The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-11
HINTS TO THE FARMERS.
AceIimsted Seeds.
By w. II. Olin.

into eastern Colorado this spring. are
bringing with them the seeds OF the
crops grown back home" with which
they hope to grow crops in much
drier region, that a word of caution is
necessary.
Difference in altitude, amount of
rainfall and general climatic condi-
ticns urges the writer to warn the new
settler that past experience has shown
that it will be hazardous to use any but
acclimated seeds of such types OF
grain, forage and root crops as sue
cessful farmers of that locality have
demonstrated show fairly good drouth
resistant power.
Even with the most vital seed OF es-
tablished worth, in some seasons, lack
of timely rains jeopardizes prohtaDie
harvest. Last season one eastern Col
orado farmer seeded drouth-resistant
strain of wheat, getting twenty-five
bushels of good, sound wheat. and In
an adjoining field, with the same seed
bed preparation and after treatment,
he seeded a wheat from another state
of unknown drouth-resistant power and
got seven bushels per acre Of inferior
quality.
This is futher illustrated in every
crop grown on the eastern plains OF
Colorado. Seed, If you will, your
choice imported grain in a seed block
of an acre, or less, but be sure to Sc
cure for the general field grain that is
acclimated to semi-arid conditions.
The following crops have proven to be
reasonably certain in average years
for this region:
Grain.
Corn-(An early maturing corn
should always be used.) White Aus
tralian Flint, Swadley Dent and "Di-
vide" Dent, or Colorado Yellow Dent.
Wheat-For spring, Kubanka Du-
rum; for fall seeding. Turkey Red or
Kharkov.
Barley-(A bald barley or beardless
type. seeded early).
Rye-One of the surest crops for
hay or grain.
Oats-This is not reliable crop ev-
cry year, but early types, as the Big
Four, Kherson and Sixty Day, accli-
mated to that region, have given very
good harvest for several seasons.
Flax-This is a new crop to Colo
RADIO, and for two years has done well,
but its worth has not yet been fully
proven. The writer would urge set
tiers not to seed this crop extensively
until it has been more fully tested. If
this seed is used, be sure to treat seed
with formalin before seeding. The
writer will send directions on request.
Get Colorado-grown seed, if possible.
Emmer-( Commonly called speltz)-
A drouth-resistant feed grain.
Forage.
Kaffir Corn, Dwarf Milo Maize,
Early Amber Sorghum, and Prose-, are
good forage crops.
Roots.
Potatoes, where non-irrigated, or
divide" seed is used. have proven the
best root crop in recent years for the
plains.
Seek to grow that crop which will
furnish feed, and plan to make some
form of meat production the main
product of the farm. Get the seed of
a few well-tried crops and plan to seed
them early, so the crop may get what
early spring rains may chance to fall.
Rate of seeding is very important,
since seeding too heavily takes up the
limited amount of moisture in the
ground, causing the whole crop to
"fire-burn." Do not seed as heavy as
you did in the central or eastern states.
The following table may be suggestive,
but rate of seeding will vary with
manner of seeding, size of seed and
condition of seed bed, so no definite
rule can be laid down. Do not seed
broadcast, if you can possibly drill in
the grain.
Rate Of Seeding for Eastern Plains.