The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-09-05
VALUABLE POINTERS
On the Successful Raising Ol
Grainin oklahoma

| saltwater. ok. Sept (spoclal)-At
this season of tlc year every farmer
who grow wheat IS busy and win be for
several weeks. it IS IN some senses a
misfortune tht the climatic conditions
sre such tnat il is possible TO extende the
time of sowing wheat until late In De-
cembcr This state of affairs has "a tend
eucy to keep man from huHtine ss he
should iu tryug 10 set his crop u early.
The average Of experience up to this
time shows that wheat sown before the
first Of October may be expected to give
somewhat higher yields than sown in oct
ber and much higher than from sowing
in November or December In some cases
late sowing has given good yields. but the
chances as. calculated from experience
are much against It, As much wheat an
possible should be sown during the pres
ent month.
last spring there was considerable loss
| from the wheat blowing out and becom-
ing covered during the dry windy spring.
This loss was not go great on fields where
there wac a good covering Of the soil.
Early sown wheat that had not been too
closely pastured and wheat that had been
sown rather thicker than the average
covered the ground 10 such an extent
that the wind did not get a chance az the
soil and ID no damage II is safer to SOW
six peczs per acre than it s TO SOW four
or less. The extra cost of two pecks OK
wheat Is usually returned IN the increase
in yield.
Farmers are coming more and more 20
appreciate that the manure which is pro-
duced about the stables and feed yards Is
OF great value. Experiments at the Ok
lahoma Experiment Station have always
resulted i'm great gain from the use Of
manure for wheat Ten 10 fifteen loads
II manure 10 the acre have more than
doubled the yield and the effect continues
~ be observed on succeeding crops Some
vly farmers as an excuse for on over
lpowerinR sense Of WEAKNESS when work
| IS 10 be done strongly insst tnat the soii
Of Oklahoma does not need manure; that
II Is already too rich This may be n good
excuse for iazness but the hustllng far
mer usually owns up that he Is trying
70 farm too much and can't find time 70
haul ont manure. But when it would
double the crop. might Il not pay 10 farm
half az much and save travel7
| There is a section OF oklahoma where
wheat now does remarkably well. and
where the soil IS being treated IN such a
way that Il Is not at all probable that
II VIII continue 20 produce good crops %
wheat Great burning straw piles tell a
story of improvidence and waste that is
ineNcusable That straw II dragged over
the wheat fields arS-rr~wed under woulr
IN most cases. nSsrly double the yield OF
wheat and imprCe the condition or the
soil at the same tme While the amount
OF fertility in n Noil IS the limit Of its
ability TO produce "A crop the mechanical
condition or tilth y Of ms much import
ance. Many sections Of this country are
now unproductive, 1bt for the reason thar
the soil is hard and told and unit for the
growth Of crops Asld the soil was got
into this shape by exactly the same gor.
Of treatment that many wheat rarne,s
are giving 10 their soil
The same old experience with corn an,
l1afir on the uplands IS being repeated
this year, Fields Of late corn without an
ear I'm the whole field may be seen along
side OF fields OF kafhr that viii Weld 40
10 30 bushels Of lIaffr corn pcr acre. II
kafhr is cut as soon rs the grain is ms.
turo and put IN small shocks. II viii cure
and remain green and palatabie This
seems To be the best method Of handling
the crop when IL IS 10 be used as feed
for stock cattle. It may be hauled IA,
from the field and fed in small amounts
and with but little trouble.
When kafflr corn IS 20 be used for fat
tening steers II should always be ground
Digestion experiments have shown that
100 pounds Of kafhr meal contain as much
digestable matter as ie6 pounds OF kafar
corn. In all cases cattle fed kaffr in any
way should be followed by hogs
The annual report OF the Experiment
Station is now teing sent out All farm
ers who do not receive the reports and
bulletins of the station should ask 70
have their names put on the mailing list
M once.
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