The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-10-26
HOW TO GROW WHEAT
PRIZE WINNER w. p. WALKER
GIVES THE METHODS
HE a1LOYS.
1T PAYS BETTER THAN COTTON
Unnecessary to p .cialIy Prepare the
Land Before Sowing aud Sta
Bile Manure Favored.

/ Bile Manure Favored.
To the Editor of the Macon Telegra oh
1 Having won the first prize for the
largest weld of wheat on ! acre, also
on acres. of land in Middle Georgia,
4 have received many requests for in or
nation In regard TO my method of prep
aration, culture, etc., / ask space in
your columns TO give the result of sew
eral years successful wheat growing,
hoping thereby to present to your many
readers some ideas that will be of bene-
ut to them. will write of this sub
Ject by answering the practical Ques-
tons that arc usually asked me.
Question-When is the best time to
SOW wheat?
Answer-Just after the first freeze or
killing frost IN November.
BY waiting until then many insects
that are so destructive to wheat are de-
stroyed. To SOW in October wheat
would be more liable to get killed in
early spring. AS to the kind of land
suggest that you sow your best upland.
Nearly all wheat growers are partial to
red land, but must say that two of the
poorest yields ever had were on red
land. Tell me what your season will
be next April and May and can tell
You the kind of soil that will give the
| best result.
My wheat land is not specially pre-
pared for sowing. SOW wheat after
cotton that has been we'll cultivated. If
the stalks are large / usually drag some
thing over them, after which plow
them up with a scooter pillow and let
them remain where they are.
Q-What is the best manure, and
how do you use it?
Al use all manures broadcast.
| Nothing better than stable manure.
| Cow manure, when obtained from cot
tonseed meal and hulls, equals anything
you can use. Cottonseed are fine for a
rainy season. and will not leach like
| other manures. AS to commercial fer
tilizers know nothing of them. But
You can always rely on acid phosphate
and cottonseed meal, mixed two of acid
to one of meal. Though dryer the sea-
son the better the result. Too much
meal will kill the seed wheat at the
time of termination.
Q.-What variety of wheat do you
sowp
Alt is purple straw.
Q.-How do you treat your seed
wheat?
Al shake all of the small grains
possible out of the wheat by passing
through fan over 3 l6 inch sieve at
about 30 degrees incline. If you cannot
secure your seed in that way go to some
place in your field where you have only
ordinary wheat, and there cut off enough
for your seed. 1t is perfectly natural
for wheat to have two grains to the
mesh, and when you grow more than
two you will find great many small
grains,
Q.--Why select the best grains for
seed?
A.-Because il is the mother to the
little plant The larger the grain the
more vitality it has, the more uniform is
its growth and all the plants are more
able to Withstand injuries. To get the
growth aud ripening more uniform in.
crease the yield. and to increase the
yield improves the seed.
GLOW do you keep down smutl
Al have never seen any smut in
my wheat Neither will you if you
will annually put one- quarter Of pound
of we'll pulverized bluestone into RnL
lon Of boiling water. Whom dissolved
pour II over bushel of wheat while hot
and stir until every grain Is wet After
you have done this you should apply
slack lime just as much as will adhere
to each grain. You will find this to be
very profitable. The wheat will grow a
little taller and will stand much harder
winter than without this application. ]
SOW my wheat broadcast in the MANURE
so as to give the little plant all the
strength and vigor possible during the
winter months.
Q-How much wheat must we SOW
per acre IN order to get the best results
Aft you select your seed wheat al
You do your corn. I say SOW nothing les,
than one bushel per acre. An acre Of
land that wifi require two bushels to be-
we'll seeded can be sown with one
bushel, and the yield will be nearly q,
good, but not near so satisfactory
Whyi Because when it Is thinly sOwr
the plant will spread, IL shoots up irreg
ularly, is not uniform in growth, doe
not ripen evenly, has coarse straw
and the only good thing that can be sale
about it is that il has a good head.
Q-How do you plow in your grain
and how deep?