Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-09-12

'hoh VI luo oouln 10 put III large
acreages.. The safe thing will be to
| grow enough to provide generously
| for the home needs and for sufficient
seed for planting the following year.
1t is highly important that in all the
soils used for the putting in of this
crop that the organic matter in them
be we'll rotted and distributed in the
soil before the wheat Is sowed. It is
we'll known that wheat in order to
do its best not only must have fair
ly compact soil, but 1t is the cooler
portions of the South that will gene
rally be found to grow the best grade
of wheat. That grown in the lower
and warmer sections Of the South
will be much more subject to rust at
tack and injury than will that grown
In the more elevated and cooler sec
| tions.
Time and Method Of Seeding.
Generally speaking, the best time
to seed will be after frost has occur
red, and particularly Is this SO In Sec
tsons where experience has taught
that early planted wheat is subject
to Hessian fly attacks. When sowed
after good frost the fly will be able
to do but very little ii any injury.
1t Is necessary that the land be
broken six to eight inches deep, in
most cases, and allowed to settle be-
fore putting in the crop in order that
best returns may be secured. Where
a heavy growth of crop or weeds are
being turned into the soil on a piece
Of land that Is to go In wheat, it will
In most cases be advisable to cut the
weeds and allow them to dry out be-
fore turning them into the soil. If
The growth IS heavy a disking of the
weeds or crop before breaking the
land will cut them up and put them
In better shape to be turned into the
soil.
Where the land Is not too compact
beneath, in many cases, if a sufficient
amount OF moisture is in the soil, It
may be put in proper condition for
the wheat by double disking and har-
rowing, and particularly is this so
with land after crop of cowpeas or
soy beans has been removed. In manv
cases where corn was on the land and
mas been cut off, the soil may be put
In good condition by disking and
narrowing. The upper two or three
inches of soil should be in fine mel
low condition before attempting to
SOW the wheat. Ordinarily four to
six pecks Of seed per acre are put in
to make good seeding. 1t is advis-
able to use drill, where one is avail
able, because the seed are put in
much more uniformly and the stand.
therefore, will, generally be some
what better. /, ,,,Gs..,., .,,.,.....,,1.
Fertilizing Wheat.
On average lands in the Piedmont
and mountain sections Of the South
that are low In organic matter the
use Of the following mixture per acre
Will give good returns:
Acid phosphate. 16%.. $50 lbs.
Cotton seed meal 100 lbs.
NoS"A ZOU IDS,
Where the land contains consider
able organic matter the amount of
cotton seed meal may be materially
reduced, or even entirely left out
where experience has taught one that
the growth of the wheat Is USUALLY
suffciently large. AS long as wheat
stays as high as it Is now, If the
growth of the wheat during the fol-
lowing spring, after the addition of
the above mixture Of fertilizers, Is
not as vigorous as might be desired.
1t will in many cases be advisable to
make broadcast application of nj
trate Of soda at the rate Of rs to $50
pounds per acre just about the time
the plants are beginning to send IN
shoots for the formation of seed
heads.
Where wheat is grown in the upper
Coastal plain section Of the South,
we would on average soils use 200 to
4o0 pounds per acre OF a mixture of
two to three parts by weight of cot
ton seed meal and one part by weight
OF 16 per cent acid phosphate. Here,
as with clay and clay loan soils of
the mountain section Of the South
east, 1t Is advisable to use nitrate Of
soda when the growth is not as yig-
orous as desired. OF course it is as
sumed In making the above recon-