The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-23

smoothing harrow. Then to prevent
damage from the Hcssian ny, SOW tho
wheat after the first white frost in the
fall.
Sowing the Hest Seed.
! have mentioned man who habit
ually makes forty or more bushels OF
wheat an acre But this man does
not, as many farmers do. SOW wheat
simply because IL is wheat, aud with
out any selection Of the seed This
man sells ali his wheat for seed, be-
cause OF It's specially fine quality. He
has machine for cleaning the wheat
located on an upper floor in his gran
AIRY From this machine three cnutes
come down TO three bins below. III
one bin fall the shriveled grain and
trash, used Us chicken feed In tho
next bin comes the medium milling
wheat. and into the third bin only the
heaviest and plumpest grain. and. of
course, he gets a fancy price for that.
He found a few years ago that some
people were buying his middle quail
lily. or milling wheat and selling il as
his seed wheat and he has since re-
fused TO sell this without a written
guarantee that IT was to be ground
into -four. as he did not want his rcpu-
tation Injured by people sowing the
lighter grain. Few farmers fully real
iZe the Importance of this careful
screening of the wheat. These plump
and heavy grains have vigor, and tiller
abundantly, and take really less seed
for an acre. because Of their greater
vitality. and OF course. the greater
vgor in the seed the heavier the crop
will be
The success OF the wheat crop de-
Ponds mainly on the quality OF the
seed used and on the careful prepara-
ton of the soil. OF course he,vIer
crop will always be made on n CLAW
loan, suited TO wheat than can he
grown on "A light. sand soil that is
better suited to oats but good nrcna
ration and proper fnine and cornDact
ing OF the soil are important
,,,,
""e"' A"er fehs.
] have often been asked whether II
would not be best. In following wheat
after cowpeas. to turn the whole crop
under. invariably answer 30 TO
SOW field In peas the blowing should
be very thoroughly done in June This
blowing answers for the old breaking
of fallow. and no further deep plow-
ing should be done II the peas are
turned under. il VIII be late In the sea
son, and the mass viii make the soil
loose and in poor state for wheat II
is far better to make hay OF the peas
and then disk the stubhle fine and
make the upper three inches as fine as
possible, and then drill the wheat You
Viii always make more wheat on
weii-disked and narrowed pea stubble
than you Will on a turned under growth
OF peas.
made was many years ago, when had
piece Of strong limestone soil that
wanted 10 get IN grass. sowcd peas
on II. and in the fall had very rank
CROWN Which chained down and
turned under | prepared the soil as
well rs possible, and drilled the wheat
ana grass seed. had a most maEnih-
cent growth OF wheat, the tallest straw
ever made. ana evidently II had a
great abundance OF nitrogen at hand
hUt as the wheat began to head there
cane Wei spe!l ana driving rain, and
az 'me No. ven. Hai on the ground
"hu "cNe' losv' Out actually smothered
IA! sIhss. mere was an excess OF
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:" men the straw ana /
~ no'h Whe"' ana grass TO great
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