The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-01

through the winter in good shape and
made good growth in the spring. II
headed we'll and good plump wheat
matured. The stand was very thin
and the excessive drought and heat in
jured 1t somewhat. The conditions
were so severe here that practically
no spring wheat matured, The wheat
on the summer fallow terminated and
grew well in the fall but 1t winter kill
ed. On the stubble land 1t failed to
terminate.
At New Salem the winter wheat was
sown on stubble land only. 1t did not
receive any rain after seeding, conse-
quently 1t did not terminate very well
Il went through the winter in good
condition and made a good growth in
the early summer but the very severe
drought conditions at this point in
jured it very much. The straw and
heads were very short though well
filled. 1t was cut July 16 and will
probably yield six to eight bushels per
acre.
At Beach the winter wheat germin-
ated and made a good fall growth in
both summer fallow and stubble. On
the corn ground it did not terminate
very well owning to the fact that ii
was impossible to get the wheat In
deep enough when sown broadcast
Part Of what terminated winter kill
ed except a strip along side of the
stubble which held the snow This
strip on the corn land was left and
produced very heavy crop of wheat
Both the stubble land and summer fall
low produced very heavy CROPS, the
wheat being forty inches high and
with long, well filled heads. These
wheat plots all ripened about the same
time. They were harvested about July
20, but have not yet been threshed.
This season winter wheat is being
sown on fifteen Of the demonstration
farms at jamestown, Bismarck, Wash
burn, New Salem, Beach, Hazelton,
Page, Hatton, Wahpeton, Hoople, La
kota, Granville, Mohall, Darlington
and Mcleod respectively. On all of
these farms the winter wheat is being
seeded in stubble in standing corn and
in most cases on summer fallow. This
year one horse disc drill is used to
seed the wheat in the corn. This drill
is sent as baggage on the railroads.
1t is then taken out to the demonstra-
ton farm and is set up and a couple
of acres of wheat is seeded in the
corn and it is then repacked and sent
on to the next farm. This machine
does very satisfactory work, particu-
larly where the corn rows are straight.
Had the winter wheat been sown by
this means in the corn last year there
would doubtless have been less fail
ures because of poor termination.
There will be nearly forty fields in
these winter wheat experiments which
are conducted in fifteen different
counties.
Conclusions from these and similar
experiments made on the experiment
station farm, winter wheat of the Tur-
key red variety is the most hardy. 1t
should be seeded during the month OF
August on we'll prepared seed bed
The ground should be firm below with
loose mulch on top. Winter wheat
particularly in the eastern part of the
state needs some winter protection
this is best furnished by stubble or
corn stalks. In all probability winter
wheat will be grown most successfully
in spring plowed barley stubble or on
corn land If seeded with a one horse
drill and one row of corn in four is
left standing to hold snow.