The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-25

acre with the clover. and thus raise some good roots for the stock. e,,; r,, for hay neither of these seeds snould | be sown, as they will not make hay. All these leguminous crops are krea' and therefore can be greatly helped by | tho application ol 200 or zoe ponnos of 'muriate of potash in lands which lack potash, but in the ma2oriS o is usually found in sufficient quantity without applying it if only 1t is made available by the use of the lime Southern Planter.
 Varieties, Culture and Quantity of Wheat.
 Farmers Bulletin No. 2l0, United States Department of Agriculture. A. Nj. Soule and F. o. Nanatter, or the Tennessee Experiment Station. have reported results of experiments on the station farm with forty-eight varieties of winter wheat extending over four years, undertaken with view or de. termining If possible what, varieties of wheat are best adapted for cultivation in Tennessee, the relative merits or these varieties for flour and bread making as compared with wheats grown sibility of Improving varieties throuhg selection and plant breeding. and finally the Introduction and dissemina- tion of varieties that might be of great CT value than those generally culti- vated." Of the forty-eight varieties tested only limited number are recom- mended for general culture.
 Poole made the highest yield in 1903 years was s7.2s bushels. Niger made 44.27 bushels in 1903 and averaged ss17 bushels for fogr ,ysais years l., Fnis Fsas and averaged 36.2 bushels for four years Mediterranean made 42.55 bushels in 1903 and averaged 36.1S bushels for
 Early red Clawson. White Wheat No. 6, Winter King, Eclipse, New Monarch. Gold Coin. Dawson. Golden Chan. American Bronze, and Beardless Full years trial as unsuitable varieties for this State.
 Poole is the only variety brought from outside the State that can be recommended for general culture.
 Some of the reasons for the low yields reported by Tennessee farmers are, failure to rotate and to prepare the seed-bed properly, defciency of vege- table matter in the soil, late seeding, and unsuitable varieties.
 The climate and soil of Tennessee favor the production of wheats con taining very high percentage of of pro pro tain In Mediterranean and Fulcaster were l7.39 and 17.00, respectively, at the end of four years. All the varieties lowest with, 1919 per cent.
 The season has a marked influence on the protein content. Beech Wood Hybrid contained 2l.s2 per cent in 1900. 1877 per cent in 1901, 1874 per cent in 1902. and Is per cent in 1908 This is only one of many examples
 The protein content was highest in 1900 and 1902, years when the rainfall ripening period. This gave a short, quick ripening period. retarding the elaboration and transference of the and so increasing the protein content. The climatic peculiarity noted accounts largely for the high protein content of Tennessee wheat.
 rich soil or the use of large quan- titles of commercial fertilizer or farm yard manure does not seem to increase the protein content of wheat to an apprecfable extent.
 Tennessee wheat Is high, the leading varieties being equal or superior to those most commonly grown and highly esteemed in other sections. Fulcaster averaged T3.4 per cent.
 In color some of the hardest varie- ties are not quite equal to some of the white, soft wheats produced in other sections, but the hard varieties pro- duced in Tennessee are equal in merit to those produced in other sections. As the hard varieties produce much more gluten, and are better adapted to Ten nessee conditions, and are preferred by the millers. farmers would do well to cultivate them more extensively; for the flour can be materially improved in color by being properly baked.
 The number of loaves per barrel ob- tained from Tennessee Hours equals or exceeds the number obtained from wheat growing in other sections.
 The loaf obtained from Tennessee flour Is apparently not quite so large a. that obtained from the -four of Minnesota spring wheat. but the diff
 The difference in quality of gluten is not so important as might be thought of at first because the yield of the hard wheat is much greater -o,ln and the he gluten Sosa is higher than from soft wheat. This explains why the millers prefer Full caster and Mediterranean. and why these varieties are more desirable for general culture in the State than soft. white wheat.
 To maintain and improve the stan dard' of a variety the seed must be carefully graded and selections made from the best type heads in the field, Large increases will not be obtained by this method, but the variety can be maintained indefinitely and adapted to
 A large increase in yield will not be obtained immediately by the selection from type heads. and the work should systematically carried on through a series of years.
 Fertilizers give their best results on a soil well supplied with vegetable matter. It is easy to use fertilizers at loss with wheat unless the charac- ter of the soil is well understood.
 Many impoverished soils can be made profitable for wheat production by the blowing under of cowpeas and the liberal application of phosphates. potash, and lime. Soils titled for many years are often acid, and lime corrects this fault.
 Farnvar6 manure apnlied at the rate Of IS tons to the acre increased the yield of wheat on bare fallow 10.Tl bushels in 1902. Fertilizers alone on a poor soil failed to increase the yield more than from to bushels. and In a dry season they were used at a loss. When cowpeas were plowed down the increase varied from 5 to II bushels in a favorable season and from 3 to in dry season. Cowpeas when sown as a catch crop" can be counted on to increase the weld of wheat several