Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-02-20
FALL WHEAT AND RYE.
Fields Are Much Heavier Than
That Of Spring Varieties.
Turkey Red 10 One Of Best seeds -
es Found and Wtthstands ssvere
Winter Conditions Better
Than Any Other Sort.

s7ss'1 O.'sOs
(By J. H. SHEPHERD. North Dakota AZ
ricultural College)
Fall wheat and fall rye distribute
the work more evenly at seeding time.
at harvest time. and in threshing.
The winter wheat and winter rye can
be threshed before the spring grain
is ready to cut. Winter grain land
Is then ready to pillow during any time
that can be spared for It very early
in the season, which helps the chance
for crop the following year. They
will keep wild oats and kingshead
down and in this way clean up the
land considerably Where they are
at home and do we'll. the yields OF
winter wheat and winter rye are much
heavier than those Of spring wheat
and spring rye. Their season for NIL
ing IL earlier than the dry weather.
and rusting periods commonly occur,
The Turkey Red winter wheat;
which has been grown in the north,
west for several years, is the best
seed that have been able to md,
1t is a hard winter wheat in grade,
and withstands winter conditions
here better than any other sort that
I have tested.
Winter wheat must have a snow
covering during the winter to sur.
vive
Where the rainfall is sufncient to
start the wheat in stubble land, that
plan of seeding has brought the larg,
est portion of the winter wheat
through without winter killing Of any
plan that l have observed. stubble
land should be mellow, rich and rea,
sonably clean. however. to be sowu
to winter wheat.
1t may be disked very lightly with
the disk set almost straight, but even
this much OF breaking down Of the
stubble will cause the winter wheat
to kill out under severe conditions.
1t may be sown in corn fields be-
tween the rows by using one-horse
drill. II the corn stalks are left
standing 1t will usually live through
the winter in any part Of the state,
Where corn Is cut and the stubble
left short, however. 1t frequently kills
out.
Even where one-fourth of the corn
stalks are left standing too little snow
is held for the wheat to be carried
through severe winters satisfactorily
The winter of 1911 and 1912 was very
hard on winter grain and less than
hoIf r,ff ho win u.ho 10
when seeded in corn and all Of the
stalks left standing.
One-horse drills can be had which
will seed winter wheat in corn ground
very we'll but 1t Ia slow process
and must be done at time when In.
Dor is expensive.
Sowing barley with winter wheat
% means Of protecting It haa
proven unsuccessful. The barley willis
down from freezing and affords lit
tie protection.
No. 95s winter rye bred up by this
station is the hardest and best yield
ing rye that have found. Winter
rye has usually survived without any
protection from stubble or other
growth.
The latter part Of August, or. In the
east part of the state. September ia
generally found to be the best time ia
SOW winter wheat and winter rye. In
the drier districts earlier seeding
seems to be an advantage, although
our results are not uniform. At the
Williston and Edgeley sub-stations
seeding as early as the middle Of Au.
gust seems to be very satisfactory
while at Dickinson earlier seeding
did not do as well as that sown the
first part OF September
In dry seasons winter grain has q
much more difficult time to get
through the winter than when rain.
falls are frequent during the fall
Winter rye will usually go through
the winter without any protection II
sown early. 1t is commonly safe from
winter killing II sown in corn and the
stalks left standing. The labor Of
seeding It in standing corn is heavy
and tedious. No winter grain should
be sown in weedy stubble or where
the ground is not mellow.
Sow winter rye at the rate Of 81,
pecks per acre. Sow winter whea,
at the rate Of i've pecks per acre ID
the east third Of the state. Furthe,
west lighter seeding may be advis
able.
Winter wheat is still in the expert
ment stage. Rye can be sown with
reasonable assurance Of winterini
through the average winter II given
good conditions.
wish to call attention to the fac,
that there is almost always some vol
unteer rye the year following the pro
duction Of crop of 1t on field
which reduces the value Of whea
crop produced on 1t.
| II sown to barley the volunteer ~,
Is Of little consequence and the crol
10 harvested so early as to catch tn.