The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-18
L REQUIREMENTS Of.
] l 5000 WHEAT CROP.
Uoneea 81 Agricultural Extension
Werk at v. r, !. Issues
Bulletin

ny U1Ackerurg. Va. Sept. 1.-THE divis-
~ Of Agricultural extension work,
lfGinia Polytechnic Institute. has
SA1o 20 say about the wheat crop in
$X1kginia:
~ The high price received for wheat
Ur3nx the past few years has given
new Incentive to the wheat growing
A4ustry in Virginia Whether these
18th prices will or will not continue.
- merely a matter OF speculation. II
II sufficient for US to know that even
With ordinary prices. wheat usually
4ses profit In this State when proper
IRE 10 given to its growth. Below
NJ given some of the main essentials
III profitable wheat growing.
I'M IA good variety-ENperine mt :
!cArried on in this State indicate that
HE best varieties for Virginia condi-
HONS are Fulcaster. Stoner, Leaps
Prolific and Fultz and Harvest King.
Laps Prolific and FultE seem 10 do
the beet on the light-gray soils, while
Fu1caster Stoner and Harvest King
rive best results on the darker and
heayier types of soil. OF these varfe-
dee Fulcaster and 6soner are bearded.
while the other three are beardless.
II might be we'll TO mention In this
oonnection that Stoner or Miracle does
s0V4 8hOW any IiAs ACd GhbNftSa'Nt WV
Enlcaster in either yield per acre or
6eeeling ability. therefore II should not
~ seeded at the small rates recon-
neneed by It's advertisers, bur at the
rate from Ave to six pecks per acre.
- advised for the other varieties,
s-Clean wheat--Grade and fan
wheat TO remove weed seed and light
grain, If seed 10 affected with sinking
smut or bunt. treat with formaldehyde
~ spreading the wheat IN layer on
~ smoo,h. clean floor and sprinkltns
with a solution made OF B. gallons OF
water and one pint of formaldehyde
suntii II /. thoroughly wet Pile the
wheat and cover with old sacks or
wagon sheets and leave over night.
then spread IL out In q thin layer I'M
al dry 1t may then be seeded or
Eakored in clean sacks until IL Is want
~ This treatment VIII also kill loose
@nuaut in oats but will not prevent loose
|Sqnuf or blasted heads in wheat. The
Eoniy method for preventing loose smut
Efn wheat 10 to give the hot water
Treatment and since this requires such
f3areful manipulation we think 1t safer
kto buy new and clean seed when that
Eoo hand Is badly contaminated,
Sow at proper time-Experi-
Ernanfs show that the beet tine for
EDowing wheat east Of the Bfue Ridge
khn from October 10 10 20. and west Of
ExhA Blue Ridge October TO Is. OBJ
made by W. L. Kirby. copn-
IN agent for Orange. In 1918. showed
Efhat Of the farms examined Sill OF
txhose seeded before September 20. had
f1xouble with the Hesssan fly. This
knwrees with the findings of the expert
Einnnt station. Hessian fly usually
tG1ves trouble when wheat Is seeded
kAefore the first killing frost.
M A-Prepare the seed bed weli--Give
k3ood preparation for your wheat this
klall. no matter what was on the land
EHofore. This 10 particularly important
EtAls year. as the season has been wet
ard most fields are covered with
E10oda.
M k--Prepare the plant--Apply hcid
*ySoephate at the rate OF 900 to SOC
&1ounds per acre when seeding and
ENxeas the than spots with barnyart
nanure when possible.