The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-06-01
Selecting Proper
Varieties Of Wheat
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several years made II point TO as
certain II possible the kind or variety
Of different farm crops that the farm
ers were growing. Invariably in look
ing over a field of wheat, oats, barley
or potatoes he has asked the question
as to what variety was being grown.
IL Is a surprising fact that very few
farmers can state with positive as
surance the name of the variety they
are using.
II is a safe proposition that not one
farmer in ten can give you the name
of the variety of potatoes, wheat, bar.
ley or oats he is growing. Many of
them seem absolutely unmindful of
the importance of this question.
AS matter of fact the variety has
much to do with the successful cult.
walton of the crop. Except in the small
possible extra outlay for seed it costs
no more to raise 30 bushels of wheat
from an acre with good variety than
il does 20 bushels with poor variety.
When the yield is increased by the
use of a fertilizer or by an extra pre-
paration of the seed bed the increase
Is always made at more or less ex-
pense. In this case, however, 1t only
requires little thought
On many farms there is mixture
Of number of varieties and the farm.
ers in some instances seem utterly
unconscious of the fact that there is
here a great waste 1t is seldom that
any two varieties will mature at the
same time. One variety will mature
and shatter before another variety is
ripe.
When 1t comes to marketing, buy
ers OF cereals or root crops will al.
ways pay a better price fer uniform
product than where there is a lack
of uniformity.
II should he stated right here that
there is no best variety for the whole
Co,.ntry In the case OF whea: it
mas been demonstrated beS.;n a
question that on lne dry lards of
ibis section best lcsLlts are secured
with the Turkey red For t!is reason
We folieve that h, ought IT, be the
rriAcipal crop grown on dry lands.
ThlS variety has proven To be good
'ielIer and of excellent quality, Of
higher selling value and nxcellently
ada, ted TO arid conditions
1t would mean very material in.
crease in the average yield of wheat
in this state If this variety should be
universally adopted 1t is estimated
that the Minnesota station made pos.
sIble an increase in the yield of wheat
in that state of from one to two bush
els per acre and from to 10 per cent
through the introduction of an i'm.
moved variety.
We have observed too that many
names are given to tn esame variety.
We have known one of the most wide.
~ grown varieties of wheat in three
of the principal wheat growing coun,
ties of the state grown under thee
different names. 1t is not unusual for
old aud standard varieties to be nut
on the market with high sounding
names and at eXtravagant prices. We
have no doubt nut that some of tbis
remaining of varieties is INTENDED to
he Exceptional but in the main we
believe that it is done through Ignor.
ance. A wheat raiser procures fresh
seed and withou. knowing the name
OF 1t finds after a year or two that
II is better than that grown by his
immediate neighbors, This leads to a
local name The dollhouse wheat. the
Droubay wheat the Kofod wheat are
all Illustrations OF good standard var.
ieties going under the name of the
man who introduced It.
We should like very much TO SEQ
the farmers Of Utah interested in this
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