The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-13
TRIALS WITH WHEAT
Are Reported by the Station
at Saltwater.
THIRTY TO FORTY BUSHELS
Yield Possible in '99--ReportS
of Wheat-RaiserS.
-HIRTY TO FORTY BUSHELS


ton. at Saltwater, o. T.. the season o.
1S99-1900 was quite favorable to a large
wheat crop. Nothing but the failings Of
man prevented yields of 80 to 40 bushel:
per acre. July gave excellent opportuni-
| ty for blowing and August fair. Sep
TENDER and the first 25 days in October
were very dry, and untitled ground be-
came dry and hard; but early blowing
and well titled land remained in fne
condition; and conditions for seeding and
| growth On it were fair; even during the
severest of the drouth On other land
| wheat persisted or suffered severely.
! Heavy rains late in October and excel
lent conditions during November helped
all wheat and especially that on late
! blowing and late seeding, and brought
out much wheat that otherwise would
have persisted in an ordinary season. The
! winter and spring were very favorable,
and wheat improved as each month paxs-
! ed-cool and moist Frequent rain. and
! hot, muCgy weather early in June de-
! veloped a big crop Of rust, and while the
/ early wheat was damaged but very little
| by this late wheat was cut short over
% per cent Chinch bugs arrived in the
usual numbers, but were checked by the
| frequent rains and no damage was done
by them to speak Of. Conditions for har-
vesting were fine. With few exceptions
the wheat on the station farm was seed
ed the last half Of September. and har-
vested from June to Is. Plants were
drilled and at the rate Of IL bushels per
acre. Some of the wheat ground was
marured AMI some was not The farm
IS up-and, afoIt average in quality. Most
OF tie exy erltn@pt; we're 90 Quarter ana
half-acre lots.
The following are briefs from the COM
ing wheat bulletin on the croy Of 1899
1900:
WHEAT CONTINUOUS. WITH AND
WITHOUT MANURE.
Plat I, that had been continuously
cropped to wheat since 1893. and had
received a good scat Of stable manure in
1898 and 1899 yielded in comparison with
plat ., cropped the same, without man
ure. as follows:
Plat No. I, manured-S5.s bushels, 2:5O
straw ten; 3o6 bushels. 137 straw son
Plat No. ?. not nanured-18m bushels.
116 straw ton; 70 bushels. 137 straw tor.
For the past season the wheat from
plat tested sou pounds per bu-heI. as If
came from the thresher: plat . 5715
pounds per bushel and the former was
fine, plump grain. while the latter was
more or less shriveUed All through tho
season great difference could be seen
between the wheat on MANFRED and IN
MANFRED ground. On the manured ground
the growth vas better and titled much
more and ripened five days earlier than
that on the unmanured ground
The virgin soil for plats / and were
broken in 1892 and up to 1897 thew wera
cropped with wheat as one dat and
contained one acre, and the yields were
as follows: 1893 1919 bushels: 1894. 200
bushels; 1895 total failure; 1895. IL bush
els; in 1897 plat yielded o. bushels per
acre; in 1898, IS bushels Plat pracd-
cally are the same for 1897 and 1895.
EARLY, MEDIUM AND LATE
FLOWING.
Wheat on ground plnuA5 on Julv -
August Is, September IL, yielded as fol
lows per acre:
Early plowing-31S2 bushels, Isl tons /
straw; test per busheI 60. |
Medium plowing-234S bushels. I % tons
straw; test, per bushel 59Ja.
Late plowing-15.3O bushels, 100 tons !
straw; test per bushel, 5s.
All plats were seeded with Red Russian
wheat on September Is at the rate of -
bushels per acre.
The ground plowed very fine IN J,lv
and fairly in August. but with greatest |
in September; blowing IN N
bard lumps that were broken IN wiz,
much extra labor. Immediately after
blowing and at frequent intervals the
medium and early plowings were har-
roWed ana at the time OF seeding ver
IL fine filth and contained moisture
enough % start the wheat at once. vrile
on the late blowing 4he ground was psr-
tectlr dry and lunpy. A rain Of 90 incn
On Septembe- L greatly aided the con.
lidons OF the early and medium plow-
nEs, 5ut vas damage 10 the late: AZ j..
was ony enough II start some Of n,
wheat 10 growing and this was LETT ~
7erish as the ground was comnleteI,.
Tried out in 4 couple a. weeks. while IN
he early and the medium pIowins :.
-emained in good condition The l7ta
blowing headed a week earlier than tba
'ther. but the rust made Il ready n c,t
II the same time The test par brshA1
'howed very well the difference in oua1-
y q the grain. Not 2 great deal oe
could he seen between 4ho
wheat on the early and lata Moving but
hat on the late was thinner. weaker aud
more backward, and it wa. due - the
cry favorable season that Il made tho
wheat tina III did
The foregoing results with - orc N
aimed in former years emphasize again
he great Importance ~ plows1g wheat {
round early and working it well after :
lowing 5
MEDIUM AND LATE SEED
ING
This experiment vas situated IN
round nat was manure6 II tho winter
: lS9e-Isea. Wheat seeded Serte7rls-
). October Il and November x. yielded
YIELD PER ACRE
Grain. ba. straw. ton. Test "
fedium seeding s4S4 is q
Ieeium seeding 2t4 is 81
ate seeding etT 10 &
The land was ali prepared ~ fre can. 3
me and seeded AZ the same -,ts wi,a 2
.sd Russian wheat T-e grouns was n ?
God Nth A. the tine % seeding szH the :.
heat was very liStls retarded ~ 6rou,h Z
he conditions both fax and spring were a
svoraale for late seeding ana while ths =
tand vas thinner and growth 10, - .
lnk rs early and msd.gSn planting. 2, :
As much better than could generally
. expected on NoveuSer seeSt7-- TIE 4
i5e seeding hesasd cut uine CAV. later y
IAN The early. but was co short b. =
80 and was ready - cut a. the -are =
ne II -ust had uct struck &. q. w-rr= 2