Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-10-07

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but OF other crops as well. IN most
cases these claims are entirely IN.
founded. Before introducing q new
variety It win pay TO write to your ex-
pertinent station for information re.
| garding It. Even IL they recommend
It the safest plan Is foAtry only a few
acres at first until you see whether OF
not It Is adapted to your particular 10
| ca1ity.
Where winter wheat can be grown it
will pay to raise 1t in spite OF its dis
advantages. It can be worked into the
rotation By sowing it after oats In a
rotation OF corn. oats, wheat. clover.
The clover seed may be scattered on
the ground among the wheat plants
early In the spriag. Another method
OF using winter wheat In the rotation
il to cut the corn early for siiage or
fodder and sow the wheat on the corn
stubble ground. The trouble with this
method is that 1t is usually so late
before the corn can be got of the
ground that the wheat does not get
enough of start to enable it to with
stand an extra severe winter. There
Is an advantage in having wheat fol-
low corn or some other cultivated crop
IN that the weeds will bother much
less. The work Of seeding is also less
since the ground does not need to be
plowed.
Preparing The Ground.
Wheat, like oats. needs firm seed
bed. Corn ground which has been run
over twice with a disk Is an ideal seed
bed. It is fine and mellow on TOP and
firm beneath. There is nothing to pre-
vent the capillary moisture from rIs-
ing rapidly to the loose top layer,
where it is held just where the roots
need It. When wheat follows some
other small grain the ground Is SO hard
that. except In the case Of very loose
soils. the disk will have little effect on
Il, Such ground must be plowed.
Flowing for wheat does not need to be
very deep. Many farmers practice
burning the stubble before blowing.
since In this way many insects and
weeds are destroyed. and the capil-
larry connection is restored quicker.
Some hufnus is lost in this way. but
the advantages gained in many cases
make 1t more profitable to obtain the
needed humus in some other way.
The soil should be well disked and
narrowed after blowing to make q
fine compact seed bed. With wheat, |
as with oats, considerably better Yields |
are obtained by the use of a drill. IN
loose or dry soils the press drill is a |
big advantage. The wheels that fol-
ow pack the soil over the seed. This |
brings the soil into closer contact with
he wheat grains, aud they will alb
orb moisture faster and begin to grow
sooner This quickness OF starting Is
i much Importance in fall sown
Wheat near the northern limit OF The.
winter wheat belt, since there every.
hing depends on the wheat making a
,ood growth before the ground freezes.
Earliness Of seeding Is important for
he same reason. II you cannot get
our winter wheat 10 early-and by
arly is meant the first half Of Sep
ember-It Is better to wait until
pring and sow a spring variety.
The ground for spring wheat should /;
e prepared In much the same manner
. for oats. The rate OF seeding where
drill is used should be five or six
ecks to the acre, with either spring
winter varieties. When sown broad
asst about peck more will be need.
q. II there is much smut present the
eed should be treated as outlined for
at smut In article No. 4. The seed
hould be famed and graded and test
for termination. +
Rotation In Wheat Farming.
In the great spring wheat regions
1e Introduction OF a crop OF clover
very two or three years will material
increase the yield. The growing of
over will mean some live stock. to
1t It, and the manure thus obtained
Ill still further increase the wheat
elds. The Introduction OF some OF
le other grain and forage crops viii
lualize the demands upon the soil
I'd add to the profits obtained from