The Huttig news., 1917-09-15
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 WHY?t

 Considerable wheat offered for seed has wild onion seed mixed with it. Do not SOW 1t.
 Grain handlers in North Dakota and other spring wheat states are ar- ranging to flood the cotton belt with hard spring wheat for seed, using the argument that Northern grown seed fis hardier and yields more and that Ehard wheat brings 8 better price. Ar kansas is a soSt wheat country. and is mot adapted to either hard or North .ern grown wheat. The Arkadelphia Milling Company, Philadelphia. Ark, will sell good. clean seed wheat at cost. and agrees to buy the crop at the highest market price.
 VARIETY.
 The variety Is not important. Any early red. soft home grown wheat that yielded we'll in 1917 is a good kind to SOW. Late maturing varieties arc likely to be badly injured by rust. while the early kind usually escapes this damage There is no difference in hardness or yield between beard ed and smooth varieties. but some growers prefer searded and others beardless. Good varieties of bearded wheat are Fulca Wer, Klopdike and Red Wonder Good varieties of smooth or beardl,ss wheat are Blue' Stem or Purple Straw, Red or Early May. aud Fultz.
 WHEN EO SOW. Sow immediately after the first kill ing fire st. This is about October 20 at Lit ke Rock.
 HOW TO SOW.
 Sow five pecks an acre when seed is drilled. eight nAsAs when sown broadcast Cover wheat one and one- half to three inches. Buy, borrow or hire drill. if possible. Seeding wifA a drill takes Less wheat, rne wheat comes up quicker and moro evenly. .lnd usually suffers less from 1 winter Killing. Use two-horse drills for ope neld and onehorse drills be- tween rows of corn and cotton. | Where a grower is not going to SOW enough wheat to justify the cost of 2 drill. ] se can buy one. SOW his owl wheat. and fben rant the drill to hi neighh OTIS.
 Wht n. it is necessary to SOW whes broade a.st, be car, 6ul to get 1t we'll GOV cred tc. the prol er depth. This. I seldoi done, with the result or muel loss.
 PASTU. ZINC.
 'Eheat makes one of the best win hr pash tres for hors ss, mules, cattle and hogs Stock shou ks not be allow , ed on the ground when it is wet, and should b4 taken of esJ1y in March If these directions are fo lowed, the pasturing will not lower tAe ylelo ol grain.
 SECOND CROPS. Lesped eza may be sowr broadcast In March. in fie Ids of wheat. It needs no cover ing. After the wheat is bar- vested it. will cover the h nd and may be pastured SDr cut for hay the same l season
 Wheat. mH be follow sd the same season hy Jun @ corn. 90-d;V corn. COW peas. velvet beans. soy beans and Irish or swa t potatoes. viking two paying oropa in one year from ths sarge land
 HARVESTING. Wheat poxar on large. level fields free from stun ps, should be cGt witt, q grain binder Wheat on small fieN.s. si,ie hins and stump land can be cut witl self-rake reaNer and bound by ha nd. Where a farmer has only two to five acres, he can cut it with grain, cradle and bind if oy hand, or if cradle is too expenssve. he can c't with scythe ana sises without binding.
 Bound whcslt should be shocked and stac led Wheat well stacked i'm proves n the stack sufficiently to in crease ths price several cents bush el. WheIe thcye is more than nYe acres of wheat it will pay to thrash 1t with 2. power thNasher. farmer with less than i've acres can thrash it in sh ort time with an old fashion ed hail. For hoiWe use, wheat may be grouui by any kind Of grinder. Many families are using bread made from whole wheat. Mour. ana like it better than the re snay four
 H K COTTRELL.
 tWritten for tfe Arkansas Profit able Farming Con rnlttse. Little Rock Boz Id of Commer eel