The Holly chieftain., 1906-08-31
Seeding Fall Wheat.

and the greatest iyield Colorado has
had Tor many Year, says a report
IRON the State Agricultural college
We have Approximately 100000 acres
in wheat which will average very
nearly thirty bushels pgr acre Oar
best yielding wheat i, generally
winter wheat and ii also is a very
desirable milling type. because OF its
hardness and white quality, fine
grain flour A1iilers tell me they
prefer winter wheat ior milling 10 all
other types, and many millers are
paying ten cents a hundred premium
as an induccment for farmers to
grow it, The hardest and best mill
ing type Of winter wheat we have
tested ior Colorado conditions is
turkey red We have found consid-
cradle difficulty i'll obtaining a pure
strain OF this wheat To satisfy the
demand for pure seed turkey red
wheat. H. ]. Miller OF Fort Collins,
Colorado, procured the best quality
seed obtainablc in Nebraska, and
thre es,hing carly, has famed this wheat
thoroly. removing weed seeds and
underszed grain kernels He is
willing 10 sell this seed at fifty cents
above market price for milling wheat,
to such farmers as desire good pure
turkey red seed wheat 1t was
grown or sod ground above the ditch.
The Weld County Assessor saws
Boyd Wolf Of Mum. Colorado, had
the finest field Of wheat grown in
his county. 1t was turkey red wheat
grown above the ditch on ground
| which he had given thoro summer
culture the sutrsper befer~s Me
pulled out impure wheat before harv-
esting and, after threshing, famed
his grain, giving fine quality seed
| for next sowing. Like Mr., Miller,
he simply asks fifty cents per hund-
| red above market price for milling
wheat, to pay ior extra work i'll
| cleaning and preparing this seed
grain for early sowing.
H. S. Youtsey Of Fort Collins also
| has seed wheat now ready and other
co-operators OF the agronomy depart
ment OF the Colorado experiment sta
| ton will have turkey red wheat for
| seed in a few weeks.
Because this wheat can be grown
on considerable area Of land above
the ditch in favorable years, provid-
ed the seed is procured from farm
ers growing it under similar environ
ment, because i, produces fine
quality flour, enabling our millers to
maintain the reputation OF our Colo
rado mills. because each year Colo
rado millers ship i'll thousands OF
bushels OF milling wheat from ad-
| joining states at considerable ex-
pcnsc, and because turkey red winter
wheat has shown conclusivcly that 1t
can be grown satisfactorily III the
Arkansas valley, northern Colorado,
and in many valleys on the western
slope, we would earnestly urge
wheat farmers Ill Gus stare to increase
the acreage Of this good wheat.
The ground gives best results when
spring plowed and given summer cul-
turc treatment. This prepares seed
bed which readily absorbs moisture
and, il an earth mulch is maintained,
will greatly lessen the evaporation,
retaining the water in the soil rcser-
voir for the plants need. The yield
OF wheat is OF course increased when
grown under irrigation and, SO far,
its quality does not seem to be sc.
rousy impaired.
This wheel should be seeded with
good grain drill OH ground well
firmcd and worked down so it will
not be so readily and easily dried
out. In case the ground has not
been given summer culture, it should
be early fall plowcd, disked thorol,,
planked or leveled and smooth har-
rowed to maintain the earth mulch.
While winter wheat has, bean