Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-17
sow EARLY, SAY EXPERTS.
Early Planting Of Spring Wheat, Oats
and Barley Desirable in North.

dVa os''Cy SCS'IdU'G w NOIhHs
1t now appears that the farmers Of
our country should make every effort
this year to produce large crops OF the
spring -sown cereals. The food supply
OF our own people and the people OF
other countries needs to be safeguard
ed by the largest production OF these
crops the country has over known. 1t
is especially important that the supply
of wheat should be large. In this con
nectfon the United States department
Of agriculture makes these suggestions
to the farmers in the northern plains
area and upper Mississippi valley re-
garding the wheat, oats and barley
crops.
Early sowing Of spring grains is
very desirable. Wheat should be
sown as soon as the land can be put
in good condition. The seeding Of oats
should Immediately follow the seeding
OF wheat, and then the seeding OF bar
ley should follow Late-sown grain Is
more liable to injury by rust and by hot
or dry weather.
Good Seed Bed important.
Good seed bed preparation helps to
insure high yields. Extra labor should
| be put on the seed bed and considera-
ton should be given to planting in
creased acreage this year The seed
bed should consist of two or three
inches OF loose. mellow surface soil,
and firm subsoll. This should be Sc
cured By the most effective and eco
nomical method. Double disklng may
| take the place Of spring blowing OF the
Red river valley. but in the great
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is needed on we'll prepared than on
| poorly prepared land. as termination
and growth are favored. and light
| weight seed can then be used more
| safely, II necessary.
Heavy. plump. pure seed OF the best
varieties should be used 80 far as pos
sible. Unless the seed is OF the best
quality 1t should be famed and graded
to remove foreign matter and shriveled
or diseased kernels. Oats should gen
orally be treated with formaldehydc
for smut Where shrunken seed must
be used, the land should be specially
well prepared.
| Wheat
The usual rate Of seeding wheat.
oats and barley should generally be
| followed, but on unusually well-pre-
pared land this may be reduced one
peck per acre.
Earliness and rust resistance are OF
great Importance in wheat. Marquis
and Fife are the best spring common
wheats for the northern great plains.
Bluestem is as good as these varieties
east Of the Red river valley, but should
not be grown farther west. Preston or
velvet chaff" Is hardly as good mill
ing wheat as Marquis and Fife, ana
does not yield as well except In the
eastern and central South Dakota and
south central Minnesota.
Durum wheat seeding may be proft-
ably increased especially In the Da-
kotas and Montana. In most parts OF
these states durums are better yieldera
than the spring common wheats. Inc
durums also are more resistant to rust
and drouth, and the quality OF seed
available this year in the Dakotas "a
better.
The best varieties Of oats to sow are
lthose which are mid-season in matur-
Ling, such a. silvermine. green Russian
Siberian, Lincoln, and Swedish select
These varieties almost always YIELD
DEILer IMAM VIC ldIS oiuC ooI0t s'uNe' -
white Russian and white Tartarian. u
a portion Of the oat acreage must DC
sown late, carly maturing varieties
such an sixty day and Kherson are
preferable, II they are readily obtain
able.
Barley.
In the Red river valley and eastward
barleys OF the Manchuria- Oderbruckei
group should be aownt In western
North Dakota, the two-rowed varieties
preferably Hannchen or Svanhals. give
larger returns than the s'x-rowed. ant
should be used wherever seed can b
obtained. In Montana. white Smyrna
q two rowed variety. 10 best adapted
on the dry lands and should be used
where available. In the absence O
! seed Of white smyrna, coast barley y
best adapted. 4