The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-09
New Varieties Of Wheat

The North Carolina Department OF Ag-
riculture has secured for trial in this
State twenty-five (22) new varieties Of
winter wheat, mostly from the warm. dry
regions CT Australia, South America and
Southern Europe. To prevent mixing
these now wheats should be grown at
least one quarter Of q mile from any 9th
er variety of wheat. The following meth
Cd Of preparing and sowing seed is re-
coUended:
l. Use ground = hicn has had crop Of
COW peas, turned under this ta,l. Plow
four to six inches deep. at least two
weeks before the seed is soun. Harrow
until very fine.
2. Apply Broadcast the following fer
tilizer, after the land is narrowed: Per
acre, acid phosphate, 200 pounds; muriatc
OF potash, 80 pounds; cotton seed meal
100 pounds. in addition TO this fertilizer,
the plot must be top-dressed IN spring
with nitrate OF soda at rate of 100 10 $50
pounds per acre.
3. Betore sowing seed soak for twelve
hours II 4 solution CT copper sulphate, /
ounce to IL gallons of water. Remove
and drain seed for ten minutes then
plunge into q clear, saturated solution of
lime ana water. Use a burlap sack to
hold be grain. Dc not neglect to treat
the seed as above, or otherwise smut
may destrop one-haIf or more OF the
crop.
| I. Sow tho wheat in drills EIGHT inches
apart lave one seed TO each inch OF
drill. Cover about two inches Gecp The
! new wheat shoalG be carefully hand
soWed.
5. Sow the seed Just before the first
| hard frost is expected Earlier somin@s
arc ,!iatle 70 serious damage from the
Tessian t,y. Later sowings may wnter
| Kill.
Whcats sent out by the Department are
all new, bEt farmers are also strongly
recommended . experiment with the fol
lowing varieties. which are among the
best yiclders Tor this climate, to-wit:
Velvet, char, ITulcaster, Purple Straw
Eultz. EARLY MAY.
Al the above should receive Same care
7 a nd treatment advised fer the new
Nhea S.
Many farmers Writing fer wt2eat ash
also for samples CT new oats. The De
! partment is not distributing oats this
fall. The best varieties OF oats for NORTH
Carolina are the following their rela-
| tive value boing in the order given
hppler, Texas, Red, Virginia Turf Blacl
Winter; Burt is The Only spring oat wortt
planting. All these can be obtained q
secdsmcn. Oats should be sown before
wheat. They are not injured by the Hes
sian i!y. Sow as soon as possible afte,
| October 1st. Oats require a rather mos
sell. Sow the seed IN drills eight K
twelve inches apart, but rather thic?lly II
drill. Make drills three inches deep, bu
ccycr only one 10 two inches. The sam,
fertilizer recofGr2 ended for wheat Will d,
fcr oats. though less rhOsphoric acit= ans
Clorc nitrogen may give better results.
Oats suffer from rust, fer Wi2ioli Their,
is 10 remedy but thc early sowing Of rus
proof varieties. Smut is also ver3, de
scructivc some years. To prevent thi;
soak tho seed for two hour before plant
irS II a solution Of ] pound OF fornaii1
IN 25 gallons Ct water; or soak twenty
four hours, frequently stirring IN q so
lu.i0n Of e ponds CT liver OF sulphu
in . Gailoas CT water Never SOW whea
or OATS without treating seed for smut
GERALD MCCARTHY.
=. c. Dept. Agriculture, Oct. l.