The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-02
WHEAT SOWING.
Valuable Suggestions From the Ohio
Experiment station.

''0' AAtNt4s'ihl anu -'AlNAll-tll IL Gt'Ilt'i-
ally ascribcd chiefly to the Hessian
fly, ana undoubtedly this insect has
caused much loss, not only by dcstruc-
tion outright of many plants in the
fall. but by SO weakening the vitality
of others that they succumhcd to
weather conditions which they would
otherwise hay" been able to resist. But
behind these causes there lies another
which must not be lost sight of name
ly, the exhaustion of soil fertility. The
Importance Of this factor is shown in
the experiments Of the Ohio station. in
which wheat on new lana las This
year yielded nearly 40 bushels to the
acre, without fertilizers, whereas I'M
fortified wheat on land that has been
for so or 40 years under such cultiva-
ton as is practiced on Il large proper
tiou of Ohio farms. was almost totally
destroyed by fly and weather condi-
tons combined. the number of plants
attacked by the fly being in both eases
approximately the same.
Where the sowing of wheat has been
delayed until after the middle Of Sep
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tack Of the fly. will have no effect on
the spring attack unless universally
practtcrd IN given district for if one
farmer in q township soWs his wheat
in time to invite the fall attack he will
have provided breeding place from
which flies will swarm the following
spring TO destroy the crops of all his
nei"hbors. 1t would seem, therefore,
to be well worth while for farmers to
take united action in this matter by
banding together over large districts
ana agreeing 10 delay their wheat seed
Ing until the dates suggested. Such
test if properly carried out would be
OF incalculahle value in determining
the actual value Of this method Of Sc
curing immunity from the fly,
If, in connection with a general post
ponem"nt OF tie date of seeding, each
farmer WoGld SOW Il small strip Of
wheat Mt an earlier date, this to be
pioWed under with Il j0intor few
days before the general seeding and
theh resolved, II might have very
useful effect in attracting the flies and
causing them to deposit their oggs
where they could be easily destroyed.
Many farmers are writing to the OK
pertinent station, asking whether it is
advisable to sow rye instead Of wheat
this fall. To this we have to reply that
rye IS also subject TO attack from the
lleSSIan fly, while the statistics of
crop production i'm Ohio show that the
average yield Of rye is no greater than
that OF Wheat, ana the market statis-
ties show that its average value per