The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-12
WHAT TO PLANT.
Kansas Agricultural Authority Issues
Bulletin of Advice TO Farmers.

leys- crops have been damaged. Last
year the flood in the Kaw valley was
replantfng of many fields. This year
the situation is different and A Nj
Ten Eyck, of the farm department OF
the Kansas Agricultural college, al
Manhattan, has issued the following
on What to Plant"
On account of the renarka bly, wet
season many farmers have failed 10
get all their fields planted this spring.
while the crops which were planted
on much of the fat and more poorly
drained land in the state have been
drowned out by the excessive rains
and large part of the crops on the
river and creek bottoms have been de-
stroyed by flooding The floods be-
gan early and are continuing late
into the summer. In large part OF
the state the weather has been eX-
cessively wet since early spring and
there is little question but that the
damage from rain and flood has been
far greater than II was last year
Corn which the farmers succeeded
IN planting has as vet received little
or no cultivation and is growing to
weeds, and moreover at the present
vriting Gully Sth) the ripened grain
is spelling in the fields, because for
days and even weeks in some local
tiles. the soil has been too wet to
run a binder.
kansas farmers have a right to feel
discouraged: the season has afforded
no regular seed time and there is
little promise of a successful 'har-
vest But there are no people in the
United States who will more quickly
rise above difficulties and disaster than
the people of Kansas and farmers
whose crops have been destroyed or
whose lands have been too wet to plant
are seeking information regarding
crops which may yet be planted with
q fair chance of getting some pro-
duce from their lands this year The
farm department of this station is re-
ceiving letters OF inquiry along this
line every day. These letters are all
carefully answered and it is hoped
that some of the information and sug-
gestions given may be useful to the
inquirers. and to others who may read
the replies.
"A great many crops may be sue
cessfully grown in Kansas, but for
every crop there is a seed time as Z
well as harvest time. and if the
seeding or the harvest is delayed be- /
yOnd a certain proper period. crop
failure may result Wheat. oats and I
barley must be seeded early in the /
ing them The season for planting 4
corn is not so closely marked. depend |
ing upon the variety of corn. as well /
as the soil and season. Even by plant /
ing as late as July 18th there is a |
chance that certain early maturing |
sorts. such as Northwestern Dent, l.
King of the Earliest, Pride of the 4
North, Early Longfellow Dent, and 1
may mature a fair crop of ears. and
in the southern part of the state such
medium early varieties as the Lean ]
ing. Silvermine, Early MastodOn, Far
mers Reliance and Golden Dent may I
be planted with some hope of matur-
ing corn sufficient TO furnish grain
food for stock on the farm; at least
such paintings will furnish a good
quality of fodder.
at this station, Red Kaffir corn.
planted June lie, 1903, fully matured
In 10 days Planted as late as July
! 18Th there should be little hope of
fully maturing the grain before frost |
In this part of the state, but doubtless
the crop would mature sufficiently to
make some grain and a good quality
or FODDER kaffir-corn is not injured
by light frosts but will sometimes
continue green and growing late into
the fall, and on this account il is
possible for it to mature later than
corn.
Early yellow soy beans planted AT
this station last season on June 18th.
in SO days. If this crop can
be planted in the central and southern
parts OF the state in good seed bed,
by July 18th, it is likely to mature
good crop of beans before hard frosts
Cow peas may be planted in July for
ne purpose Of producing forage. but
there are no varieties which are like
late.
The common, Siberian and Hun
sarian varieties of millet will ma
ture sufficiently to make good hay
n sixty days from planting and may
pc sown for forage as late as August
lst- The German variety requires a
little longer to mature for hay than
The varieties named above, but in
he trial made at this station last
season the last named variety gave the
argest yield of fodder. !
To produce abundance of forage p,
-or stock no better crops can be plant
I'd than cane or kaffir-eorn. seeded !
broadcast or in close drills, sowing at !
he rate of 70 to so pounds of good :
eco per acre At this station (sowed) :
sane planted June oath. yielded II
.ons OF cured fodder per acre ana
lsowed) kafflr-corn gave a Weld ~
over tons Cane makes perhaps a :
tue better quality Of fodder than :
1afhr-corn- Seeded thickly the stalks !
row hne and make a fodder of bet !
er quality which cures out quicker :
md more fully than does the coarser I !
0ooer produced by thinner planting.
as described these crops will 4;
maze good fodder in sixty davs after !
but the best fodder and the !
argest yields are produced when the =
'Top IS allowed TO reach that stage !
Il growth when the seed is in fSs :
Tough. before cutting
iced Implanted Land to Grass or Al :
felfa This Fall a
me ne present season is demonstrate o
ng mat kansas farmers should NOT a
iepend so much upon the grain ana y
orn crops The most proftable cron
rowing on the farm this season is
'rass, especially where it can ba bar
ested by pasturing stock. The veatb
T has been unfavorable for having '
nj yet perhaps the hay crop NAV he
aved IN better condition than tie
rain crop Grass and alfalfa r-i,-a
his advantage. at least, they do nor :
eQuire planting every season also :
hese crops rest the land and improve :
he texture and fertility of the soil ! h
here are few farms in Kansas where I h
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