Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-06-05
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- THE FARMERS

.,g Facts to Govern
MT the Selection OF
s..n for wheat.
.Sn from the experiment. s.a
lelu Nwhich may not be out
|sanSs of the printer Tor TWO
nana' the result of eight years,
@ mon the dates when raj
uon Taking the temperature
e ess.ters 2s degrees Fahrenheit
|ssssnting what Is commonly
.EiIling frost" the record
- in 1898 a killing frost csu.
! which is the earliest uaso
% low a temperature mas
49, At Fargo during the past
~, During three of the eign'
[,ring frosts occurred on sep..
h In 1896 a killing frost came
% and in 1893 upon Sept. 70,
,sas y reached the killing frost
In Sept. 30. The season OF 1871
.ast one recorded, frost hav-
~ that fall until Oct. IL. On
basis the above figures
.sst a crop which would be
Nv A temperature Of rs deg.
i, would take a risk Of IL IL
!, heipg killed by frost Sept.
aert Of being killed by frost
s,,ra Sept. II to IS; rs per cent
Filled by frost on or before
81 q. 81 IL per cent of being
frost on or before Sept. SO;
Fssnt Of being killed by frost on
Re Oct. IL.
rrttcrs of the bulletin can ~"
r. the fact that the exact de-
Fsoa required TO injure wheat
~ some extent upon the stage
H. Of the plant, and, possibly.
M other minor points.
I,dlatin shows that wheat re-
[yom e5 to LOG days to mature;
cuIre IS to lO2 days to mature;
EnIres 50 to IS days to mature;
s@scuires 81 to go days to mature;
Enires about 100 days to mature.
Irmser of days required for rip
crops listed above Is for sea-
plsnting, and will need to be
kat extended for years when the
kening Of small grains must take
ta IN the season aud during cool
Late grain will stand for
eool weather with very little
I'M the degree of ripeness, while
a similar state OF maturity
intensely warm summer wealth.
Ebecome dead ripe" and In dan
&helling in one-haif, or even one
that time.
hot a simple question In arith-
determine how late a particu-
may be planted. You cannot
100 days of time from the date
krost which represents the per-
Of risk that the wheat grower
dded to take. If that we're the
would be easy to decide upon
and make the calculation de-
II ten extra days Is allowed
n 10 ripen, to offset the cool
Der weather, June 4 would rep
the limiting date for sowing
zen when the grower had de-
risk 50 per cent, or take half
bance for a crop. II IL Ia per
as much risk as he cares to
e record would indicate that
would be the limit. Barley and
ke averaged a week earlier than
the trials made by the station.
strains Of INDEPENDENTLY
the low-growing, hulless ones
buch earlier matured than the
varieties, and hence make less
late sowing.
and corr really belong TO q
themselves, owing TO the fact
llet Is commonly used for hay,
bee does not need to mature,
pm ripens its ears or grains
ably after killing frosts occur.
usually grown for both the
the fodder, or slower. in this
pa for that reason II Is not SO
q matter for II to be ,imIna.
EN- frost occurs as 1t Is in the
small grain. The authors OF
Fun call attention to the fact
ngnres given are for eight and
II only, and that they should
mat account. be considered
benefit Of persons who are
beans or other tender plants,
Petin writer's have given the
me occurrence Of the first fail
Plng the past eight years, viz,
thermometer first recorded q
Fure OF 30 degrees Fahrenheit
The record is as follows:
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