The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
To whea, orower,.of colorado.

The market prices and climatic con-
ditions are very encouraging for an
enlarged acreage OF fall wheat this
season. The very best variety which
we have yet been able to find for
Colorado conditions is Turkey Red
winter wheat, grown for several sea
Sons either in Colorado attitudes or In
the northern latitudes. The American
Beat Sugar Company of Lamar, Colo
RADIO, have several thousand bushels
developed from a choice strain which
we introduced in 1905, from the most
careful winter wheat grower in the
West. Mr.. w. s. Galloway of Vernon.
yuma county,, Colorado, has several
hundred bushels OF fine quality Turkey
Red wheat grown above the ditch for
several seasons. The writer has very
carefully examined the wheat from
both growers and hereby recommends
it as a pure strain of Turkey Red win
ter wheat.
Seek your seed within the state.
There are probably other farmers
growing a choice strain of this good
wheat which the writer has not had
the opportunity of grading, and can
not therefore name in this circular let
ter
Hard, winter wheat commands pre-
MUM at every mill in the state. Colo
RADIO millers are urging wheat growers
to increase their acreage, and with ex-
cellent market conditions; the agrono-
my department of the Agricultural col
lege at Fort Collins feels justified in
urging Colorado farmers to increase
the acreage of this reliable wheat,
which is giving remunerative returns
both in quantity and price,
We would urge early preparation of
the seed bed; in the higher attitudes
seed in August; in the medium alti-
tudes, from the second to the fourth
week in September, and at 5000 to
$500 from the third week in Septem-
ber to the third week in October, vary
ing according to moisture conditions.
If this wheat is seeded at the right
time in the fall, it gets a good root
growth, and is thereby better prepared
for vigorous stooling in the spring.
From thirty to fifty pounds per acre
is recommended for seeding on lands
above the ditch and from seventy to
eighty-five pounds on lands under
ditch. The straw is fine and when
seeded too heavily is more likely to
lodge. The kernel Is small and for
this reason should not be seeded SO
heavily as other fall wheats. The
writer this last year seeded at the rate
Of seventy-ive pounds on the Expert
mental Farm, and believes that even
this rate of seeding was, If anything.
too heavy. Other types of winter
wheat seeded at the same rate showed
remarkable differences in character of
stand. indicating that more seed
should have been used to the acre.
/ have been asked to furnish fifty
ht,c hn1 nf rf,ln Nh
80 wheat to the government of South
Australia This wheat has been de-
veloped especially for the higher alti-
tudes of Colorado. 1t was grown for
many years in the San Luis valley, un-
der the direction of Mr.. A. H. Daniel
son, assistant in agriculture. The
writer is not able to fill the order. If
any one in the state has 100 bushels of
Colorado No. so wheat for sale, would
like to have him send sample of grain
at once. We want to secure for Aus
tralia fifty bushels of the best quality
of this high altitude wheat obtainable
in the state. This will be forwarded
in vermin proof boxes, direct to the
minister of agriculture of South Aus
tralia, with the name of the grower.
altitude, climatic conditions and his
tory of the wheat.
Desire to get in touch with the
wheat growers of Colorado. and to this
end would ask farmers who read this
circular letter to send a report on this
years crop. giving acreage, YIELD
weight per bushel. and altitude where
raised.
w. H. OLIN,
Professor of Agronomy, Colorado Agri-
cultural College, Fort Collins, Colo
:ado.