The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-25
WHEAT EXPERT
LECTURES To
LOCAL FARMERS
SPECIAL TRAIN AT PLY
MOUTH FOR 80 MINUTES
MONDAY A. M. HAS
GOOD ATTENDANCE
Car Filled With Persons Inter
ested in Improvement of the
Wheat Crop-Lecture In
teresting.

The Wheat Improvement spe-
cial train, conducted by Purdue
University, as an extension spe-
cial course. and operated by the
Pennsylvania railroad, arrived in
Plymoutfl at 9 o'clock Monday
morning, this being the first sta
ton on the itinel ary train, which
is to travel over the entire por-
ton OF northern Indiana. The
special drew up on the " near
the Pennsylvania station. The
train consisted OF an engine, bag
gage car, two day coaches, and a
combination dining and sleeping
car. The coach in which the lee
ture was given was filled with
interested farmers, who listened
to a valuable lecture on wheat
raising. About hundred and
fifty were present. The lectur-
er spoke on the raising OF wheat
in general, the cost per acre, the
value OF fertilizer, also concern
ing insects harmful to wheat,
their description, effect and the
remedy or theil- extinction.
Among the points. lectured upon
were the following:
Place of Wheat in Rotation.
Wheat should never be grown
on the same land continuously.
To get good results some kind OF
rotation must be practiced /;
that is, it must be afternated
with one or more other crops.
What these vtiler crops should
be and how many different ones
should be included in the rofa-
ton, will depend upon a number
OF factors. among whiclf are the
kind of farming carried on, the
climatic conditions, the kind OF
soil and It's degree OF fertility,
the kinds OF crops that the local
conditions will best produce, and
the extent to which they can be
proftably used in the system OF
farming Followed. One thing
however. Is well established and
is that some kind of a 1egume
usually clover, should have a
prominent place in. the rotation
In the crop rotation expert
ments carried on by the Purdue
Experiment Station during the
last twenty years, number OF
rotations including wheat have
been studied. y comparison ol
these at the present time shows
some very interesting results and
makes 1T clear that continuous
wheat culture and the culture OF
wheat in exclusive grain crop ro-
tations are not good practices
The experiments along this line
also go to prove that to get the
best results, wheat must be al
ternated with other crops and
that the rotation must contain
some kind on a legume.
The farmer who feeds consid
erabIe live stock is in the best
position to use variety OF crop:
prohtably. Under Indiana con
ditions the livestock farmer car
usually use the three-course 70
tation OF corn, wheat and cloves
TO the best advantage as with
him, corn and clover are botl
very necessary crops, and for TIL,
most part the natural condition.
are favorable to their profitable
production. While this is not al
ideal rotation so far as the whea
is concerned. on account OF TN,
heavy drain on the soil caused
by the corn crop the difficult,
can be largely, If not wholly
overcome by giving the whea
better treatment than 1t usualk
receives. When the wheat /
sown in standang corn, wher'
the ground has not been KEEP
clean and mellow and very littl
special fertilization is given. it /
not fair TO expect much OF it
During its long season OF growtl
the corn crop has largely talSei
the available plant food, out o
the soil and there is little tim
Tor recuperation before sowing
the wheat. which consequent,
develops but SLOWLY and Is Otter
not in good condition when win
ter overtakeS it. 1t IS often dif
fcult. too. to get full, evel
stand OF plants in standing corr
When wheat is to follow corn i
the rotation the best practice j
to cut the corn as early as posi-
BILE. then thoroughly disk am
harrow the ground and sow TIL
wheat with two-lrorse drill, us
: ing a liberal application of a we
proportioned fertilizer as describ
ed IN another portion OF thi
circular.
Exclusive grain farming i
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