The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-05-03
FROM THE FREMONT
COUNTY FARMERS
EXCHANGE BULLETIN
SERIOUS RESPONSIBILITY RESTS
ON COLORADO FARMERS
Action Must Be Taken Within Next
Few Days n Nation -is
To BE Fed.

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| tFrom Department of Agrcnomy.
Colorado Agricultural College. Fort
/ Collins. Colo.)
1. Plant as many acres as you can
handle we'll
2. Use the best seed you have or
can get if standard varieties cannot
be obtained.
3. Do not grow cash crops entire
iy. You will need some forage for
your own animals rs well as for those
of others.
4. On irrigated lands. unless wheat
| and oats can be planted at once, 1t
would be better to plant barley. beans
| and corn. At high attitudes beans
and corn will not mature.
3. On dry lands, cultivated crops
are the most certain. Don't attempt
grow wheat or other small grains
unless your seed bed is already pre-
| pared and has II good supply OF
moisture.
s. Cultivated crops like corn, sor-
ghum and beans are good crops for
virgin or raw lands.
z. TIL Agricultural College at Fort
Collins and its County Agents are
eager to help you. Avail yourself
of this opportunity by calling on them
for information.
s. A good farmer is good defend
er of his country.
Introduction.
This article will not give detailed
| information concerning the entire
culture of the crop. but should be
sufficient TO instruct farmers in get
ting crops into the soil. which is at
present an extremely important prob
lem. What we are concerned with
now is getting the crop into the soil,
and thus making our food situation
more secure. II the seed recon-
mended for any particular crop is
not available then plant the best of
that which is available.
Preparation Of The Seed Bed
The method OF preparation will be
governed by the nature OF the prev
ious crop. II cultivated crop pre-
ceded, the seed bed will be very
easily prepared by simply disking.
| narrowing and leveling. In addition
to this, the corrugated roller can be
| used to advantage as It will tend to
compact the seed bed. II some crop
other than cultivated crop has pre-
ceded. the land should be plowed at
once about Ave inches deep. The
plowing should be followed immedi-
ateiy by the disk and harrow and
ieveled of. II a corrugated roller IL
| available II should be used TO com
pact the seed bed. In the case OF nav
land the sod should be broken shall
low and rolled fat Immediately be-
hind the breaker. The object of this
IL to insure contact between the fur
row slice and subsoil and thus prevent
the soil from drying out. The corn.
sorghums and bean crops will make
\ more satisfactory development on new
land than will wheat. oats and barley.
| Crops on irrigated Lands.
The following crops are recommend
| ed for the irrigated lands: Spring
wheat. cats, barley. corn and beans.
OF the crops mentioned. wheat. oats
and barley should be planted at once.
The corn and bean crop can be plant
| cd somewhat later, after danger of
| frost Is past-from May 18th to June
LIST. Unless the land can be put into
| shape almost at once IL Is not very
likely that the wheat and oat crop
will yield heavily. but the barley crop
may be planted somewhat later, M IL
requires shorter season for matur-
ity.
Spring Wheat-The best varieties
| for irrigated lands are the Defiance
and Marquis. OF the two. the Mar.
quis should be the better for this
season because IL natures earlier
than the Defiance and Is less suscep-
| tible TO rust.
Planting at this late date should
not be done in areas where the season
is more advanced. but in tbs northern
| portion OF the state the crop can per-
haps be successfully planted up until
April 10th. and in areas where the
season is more backward II may be
| planted a triHe later. The rate of
1 IL. s.T.-
| pounds TO the acre. All the small
grains, such as wheat. barley and
oats should be treated for the preven-
ton of smut.
Oats-EIther the white or the vel.
low can be successfully grown. The
best strains are from the Swedish
select. such as the Colorado No. "a.
Colorado No. IL. OF the yellow oats
the Kherson and Sixty-Day are good
| varieties Oats may be planted up
until as late as April Both. The de-
velopment should be largely confined
to the areas that have cool seasons.
The rate Of planting will be about
eighty pounds to the acre.
8arley-The best varieties are Cali
fornia feed. Ouderbrucker and Bald
barley. OF the two.rowed barleys the
Hanna is the best. Barley may be
planted up until as late AZ May goth.
Where the season is well advanced
the planting, especially In the south
eastern part OF the state. should be
made at once. The rate OF seeding
Is ninety-fve pounds for the hulied
barleys and about seyenty.hve pounds
for the Bald or hulless varieties.
corn--As a forage crop for siloing
purposes corn can be successfully pro-
duced on practically all OF the irri.
gated lands except In the high Aiti-
tudeg