The Ordway new era., 1913-12-19
SUMMER FALLOW AIDS
Profitable for Fall Wheat, Pota-
toes and Garden.
Soil Should Be Worked Only While
Moist. Except In plskins-Mors
Agricultural Science Needed
In the Growing Of Wheat.

Consider summer fallowjng protit.
able only for fall wheat. potatoes and
garden. Wheat must be grown here
with Is inches of rainfall. writes Albert
Weaver of st. Francis, Kan. In the
Farm and Home. Summer tillage or
fallow ia the best method to meet this
condition. BY thorough summer till
age four to six inches Of the seasons
rainfall can be stored in the subsoil.
This vets down four to six feet. In
favorable seasons. the rainfall being
above the average. and the harvest
an early. one. It 10 possible to store
nearly this amount of water In the
subsoil by intensive summer tillage
working the soil Immediately after re-
moving the grain.
The soil should be worked only
while moist. except In disking. II not
wet by the latter part Of July. better
give up attempting to store the sub
soil with SUFFICIENT moisture for fall
seeding. In any case, the field should
be small one SO that 1t may be
quickly covered while conditions are
right. ,lN
had 20 acres Of fall wheat under
bare summer tiliage methods in 1911.
that made IL bushels to the acre. In
1912 had. 65 acres. bare summer till
age. fall wheat that yielded 15 bushels
an acre, and another 48 acres sum.
mer titled yield Is bushels an acre.
do not know Of as good yields around
hero on old ground, either in 1911 or
1912. In 1910 Asa Payne had 180 acres
Of bare summer titled fall wheat that
made IS buaheds to the acre. and In
1909 ]. e. Payne had 160 acres that
yielded 37H bushels an acre. The
average yield from these different
fields was "a bushels an acre for the
last four years, all on old ground.
Flowing twice ia possibly as good as
any method for bare summer tillage.
double disk in April. plow in May and
again the latter part Of July. giving
the ground some additional cultiva-
tion 49, 5l.or
By reason OF the subsoil being wet
1t freezes and loosens 1t up to take In
the spring rains. Besides freezing dis
intergates the soil particles.
With good seedbed stored with
moisture at seeding time. 25 to 30
pounds an acre OF clean, choice seed
is usually enough. Seed wheat should
be selected from fields making heavy
yields, and ripening early. Some Of
our Red Turkey wheat seems to have
run out and the yields are low even
under favorable conditions.
II think deep seeding 10 best. and
should be done 'between September 16
and October /. II may be even better
to seed earlier than this. Wheat should
get well rooted and should fairly cover
the ground before winter sets In.
Early seeding puts the crop in best
condition for growth early in the
spring. to get the start Of the weeds.
and to ripen early. As soon as wheat
begins to cover the ground in the
spring think 1t should be narrowed
thoroughly two or more times to kill
ali weeds and to conserve the moas-
ture 1t is best to do this after .
shower. have narrowed wheat the
last four years with good results.
There is more agricultural science
needed in the growing Of wheat than
any other crop. believe wheat grow
ing along the foregoing lines can be
made very profitable in our section of
the country. and the sooner our farm
ers, adopt similar methods the better
on they will be. n