The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-13
Billion Bushels
In the Next Year
Acreage to Be Greatly In
creased = Rye Yield Also
to Be Improved plans
of Officials

basis Of ten year averages, VIII yield
3 .635. 900 bushels. This is an increase
of $1,000 acres, or - per cent Y
that sOwn last year. when the largest
acreage I'm the history Of the country
was put I'm. IL is an Increase of 4S per
cent over the 1915 acreage and Of 81
per cent over the five year 0912-1Gl
average own acreage.
In any consideration of the expansion
OF the acreage Of bread grains I'm GER
tain parts Of the country IL Is necessary
to consider wheat and rye together
This IL because rye can be planted safe
ly on many fields with less risk than
wheat. Further, rye can be used as a
substitute for wheat as a bread grain
by those who are accustomed to IL. Rye
succeeds On poorer soils and with less
fertilizer and I'm colder climates than
wheat aud for these reason should be
planted i'm preference to wheat where IL
has beer proved a safer crop. The
farmer who, because Of an attractive
guaranteed price for wheat, may be
tempted to plant wheat rather than rye
In "A locality where rye IL the more Ger.
tain crop takes a speculative risk OF
loss through winter killing aud destruc.
tive wheat diseases which IN %unwarrant
ed. While no guaranteed price for rye
has been authorized by congress, there
Is every reason TO expect that the price
OF rye for the next year will bear a sat
~lsfactory relation TO that of wheat ano
therefore Justify the planting of ~,
where the present experience with II In
dicates It's superiority.
Methods to Increase Yields.
Specialists Of the department Of az
riculture and the state agricultural col
Ieges hope that by better methods tn,
average yield per acre will be mt leas
maintained wherever there is a fer
tili2er shortage and Will be increased
I'm other sections. Much educationa
work viii he done to make this desir,
an actually. and In this campaign TIN
most successful growers Will have
prominent part. For instance, II |
stated hat on the and that could ID
sown To fall wheat this autumn II /
possible materially TO Increase th0
yield per acre 10y putting into practice
some principles that are already vel
known to most farmers. These shout,
appeal especially TO those who canno
Increase their usual aereages withou
doing injustice to other crops whiel
, should be grown
vThaaa r,rtpafptnc may hA Gnm mod ui
as follows.
F1rst.-PIow early. Give the plowe'
land two months 70 settle before SOW
ing where possible.
Second-Compact tie late plowe
land with roller and harrow.
; Third.-Don't pillow after a cultivate
; crop. Prepare such land with disk an
harrow.
Fourth. Make the seed bed a f
. place for the seed.
> Fifth.-Sow with "A drill sount
(, plump. clean seed of adapted variety
! Sixth.-Prevent losses from smut b
treating infected seed with formald'
hyde.
Seventh.-Make the soii fertile wit
: manure or fertilizers applied judiciou.
ly where needed.
Ei~ghth.-Iteduce winter killing b
following the above suggestions.
The accomplishment of this great II
crease OF wheat aud rye acreage witt
3 out disrupting correct farming practiC
viii call for tremendous effort on I'll
part OF farmers. However, the Unite
. States department Of agriculture. I'll
state colleges of agriculture and oth'
state and local agencies are plannin
to aid IN every way possible.