The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-23
WHEAT ACREAGE IN
WI II TO Be LARGE
Soil Is in Good Condition and
A Good Growth of Plant
Is Expected.
PLATS FOR EXPERIMENT.
TEST IN WHEAT BY DEPART
MENT OF AGRICULTURE IS
STILL ON AT THE RATLIFF
FARM-coRN AND FROST.
PLATS FOR EXPERIMENT.
(By Walter S. RatIin.)


Farmers are realizing that. with the
approach of cooler weather, there
hardest and most unpleasant duties of
general farming are almost complet-
ed.
Occasional rains have kept grow
ing vegetables unusually green, which
has been of much value to pastures,
as live stock have had the range OF
the fields for several months and
with good prospects for weeks to
come.
Despite the fact that hay mas been
commanding good prices, most of the
farm barns are well filled with timo-
thy, clover or miilet This will furn-
ish the necessary supply for horses,
while fodder can be utilized late for
cattle peculiar condition is observ-
ed-that clover is being cut for hay
during September. This is the rank
growth from clover seed sown last
spring i'm the growing wheat and is
expected to make very good cattle
feed
But very few fields of clover will
be cut for seed in this county this fall,
owing to the light acreage and to the
small number of bum BILE bees that
are supposed to exert SO large an in
fluence in the development of the
seed in the clover blossoms.
Alfalfa enthusiasts are little more
jubilant over the results of the sea-
sons growth. Heretofore more have
abandoned it's sowing than was gen.
orally supposed. An occasional patch
was seeded to sorghum for summer
soiling or feeding, which have not
been used to furnish the supply of
green food for live stock that is often
found necessary, owing at this time to
the abundance of pasture.
Fall Seeding Of Wheat.
Before many days, the fall seeding
Of wheat will have been completed
and owing to farmers having seeded
their usual number of acres, the area
sown will be large, and from the con-
dition of the soil at present a good
growth Of the wheat plants is expect
ed
Many stubble fields have been turn
ed, which furnished the fallow ground
but the bulk of the wheat sowing has
been done between the rows of grow
ing corn.
Rye that was sown early has ger
mined well and where sown for PAS
ture for late winter and early spring
grazing will undoubtedly make rank
growth before cold weather.
Wheat plats are being sown under
the direction of the department of ag-
riculture on my farm again, the final
sowing being done on August 18th and
continuing every ten days thereafter,
for the purpose of containing the
study Of insects affecting cereal
crops.
Interests in Oats.
Much interest was taken in the oat
crop this summer, as it is one that is
often grown to correct the crop rota-
ton or to furnish a needed feed in
the event of former crop failures.
General disappointment was every
where shown, in the quality and
quantity Of the yield of both straw and
It will be found necessary to use old
oats for next years seeding.
Barley and buckwheat made good
growths, and are now being threshed
with good results. More patches of
barley are being sown in connection
with apiaries than formerly. This
has proven of value this year, as
honey bees have not had the bios
SONS to gather nectar from this year
that was desired This scarcity IF
white clover blossoms was partially
supplied by the bloom fthe common
smart weed of the fields, which is
claimed by bee men" to give the
honey fine flavor
Before long growing corn will have
to be cut on the clayey knobs, as the
stalks and ears are fast ripening, but |