The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-23
EXPERIMENTAL
WHEAT CROPS
What the Professors al
Saltwater College Have
Recorded

SALTWATER. @. II, july 90 -
Especially The season Of io0o-le0i al tine
Oklahoma experiment station at sm-
wter was conducive TO another large
wheat crop The yields as a rule are IN
little better than those OF iS99-i90O ana
the quality of the berry rs much better
although last season it was up TO the
standard
The early part Of the summer fur
uished fair conditions for plowlng but
during the latter part the ground was
too dry 70 piow and up 60 Septembet
20 but q small part of the wheat ground
had been stirred and it looked as if the
wheat acreage would be small. These
extreme conditions We're overcome by "a
rainfall of 1922 inches that fen during
the last ten days of September This
was followed by good rains during tho
rest Of the fall and the ground was
thoroughly soaked and settled by the
middle of November and the prospects
for q large wheat crop We're excellent.
The growth was phenomenal and heavy
pasuirage was required on early sowu
whoat TO preveut damage from over-
growth. We can expect 20 experience
very few such falls where such uhfav-
orable conditions were so completely
changed I'm 80 sllort a time
The winter was ver-' mild and while
the rainfall was light. wheat came
through i'm excellent condition.
The spring was cold ana backward
and wheat started much later than
usual but the prospects We're good until
the April May drouth struck It, No rain
10 seak OF fell from April 10 to May rs.
The growth was much retarded in
April but the critical time was in May
when the wheat was heading. The OUT
look for the crop looked very doubtful
FOR many days and much of the crop
was damaged A fine gentle rain of 40
inches on May Is turned the tables
again and conditions remained very
favorable for the balance Of the sea-
son. Very little damage was done by
rust and chnch bugs We're very few
and plant lice could not be found In our
fields. A dry harvest enabled puttiua
the grain in the bin IN the very best OF
condition
The soil of the college farm is classed
as upland and is OF average quality
Some Of the ground on which the ex-
periments were situated were manured
and some was not. All except the var.
icty plat, were one-fourth to one-half
A. in size end these We're one
twentieth of an acre. The seeding was
mostly done the last week in Sep.
tember Of the first week I'm Octo-
ber. All plats We're seeded at the rate
of one and one-half bushels per acre.
~. 90
results Of the various experiments:
EARLY, MEDIUM AND LATE
FLOWING.
This experiment was situated on
land that was manured In the spring
Of 1899 II was I'm corn In 1899 and
wheat In 1900 The plan is to make the
early plowlng about the middle OF
July, the medium plowing about the
middle Of August and the late plowing
about the middle Of september The
early plowing was performed with ease
and was put IN good condition with
narrowing The August plowing was
done with the greatest difficulty and
was left very umpy after several float
ings and discings. The late plowing
was the same as the August plowlng
At the usual time of seeding there was
great difference In the condition OF
the plats, but all was made equal by
the heavy rains that fell before the
seeding. In comparison with these plats
that We're plowed, others wer opened
up with corn lister ana crop Of
cowpeas raised on them
All plats We're seeded on October 3
with n disc grain drill at the rate of one
and one-half bushels per acre Of Full
caster wheat
The following are the yields per acre.
plowed Grain Straw Test
Listed july u 3u. Tons
July N 381 115 63
Aug l3 1876 l9O C3
Sept l3 A0. 1872 G3