and thaw-
ing. Is grain-is sown as late as October
l, It almost always has this spreading
habit Of growth, and will stand the win
ter better than that sown month ear.
s1ier. 81 &.
With early-sown rye there is danger
to begin to joint. Then the rye is easily
killed, even BY a slight freeze. Early
sown wheat is sometimes in dnngor Of
sending up stem before winter. q nd il
has to be pastured with sheep Cr calves
SO as to keep it down. The trampling
of Sleeps feet makes the soil compact
so that it will not absorb so much water,
and therefore will not expand SO much
in freezing. The trampled wheat gener.
ally goes through the winter best, per.
haps because as part of it's leaves are
destroyed they cannot eyaporate SO much
as lurser expa1lse Of ieaf would do
But it will not do to pasture winter grain
that Is sowh 50 late That it has only little
growth; fol. the plant ti1aF be entirely
killed BIZ winter, as Its shallow root en-.
closed iii Frozen soil eantiot sllpply even
the small Quantity Of moisture that its
leaves exha1e: : :. -. 49,
s There il usually killing frost some.
time in the last ten days of September
It is after, such frost that we have
found it the best time to sow winter
wheat. Frost stops the work of the Hes:
sian ty, and if no wheat were allowed to
grow until after the frost came this pest
:Of the wheat grower would be extermi.
mated. Most Northern farmers have
learned to SOW wheat late for this reason
Consequently the ravages of the Hessian
tiy are much less destructive than they
were when the insect was first imported
The soil should always be made damp
by rains before winter grain is sown
This insnres shallow covering of the seed
either when sOwn broadcast OF drilled
Cultivatihg ground when it Is dry make
q fine dust, into which the drill tubes will
sink three OF more inches: When the
seed is covered So deeply, there is large
underground stem between the seed and
the leaf, and this is sure to be broken in
winter, thereby destroying the wheat
plant. we believe in covering all grain
very lightly. A half Inch Of fine, moist
soil IS deep enough for any Of the small
grains, and if the soil is damp enough tc
spr0ut the seed. it may be barely covered
and yet produce a good crop. We once
s0wed some wheat broadcast on a newly.
piowed field that had only been once har
rowed. a three days rain followed and
the grain was, never covered. except as
the dirt WINS wished over it, vet it made
good crop.-The American Cultivator
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