Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-10-17
How Much Seed Wheat to the Acre ?

~ eaS Adii VI 1876, says the HTSSS
Bulletin, on experiment was begun on
the farm of the Ohio state university
in seeding wheat at different rates per
acre, The experiment was made on
rich bottom land, and although a yield
of 81 bushels of wheat was harvested
from five pecks Of seed the yield for
seven pecks was 81 bushels. The
next year the experiment was repeated
with great care, five duplicate plors
of one-sixth acre each being sown with
each quantity of seed. with the result
again that the seven peck rate of seed
gave enough more wheat than any
smaller quantity to abundantly com
pensate the extra cost Of seed.
In 1882 this question was taken up
by the Ohio experiment station, then
located on the same farm, and was re-
peated nearly every year until the
station was removed to it's present To-
cation, The final summing up of these
experiments, made in 1891. indicated
maximum average yield ON that SOL
for quantities of seed ranging from
five to seven pecks
In 1892 the station was removed to
its present location, the soil of which
is naturally far less productive than
that upon which it was first locate1,
and after a few years the investiga-
ton of this problem was again under
taken, with the result that the most
profitable harvests have been reaped
from eight pecks of seed and upward,
the nine and ten peck rates having
given the best returns in unfavorable
seasons.
A Home Garden.
A correspondent writes: Looking
over my garden spot early in the
| spring, l thought the prospect for o
good garden very poor one, The
ground was nearly covered with
stones, but having nothing better IN
sight began clearing away the trash
and putting manure on the beds and
rows as they were prepared for plant
ing. My seed was purchased from Il
reliable scotsman and planted early
| My cabbage and tomato plants Were
set out when my neighbors were plant.
ing their seed. Frosts got few Of
them but | had more to replant with.
] used ashes quite literally on my see |
onions, and such delicious onions |
never before tasted. | made an oil
fashioned hopper, such as is used for
teaching ashes, and filled it with
manure; pouring water on this a1l
catching it in the same manner as yo,
do I've. This liquid as il came from
the hopper was carried and poure
around the young plants. being careful
, not to get any on the leaves. My
} garden was closely watched by IN,
neighbors, they thinking had plantei
! too early. | had lettuce ard radishe,
to eat before others bad planted. My
lgarden was source oi enjoyment all
summer. having nice fresh vegetables
the entire season from that old and
worn out piece of ground. Perhaps
my experience is raising a garden may
help others. for a good garden is half
a living, besides 1t is a pleasure 20
enjoy the fruits of ones own labor"
Welsh Sheep.
Can you tell me" asks an inquirer.
IF there are in this country any
breeders of Welsh sheep? ! under.
stand that they are small. hardy
animals, making mutton of superior
flavor, and especially adapted for
family consumption of the owners and
neighbors. | have an idea that they
would thrive on high rocky hills AMI
prove very desirable addition to the
farmers stock, both for home use AMI
| for sale direct to the consumer" We
do not know that these sheep have
but quite agree with our correspondent
| (whose notions of the breed. are cor
rectD that they would probably prove
a great boon in rough. hilly regions.
Growing Root Crops.
The growing of a successful crop Of
roots commences with the treatment OF
the land the previous autumn. Sow
| the piece of land intended for roots
| with rye as soon as the summers crop
is off. | prefer following a crop Of fail
wheat, although an early spring crop
is just as well. says an Ontario farmer.
Perhaps COW peas. rape OF clover
would do as well If IL is sown in the
spring. Crimson clover, for instance.
as IL makes rapid growth. In the
latter part OF October or first nf
November, pillow this down and cult.
yate then draw out your manure on
plot intended for mangels. sugar beets
and carrots. Turnips may be MANFRED
in the spring If time or lack OF manure
will not permit its Accomplishment IN
the fall. The object Of blowing down
green manure or soiling crop is to
keep the soil open thereby giving good
drainage and allowing the roots to pen.
citrate into the lower soil The land
MANFRED with barnyard manure ought
TO be ribbed up in the fall in orde.
to expose more surface 10 the frost
and to hold the manure at the surface.
In the spring. harrow as early as DOS.
sible and then allow 10 lay until plant.
ing time, when after cultivation, row
up about twenty sight inches apart.
and SOW at the rate of from four To