The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-09-08

plants results. These are never able
TO withstand a severe winter. Plow-
ing for wheat should be done as early
in the summer as possible and fire.
quent cultivation made over the top
of the ground. This viii allow the
connection between the surface soil
and the Subsoil to be resumed and
will make a fine seed bed on top,
Liberal use of the roller is recon-
mended, then a fine seed bed made
on top of the firm soil with a spring
tooth harrow.
Many farmers practice following
wheat after corn, either cutting up
the corn or sowing it between the
corn rows. II the corn has been cut
up, the ground should be disked thor
.oughly before the wheat is put in, or
| if il is the intention to sow between
the rows, late cultivation of the corn
should be practiced, in order to keep
the ground free of weeds and loose
seed bed on top. As good results
cannot be expected by sowing wheat
after corn as by sowing on plowed
ground.
Sowing.
For North Missouri wheat may be
sown from Sept, LIST to the 18th, or,
if the season is late, even few days
later. In South Missouri il is not ad-
vjsable to sow earlier than the 10th Of
September and sowing may be con-
tinued as late as the 10th to the 18th
of October. This later sowing in the
southern part of Missouri should be
practiced because of the ravages OF
the Hessian fly in the earlier sown
wheat. The rate of seeding will vary
somewhat richer and poorer types Of
soil. On very fertile land, less may
be sown with good results, but the
average of the state should be about
one and one-half bushels of seed per
acre.
Fertilization.
On badly worn lands the most re-
munerative fertilizer application for
wheat will usually be one of the COM
plete fertilizers containing from l-2
to 2 IL per cent nitrogen, from-8 to
IL per cent available phosphoric acid
and from 2 to 3 per cent potash appli-
ed with fertilizer drill at the rate of
100 to $50 pounds per acre at the time
the wheat is sown. On lands that
have been fairly well kept up in
humus by crop rotation, manuring
and legume growing, the application
: of 125 to $50 pounds of a good grade
of steamed bone meal will be better
| practice. Such bone meal will con-
E tain approximately 1 IA per cent
I nitrogen, and from % to 30 per cent
phosphoric acid, about one-half OF
which is available. The raw bone
:. meal will also give good returns, but
it contains from 2 l-2 to 4 per cent
nitrogen, which is more than one can
! afford to apply if the nitrogen has
t been maintained by proper systems
. of farming. The use of $50 to 200
pounds of acid phosphate on such
: lands will also be very remunerative.
This acid phosphate contains from IA
to l6 per cent phosphoric acid, prac-
tically all of which is available, and its
cost is around $500 per ton while
the steamed bone costs about $500
and the raw bone about $500 per
ton. The acid phosphate has a ten
dency to cause the land to become
sour with continued use and especial
ly on lands where lime is already be-
ginning to be needed its long continu-
ed use is not so desirable as that OF
the bone meals. The bone meals also
have more lasting effect due to the
large amount of phosphorus which
they contain in more or less insolu-
BILE form and their use is to be rec
commended in preference to the acid
phosphate.
These general recommendations re.
garding wheat fertilization will apply
to most of the lands of medium and
poor fertility in Missouri where wheat
is grown. u
Smut and Insect Enemies.
Perhaps the worst insect enemy Of
wheat is the Hessian fly. Although
they are so troublesome, still they
can ha vary we'll controlled nv the