Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-04-08


succeeding years All thing, ron,idrrcd
fa"tir crop to grow 1t is seeded in the
same manner as the Turkey red wheat
Spring Wheat.
he kuhanka variety cf macaronj
wheat has >huwn itself to be one of he
mos; satisfactory Of the dry farm spring
wheat :, far grown. On the average nf
the past four years this variety has
given AZ average yirih Of 1916 bushels
per acre N the experiment stations over
the state. The straw is stiff and ,hc
heads possess very stiff boards. The
grain. which is very hard. has commonly
been used in the making Of macaron
products i'll the past. However. during
the pas, lew wears it has found place
as y bread wheat. and we believe thi,
demand will develop.
thirl,;.. II hard bread making -prin.
ws',ai. has been tested ON the different
stations. and an average nf 1874 b,,>hrl,
to the acre has been harvest ed We be-
lirvr This. with some other milling va
ric;ir'. like sprn. fife and lrin.lc'S
Champion. may come t. lave il place as
dry farm >prin. whrat~.
Seeding: Like the fall wheat. sprn.
wheat ought to be >own on il moist. well
prepared seed bed. The bc>; plan is to
disc and harrow the seed down as early
as possible in the spring. that all
moisture from melting SHOWS and from
rains may be held. The seeding ought
to be done as early as the soil is in con-
ditlon in the spring, using a drill tolmt
the seed we'll down into the moisture,
and seeding at the rate of from three
to four pecks of seed to the acre Ilar-
rowing after heavy rains until the grain
is up few inches will be advan aycol,S.
Early maturing oats are more >ati
factory On the dry farm han are the
later maturing varieties. The Sixty
Day ami Canadian White. two rapid
CROWN" varieties. have shown good re-
turns whore they have been tested The
average of all tests shows il Yield of
800 bushels for the Canadian White.
Doubtless there are many other vari"
ties that will do quite as well and some
even >urra>> these in Yield. The cunsld-
Grafton. on deciding nn an oat variety.
is to get one that natures early So as
not to have lis development and filling
+ neFiod come dnrim. the hot. dry days Of
late Of July and August.
Seeding: Like the whra, oats ought
to be seeded early on Il we'll TILED seed
bed. II The crop is drilled in 1T the rate
Il 30 to ~ pe,,nh> If seed per acre. rs
carly II, the ground can he brought into
condition in the sprin". satisfactory re-
, turns ou.ht 10 be gained narrowing to
break th" mulch tl,a. forms after rain
is wise for IL time following the seed
ing.
Barley.
The early maturing I,,llc-> and beard
i less varirtir, of barley. snrh as the white
! hnlless or Russian bald variety. seem t"
! i" we'll adapted to dry farm growth
This variety has given an average yield
Of 1875 bushels eco pounds to he hmshr)
on the sub stations during the past five
Years.
i The California. il common variety OF
brewing barley. has been grown on the
,ub->tation. and IL yield OF 24.O2 bushels
Is pounds t. the b,lshcll to the acre
harvested. All things considered. we II"
ea:d the white hnllr>> variety as one
nl the very best for HE dry farm. 1t i
early maturing and seems quite hardy
in il, growth. Very satisfactory Yields
have been harvested where this variety
has been planted in new >l'rn" break
ino. .A> the straw j. quite brittle. the
crop should be harvested promptly. as
>2on Il, it ripen>. 10 prevent loss by the
heads brrakin. off.
Seeding: Barley ought to be seeded in
,h" spring. much the same a> wheat or
oats. usin. ~ to ~ pounds ri seed to
the acre In case of SerIin. on new
breaking. the f,lrraw> ought to b" care
tu!l\ di>crl down and narrowed before
the seeding Is done.
Thi, crop seem, especially we'll adapt
ed to growth on new ,prn. breaking.
When grown in this way the best plan
i to carefully disc down the breakin"
Immediately behind the pillow :" Il, L"
press down the furrnw slice ana form a
moisture conserving mulch IN the sur
facr. The flax Is then drilled in. n>ln.
~ to 30 hounds nf seed to the acre.
The plan of seeding the flax on new
breaking. without any surface tillage on
the seed bed. has not been found so sat
i,factnrv IA, where the land has been
packed and >urta" titled.
When the production of flax is To he
carried on year after year. the land
onght to he plowcd and then carefully
cultivated. Flax is ii hardy grower and
will bring some returns even when care
ful preparati ion ha, not been given the
seed bed. However. the crop responds to
the good care and then yields are great
lv incres, sed thereby. On the dry farm