Evening journal., 1913-09-10
EXPERIMENTS In
WHEAT GROWING
Expert of the Delaware ACri-
cultural Station Gives Val
liable Information
snerial 10 1HE EyENINa JouRNAL.

Special to IHE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK. Sept. 1O.--A. f. Gran
than Of the Delaware Agricultural
Station, at Newark, has issued an in
tarestine bulletin on successful wheat
growing in Delaware. Experiments
by him will prove of much impor-
tance TO farmers. The bulletin in full
follows;
Successful wheat growers in Del
aware depends much on the variety
used. Our climate is such that the
frequent rains and excessive humid
ity at the time wheat is blossomlng
and filling often seriously affects the
crop. Certain fungus diseases TO
which wheat is subject will often de-
velop under those conditions whlcn
will lessen the yield and quality ol
the grain. Studies at the experiment
station show that some varieties are
more or less resistent 10 weather
variations and give a high yield with
great regularity. In general It ap-
pears that the bearded varieties are
more dependable in yield from zeal
10 year. While il is true that some
OF the smooth varieties make a goot
Weld certain seasons. yet they VII
make a greater slump in yield thar
will the varieties of the bearded typ
under the same conditions. The de
partment OF agrono~-- of the Della
ware station has tested over 100 va
rieties in the past years and ha
found that of the 10 leading varietie
in WELD have been bearded. ANON
the bearded varieties that have yield
ed we'll may be mentioned the Gypsy
Rudy. Red Wonder, Lehigh, Lancaster
Farmers Friends, Lebanon, Aubur
Red, and Valley. The smooth variete
which have done best are Perfection
CurreIre Prolific, Poole and barn
Ripe.
"Experimer seem TO Indicate tina
wheats OF the bearded type will yiel
better than the smooth on medium q
poor soil. Under heavy fertilizatio
the difference is not so marked.
The grower should beware of bu,
ing seed wheat merely because IN
variety made a good yield for hi
neighbOr for a particulra season. An.
variety may do well when soil an
season are just right. II is imposs
BILE TO measure on the relative yielt
ing capacity of varieties Of wheat III
less they have been grown on tn
same soil and under the same cond
tions Of fertilization for a numbe
years. The only place where sue
work is done is at the various stat
experiment stations and the grove
should carefully study the results
these tests before buying seed whei
ofomiscuously Newly introduce
varieties of wheat are often in d.
mand among farmers II their initii
yield has been good. However, tn
does not establish their claims 4
superiority for reasons mentione
above. Recently many inquiries hay
been received by this station regar'
ing the merits of the Miracle
Stoner wheat. This variety has bee
grown for four years by the Delawa
station and carefully tested as regari
rate Of tillering, thickness of seedin
etc. Il is claimed by the promoters
this variety that a less quantity
seed per acre is required than wi
the standard varieties. The varie
does tiller we'll but not more so thi
some other we'll established varietis
In fact Mediterranean, Lehigh al
Rudy develop as freely as the Mirac
other varieties than the Mirao
might be sown at less rate with q
same results. This season, a beard
variety, Auburn Red, was tested
sowing at various rates per acre, fro
. TO s pecks. The two peck seedil
gave as high a yield as the six pc,
seeding and somewhat more than G
eight peck seeding.
Some varieties recently tested
the station give promise of being w
adapted. These are Auburn Re
bearded. and Leaps prolific, smooi
"As the variety of wheat oft
makes q difference of to 10 bush'
per acre. it pays to get seed of
we'll known strain. The fixed chare
of growing a wheat crop are abe
the same whether the yield be IS bus
els OF % bushels per acre. The ayi
age yield of wheat per acre in
u s. is about IA bushels. and as
costs 10 to 12 dollars per acre
grow wheat II will be seen that thu
is little profit under Is bushels !
acre. Hence, some attention paid
the variety of wheat will often
termine the profit per acre."