The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-27

n the spring II was wet although
not wet enough to cause the soil to
puddle. After blowing tae ground
was double. disced, that is by tapping
half, to a depth of g inches WITH a 4
horse 20 incn disc. The soil was too
wet to disc nicely, but the ground was
not puddled.
The seed bed was prepared on April
28th with a spiketoothed harrow, the
teeth set rather chanting. The ground
was narrowed twice (oneSlalf lap.)
The soil was rather wet on the spring
plowed land, put the fall plowed land
was in good condition.
The wheat was sown about 8 inches
deep with a hoe drill from April 18th
to May End, 100 pounds of seed being
used per acre. The ground was in
excellent condition for seeding on both
fall and spring plowed land. I usual
ly narrowed Immediately after sowing
seed, but could not this year because
it rained Immediately after seeding.
The cultivation consisted in going
ove the field twenty days after plant
ing once with "a Eureka Weeder made
by the Eureka Mower company, Utica.
N. Y. The weeder stirs the soil to
the depth of about 1 inch. 1t was u.s.
ed to break up the crust which had
formed over the surface of the ground
Harvested the wheat on September
80 - --Ig g -
diately afterward.
Threshed the grain from field on
September 18th with a 2-horse read
power machine. 1t did a very poor
job and left some grain in the straw.
Received a yield of 40 bushels per
acre On the fall plowed and 25 bush
els per acre on the spring plowed field
of both varieties. Had five acres of
Durum (Macaroni) and three acres
of Marvel wheat. The seed of the
John Salzer & Company, La Crosse,
Wisconsin. Both varieties were first
class wheat and the Durham weigh
ing ga pounds to the bushel and the
Marvel So pounds. The wheat I val
ue at 11a cents per pound and the
straw at $500 dollars per ton deliv-
cred in Las Vegas.
This was the first year 1 nave ev-
er grown wheat. l have sixty acres
of fall wheat sown on the high mesa
east of Las Vegas. Broke up the sod
July 9th to October 9Th. Plow-
6 to Z inches deep; narrowed twice
with a 4 horse harrow, and disced
twice with a 4-horse disc tapping half
time. Seeded with an Imperial
Drill 2 inches deep the drill being fol-
lowed by the harrow, Tapped half. All
of the crops was up on October 18TH.
Also ten acres on home farm sown
October 18th. !
The character of the soil, the plow-
ing, the after cultivation the prepar-
of the seed bed, the date and
of seeding and the cultivation
were the same as for the wheat.
Grew two varieties of oats, the Col
den Fleece and the National, the for
mer being harvested six days before
and the latter the next day after the
Harvested and threshed with
the same machinery and in the same
way as described under wheat. The
Fleece yielded 80 bushels and
the National 40 bushels per acre.
About Aton of straw was secured per
acre. I value the. grain at $1.40 per
100 10 now and h straw is worth
$500 per ton delivered in Las Vegas.
The National oats yielded 55 bushels
and IS bushels II 1905. The Golden
Fleece yielded rs bushels per acre in
1905. l have grown oats for four con
secutive years and the yields this year
are owe than any previous year.
The low yields this yea were due
to the fact that two hail storms came
one the last of June and the other
first of July, considerably damag
ing the crop. Hail has never injured
crops before since 1 have lived
here. There is no question in my
mind but that oats can be grown reg
ularly by dry farming in this vicinity.
Spelt.
All of the operations were the same
with the spelts as with the wheat,
with the single exception that l SOW
ed 40 pounds of seed per acre of sew
acres and rs pounds on three acres
The spelt was harvested just after
the oats and just before the wheat.
It yielded 80 bushels per acre on the
seeded at the rate of 10 ID
per acre and so bushels on that seed
ed at the rate of as pounds per acre.
[ will SOW rs to so pounds per acre
in the future, for I find that spelt
stools more freely thai any other
small grain. The yield of straw was
IA tons per acre. Both grain and
straw were of prime quality. ! do
1ot know the value of the grain, but
consider it better than oats for feed.
The straw is worth $500 per ton de-
in Las Vegas. / have grown
spelt for two years, this year and last.
In 1905 1 had one acre and received
35 bushels of grain, actual machine