Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-13

extensive root systems The result OF
this is that the crop produces too OK
| tensve foliage during the early part %
the Following summer so that by tie
| time the dry weather comes IN ne
| ana July the soil moisture vs. exhGugf a.
/ The moisture that should have g. sI
! saved f0r the fruiting season Is Co.'S
| sumcd in the production Of foliage The
! result Us "a great deal ~ straw nd \
relatively small quantity OF gralns
! usually shTunkon.
| Whom the wheat e. planted late--Nov.
| or thercnbouts-th there o. strong ike
lihood that Il VIII not come up until
tho following spring. Frequently this
iS not ID disadvantage, but II Is usually
round best 20 have the plants up in the
autumn. especially N the soil contains
seeds OF weeds TINT IcrWnate early in
the spring WherC this is the case the
plants arc in danger of being crowded
out ian tho struggle for growing space
that invariably takes place when plants
~ different Kinds occur on the same
soil
No particular time can b1 positively
desi2natcd as tho best time 10 plant
There are cases where very early plant
ing has produced better results than
medium or late planting: occasionally
late planting produces maximum yields.
In Utah where the rainfall is never
very high, variation Of an inch or
two one way or the other may pro-
hNNf TllAkiuA lt~ullNs ana EuCl NAT1a-
lions frequently occur. The records COW
cring number OF years show, how
ever, that on the average the summers
are very dry and there are usually long
dry periods I'm September and October.
With these facts In mind It is plain
that the grain should be planted at
such time as TO insure the crop
against the possible IN effects of the
dry spells which can reasonably be ex-
pccted The undesirable influences Of
low and varying temperatures common
In the month of November should also
be- guarded against. There viii un-
ioubtedly be occasional cases in favor
" the early or Of the late planting. but
Tor a practise TO be followed through
4 series Of years the medium viii likely
prove the most dependable.
- RATE OF SEEDING WHEAT.
The test . determine the best rae
II seeding has not progres sed far
nough to warrant the use OF results.
MI the varieties grown az the sub-stn-
ION In the variety tests are seeded az
he rate Of approximately three pecks
er acre. This rate has produced sat
sfactory results not only at the sub
tation but also on the farms all oyer
he mountain area In deciding on the
ate TO seed the farmer should con-
lder two points On the moisture de-
lands Of the crop during the dry sea
on and CD the danger OF weeds II III.
iand Is too thick. the moisture In thu
1il VIII be exhausted before the crop tx
nature. II II is too thin weeds are
kelly 70 cone up and crowd the plants
I'he seeding rate that will be best to
.ect both Of these conditions depends
. the condition OF the soil and the
lality OF the seed II the seed bed Is
-operly prepared and the seed is wen
eaned ana pure rrom 80 10 As pounds
r. acre Is sufficient. Whether 10 so,v
or 45 pounds should be deterninel
= the average size OF the kernels t.
; planted, seed consisting OF large ker
is requiring the larger rate.
The results Ia testing the best de-fh
planting nave been rather vatiah!e.
ats are planted az the depth of ~
chcs, inches and 6 inches rerp,.,
iely. Until the test IS continue n
lerably longer positive cOncur rt II,
G unwarTanted. but tho Indie. II
vor 3 inches as the most da II
pth OF the three In 1909 tho II:
anted IL inches deep produced 80 - n
nat better than the one plantci 5 HI
shes deep, II L. believed that In III
sufficiently deep, II the seed H
Wen prepared and good drl 81 IA
ed. III
8RoADCASTING VS. DRILLING 81
I would naturally be thought IN "a IA
i OF the two methods OF plant A. IL
eat broadcasting and drilling. wolld III
unnecessary. There are stin a NV "A
vocate, OF the old method OF planting III
hand, however. and this test IS cor
1ted mainly as a demonstration -
inferiorliy OF this method Tha III
I planted with drill has invarlafl, III
far outyielded the other as 10 IN
ACCESSIBILITY OF broadcasting beAcr. IN
question. The broadcasted "a. tI|
averaged from bushels 10 90 Hi
N $ bushels to the acre, while a U}
yea pat mas yielded between 20 "a 5Ii
bushels per acre. There rs no ca H..
son why any dry farmer should nor nv
"a drill No matter how small The W..
Is, orosdcasting should never be N1
,ctised. III