The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-10-12
Growing of winter wheat.


fields, which come with the keeping OIL
stock, provide the best soil conditions
70. wheat, this crop Is likely to eontinue
to be an important one on most Of our
farms. The average yield Of wheat in
Utah for the past seven years IL 2i.i
bushels per acre. With the opportunities
we have for a proper crop rotation and
fertilization, and with the natural iertil.
ity Of our soils and a proper selection Of
varieties, this yield should be very
much increased.
PREPARATION or sEKD BED,
To secure ideal conditions the suriaee
soil should be made 6ne and loose, and
the sub-suriace soil fine and fairly com
pact. For winter wheat the ground
should be plowed as early In the season
possible. It should he Immediately hat
rowod rolled and narrowed again. Befot
seeding 1t should be titled again with \
implement beet suited to the parlieulh
soil. This frequent tillage tends to Co q
pact the sub.suriaee soil, form "a
seed bed, conserve moisture and set III
plant food. III
SELECTION OF vARirTIEs.
The choice Of seed is importf
Experiments conducted here Id
the past two years, 1899 and 1900 4
cate that we have large numbes |
varieties which are good yielders,
milling wheNis. and reasonably II
to 20 through the winter withOutinhr
The past winter, though no, mud
rigorous. was rather severe On ae
wheat crops as there was very hAe
snow protection and considerable ~
ing weather. The alternate trsefink "a
thawing was especially ininriousVl ~
Gown wheat. The wheats hsreini 81.
mended, however, went into TIC er
in vigorous condition and came u sb
without injury. The following pis
q head the list OF our winter vart. ~
= the past two seasons and are n IN
= order Of greatest yield; sonors 4 pt
= Mound, Canadian wondtf ~etyc'f
. Early Red clawson. Mediterranean.
Zealand, Tasmanian Red, Martins A,
Der, Winter La Sale or dollhouse, a
d Odessa. All Of these wheats are class
II as "hard" wheat and the milling qul
, ity is about equal TO the best spri
= whsat We are prepared to furnish
limited quantity OF the seed Of these va
ie,ies to farmers making applicable
DATE or SEEDING.
The Experiment Station has conduct
tests during the past two seasons
J, Time Of sowing winter wheat" weel
d seedlings have been made from Septemt
9Th to November l7th, the same yariet
Q Of wheat being used. The experime
4 conducted along this line all points to t
conclusion that in districts where n
land can beirrigAted before seeding, the
n IL practically no difference between eal
. and late sowing. Where irrigation is II
practicable carly seeding 10 recomends
METHOD or sEKDNo.
1t has been demonstrated ny repeat
experiments that wheat drilled In {
, fall OF the year yields better than III
brOadcasted. With a drill the seed can
planted evenly in depth, insuring t
termination oiAll seeds together. '
have found difference in iavor.oi dri
ing Of "a bushels for every one hundr
acres planted, The depth at which whe
should be planted will depend large
: upon the amount Of moisture in the 30
Where the ground is compact and md
quite as good results will doubtless cou
from planting only an inch deep. r
young wheat plants can come up ,hroui
three inches Of very loose earth. and
0 the soil is very dry it may be necessa
e to seed at that depth in order TO g
moisture enough to start germinati,
and that the roots may at once ent
into moist soil where they can secu
food as soon rs the leaves have expand,
' sufficiently to use 1t.
3 HARKoWNo AFTER sEEpmo.
Iii often beneficial to harrow Il
, ground Immediately after the grain
4 sown, so as to make the seed bed mo
= compact below and fne and mellow