The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-11-28
BRAINS USED IN FARMING.
4 Notable Increase in the output
OF u Esl.lll

- itte
The Winters Farm at Smith0oro,
Tioga county, N. Y. is d good Illus
Etration Of tlle application of scientific
principles to modern farming Ii
comprises 800 acres and everything is
conducted on the most up- -to-date
principles In the cultivation of oats,
Especially, has the greatest Increase
been made.
we quote from The eandor Cour-
err
For s0ile years Harry b Winters
haS devoted special attention tie 0afs,
Tor which the land seems peculiarly
ladapted and lae has achieved after
many seasons Of constant study and
! experiments remafkabie lesHlfS from
these crops They found from tile be-
ginning that the Farm grew good oats
/ ana ~ The desire To lnjproye an them
they began TO boy seed from different
sources. y large pafb g fifsse seeds
turned out poorly aud tllsA then be-
gan 70 grow samples of seed iB rows iii
the garden aud selected yarities in
| this way IN 1909 tile BEST aafs gave
Ian average yield pf hli 81 ib per
acre Ihey sold these tot lsa0 per
bushel and the supply was exhausted
ION the 18th day 0l January These
oats last year ave an average yield oil
n Flo bushels ON 0ne tiela and rs
bushels on another The average
yield last Year was n y 10 bushels to
an acre on very much larger area
than before, part Of this being poor
land. They are improving the crops
IN Two ways by enriching the soil and
selection of oats Last year they
tried seven new kinds Of oats. none oi
which gave any better results than
their own variety, Fhe Winters
Farm / edigree Oats. Iast wear They
had a man in the best portion oil the
tieid selecting the best heads ard put-
ting them IN basket. Afterward
they stripped one head AZ q time put
ting It in a small eneyelope marked
with the number Of kernals. Ia This
work they discarded everything under
80 kernals. The best head contained
l46 kernals. another one l42 and sew
eral l30 odd keraais. 0f these best
heads Of oats they planted about fow
kernals IN a hill, which are cultivated
and hoed as one would corn. Con-
tents Of all the other envelopes we've
planted in rows or small plots ia such
a way that they wili'be able to ascer-
tain the exact results Ia this way
they Will be able tosmake considerable
| improvement ln the yields. La seed
planting il there Is poor spot in the
fields, or amy of d falls down, i6 Is cut
out. leaving only the very best oats,
which are brongIit lid for seed The
other portions OF the crop Of the field
are brought in andfhresned at a sep
crate time. They also cut oats very
high IN order not to cut any of the
green stuff at the bottom This ena-
bleS them to get it dried and tlnresiled
very quickly. After the crop is gath
cred this stubble is cut down by a
moving machine and remains on the
ground as mulch Last year the oats
stood nearly six feet high throughout
! the field. So thorough Is this process
Of selection that 0at that fan are en-
tirely discarded. All fallen oats are
threslled separately and used for feed
being neither sold or soWn. Auother
| point is the weight. Millers generally
| figure on l3t lbs, OF hun in a bushel Of
oats whether they are heavy or light.
The Winters Farm Pedigree Oats
last year weighed IS lbs. to the bushel
from the thresher. This would leave
3la lbs Of meat. If they rad weighed
~ lbs. to the bushel there would have
been lS9 lbs. OF meat. The legal
weight Of oats is 80 lbs to the bushel
The immediate and practical results
of this system are shown by the fact
that The Winters Farm advertises
and sells every busEel Of oats at Sl.0C
a bushel and has never yet been able
to supply the demand. A large amount
OF orders are already booked for this
year