The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-05
Good Clean Wheat
Used Profitab1Y

One Farmer Made a Big In
crease in Getting Better
Grain for Seeding
In the spring of 1912 Jalme1
HERE, who lives near Hillsbro
in Trail county, bought from
the North Dakota experiment
station four bushels Of North
Dakota No. 316 Bluestem wheat.
He sowed this on four and one
half acres of land in the spring
Of 1912, and harvested from it
12O bushels of wheat. This
wheat averaged three bushels
more per acre than the Mime
sofa No. 169 Bluestem wheat,
which he had been growing pre-
Mously and which is a very good
Red river valley.
The 12O bushels Of wheat were
very carefully famed and all
small grain was eliminated, there
being approximately 100 bushels
OF clean seed which was sown on
ninety acres of land in the
spring of 1918. This field yield
ed at the rate Of twenty-three
and one-half bushels per acre,
or two bushels 'uo1e per acre
than the Minnesota No. 169
wheat did on practically similar
land. Two thousand bushels of
this wheat were sold to neigh
bora for seed at 10 cents more
per bushel than would have been
paid at the elevator; besides,
they hauled it from the granary
as it came from the threshing
machine.
Now, what are the profits that
Mr.. HERE obtained from this
wheat! It cost him approximate
ly IS more than if he had sown
ordinary wheat, but he harvest
ed about fourteen. bushels more
wheat than if he had sown the
Minnesota No. 169 which he had
been seeding which would be
worth not less than $125, and
the extra 10 cents which he OBJ
tanned for the seed sold amounte
to $500 more on the 1000 bushels
The increased income the second
year from seeding four bushels
Of good grain amounted to ap-
pro3mately 1926, besides having
enough Of the North Dakota No.
316 Bluestem wheat to seed his
farm in 1914. What his extra
profits were in 1914 is hard to
estimate but they probably ex-
ceeded dollar per acre on the
entire wheat land Of 387 acres,
which is the equivalent Of 1887.
Crop conditions in Mr.. Herre's
section of the state were not ia
vorable in 1914. The North Da-
kota No. 316 wheat averaged
nine bushels per acre OH ordi-
nary wheat land as compared
with Marquis on land that had
been in a, pasture for several
years.; broken in Jul 9 and back
set in October, 1913. This went
nine bushels.
This is but an illustration of
what good seed will do as COM
pared with medium or inferior
seed. One bushel Of wheat sown
in 1915 should yield from ten to
twenty-five bushels, which, if
properly graded and sown in the
spring of 1916, should yield from
100 to 600 bushels or enough to
seed an average farm. This
shows how easy it is to get a
start in the best grain obtain
able; probably a little larger
amount should be sown in the
first place than single bushel
in. order to make a field large
enough to- be worth WHILE. The
important thing, however, is if
you are not already growing the
very best grain for your commu-
nifty, get a start in that which
you believe to be the best for
your community. If you are in
doubt as to the varieties Of field
crops which you desire to i'm
prove through the introduction
Of improved pedigree seed write
to the North Dakoa experiment
station. 1t may save you from a
more or less costly mistake.
ONE MAN TELLS or
MANY TROUBLES
'fNobody loves a kicker is a
common statement which is usual