Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-17
Facts for Our Farmers.
How Much Seed Wheat to the Acre?


How Much Seed Wheat to the Acre?
In the fall of 1877, says the Press
Bulletin, an 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 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 tho
| station was removed to it's present TO-
| cation. The final summing up of the3a
experiments, made in 1891, indicated
| a 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 located,
! and after 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, [ thought the prospect for Il
good garden very poor one. Thu
! ground was nearly covered with
stones, but having nothing better N
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 a few of
them but I had more to replant with.
| used ashes quite literally on my see
onions, and such delicious onions l
never before tasted | made an oil
fashioned hopper such as is used for
teaching ashes, and filled it with
manure; pouring water on this ald
catching it in the same manner as You
do I've. This liquid as it 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 the
neighbors, they thinking had planted
too early. | had lettuce and radishes
to eat before others had planted. My
garden was source of 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 good garden is half
a living, besides it is pleasure 70
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
Ia
family consumption of the owners and
neighbors. / have an idea that they
would thrive on high rocky hills ami
prove very desirable addition 10 the
farmers stock, both for home use ami
for sale direct to the consumer" We
do not know that these sheep have
ever been imported into this country:
but quite agree with our correspondent
(whose notions of the breed are cor
rect) that they would probably prove
q great boon in rough, billy regions.
Growing Root Crops.
The growing Of a successful crop OF
roots commences with the treatment OF
the land the previous autumn. Sow
with rye as soon as the summers crop
is off. prefer following crop Of fail
wheat, although an early spring crop
is just as well. says an Ontario farmer.
Perhaps COW peas, rape or clover
would do as well if it is soWn in the
spring. Crimson clover, for instance. /
as it makes rapid growth In the |
latter part of October or first of /
November, pillow this down and culti- |
vate, 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 i
darinage and allowing the roots to pen
citrate into the lower SOIL The land /
MANFRED with barnyard manure oug1t