The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-08-24
WANT INCREASE IN
WHEAT YIELD
RUSSIA PRODUCES MORE WHEAT THAN
ANY OTHER COUNTRY-USE GOOD
SEED.

wheat DTOuuCIlOll uSAI 0dE IudI IIlS
worlds reserve supply is nearly eX-
hausted, and that next year the world
will be dependent upon the amount 1t
can produce. The Department of Ag
riculture has been instructed to hold
conferences with all the State agri-
cultural colleges and devise means by
which wheat production can be increas-
ed. To show you why we need this
increase | give these statistics: Pro
duction of wheat in the United States
in 1914, S91 100000 bushels; in 1915,
ops 100000 bushels; in 1916, 64O,-
100000 bushels and in 1917, 653,O00,
900 bushels (estimated from crop re-
ports). The 1911-1915 is SOC, 200, 900
ushels, so while we produced 20),
100000 bushels more :uan the aver
age III 1915 we have fallen skor- 2U0,-
&C 600 both last year and this. Now
this country usually exports about
200,000,000 bushels but since the war
it is exporting much more than that;
so If on top of a shortage of 100000,
600 the amount exported is doubled
or more, there is bound to be short
age in this country, and the price of
wheat will surely remain high.
However, we are asked to increase
production not because of>the profit
in sight, nor because the United
States needs wheat; but because the
world needs it; and in this connection
something on the worlds production
is of interest. Of the worlds wheat
supply normally Russia produces 10
per cent, the United States IS, India
10, France s, Austria-Hungary G.,
Italy 3, Argentina 4, Germany A.,
Spain 3, and all the other countries
II. Now, under the present condit-
ions, Russia, France, Belgium, Rou-
mania, Servia, etc, because Of in
vasion and turmoil, can not be eX-
pected to produce normal crops;
England, Italy, Germany and Austria,
because of labor shortage can not be
depended upon. Canada has put
many times more men in proportion
to population under arms than we
will have done when our draft army
is made up, so because of labor short
age she cannot be expected to pro-
duce the usual amount; and it is up
to the United States to produce more
wheat
Now, you and | and everyone in
terested would like to do this with
as little disturbance of the regular
rotation as possible. Two years of
wheat in succession are as much, II
not more, than our soil can stand, so
the proposition for us seems to mar
row down to producing more per acre,
and | wish to suggest the following
things which will help: /. Sow now
a border Of wheat around your field
for the Hessian fly; then before your
main crop is up, plOW this under and
SOW it as best you can. 2. Prepare
the best seed-bed you have ever had.
A wheat seedbed should be firm and
we'll settled, so that there will be no
roots to get across nor that so much
air is let into the soil that it dries
out and the little roots perish unless
it rains every week. 3. Use good
seed of a good variety If you have
not good variety that has been yield
ing we'll, get seed from a neighbor
who has. China and Currells Pro-
life are the two best smooth wheats
which the Station has tested and DietZ
Longberry and Bearded Purple Straw
are the best two bearded wheats, al
though there are several other vari-
eties nearly as good. Thomas Baum
gartner, of Taneytown Clifford
Leatherman and B. Beard, Of Key
mar; Harry F. Leatherman, of Mid
dleburg; w. c. Hammond, of Hoods
Mill; Chas B. Lowell, of Reisters-
town; F. P. Fenby, of Asbestos; Lu-
ther Buck, of Patapsco; Robert Gist,
of Westminster, have gotten China
from the College in the past few
years, and may have some for sale
Isaac L. BOSTON, of Keymar; Beall
Bros, Of Monrovia; Chas. #. Day, of
Burdette; R. J. Williams, of Marri-
ottsville; R. H. Burke, of Woodens-
burg; and VIM. E. Burke, of Taney-
town, have gotten Currell's Prolific
recently. Walter Burial, of Mon
rovia; A. S. Tabler, of Mt Airy; P
w. Smith, of Reisterstown; l.. D. G.
Wantz and D. S. Baugher, of West
minister; G. T. Harman, of Keymar;
and J. A. Crapster and c. A. Kempco.
If Taneytown, have gotten Dieta
Llngberry. John Devilbiss, Harry
Baumgartner, j. D. Haines and L. A.
Brown, of Taneytown; T. S. Stauffer,
of Walkersville; ]. B. Jones, of Mon
rovia, and IT. w. Rill and Arthur
uhler, Of Woodensburg, have gotten
Bearded Purple Straw. Luther Hahn,
of TaneytoWn, and J. w. Whitemore,
of LeGOre, have gotten Mammoth
Red. All of these have not kept this
seed pure, of course, and some NAV
not have continued the use of it; but
it would be well to get in touch with
them. | will be glad to record the
name, variety and amount at my office
OF anyone having seed wheat for sale
and | believe that if we will all paw
up our subscriptions the local papers
will publish a list of names of men
having seed wheat for SALE So if
you have wheat that will do for seed,
please let me or your local paper
know.
l would advise that, regardless of
where you get your seed, you fan
it two or three times, for you want
to sow only the heaviest and best
grains. They will give you the !
strongest stalks, it is a waste to SOW
little, shriveled grains, for they will |
make feed. 4. Treat seed wheat for
smut. 5. Top dress lightly with !
manure before sowing. 6. Use 500 |
| 900 per acre Of acid phosphate or /
bone or more or less avail !
able phosphates; and if you can not
,op dress with manure, add 100 pounds /
Of dried blood or tankage. z. Sow
six pecks of good seed about the last
week in September. Sow it an inch