Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31

the league. | 064 bushel of these early
oats and as near as we are able to
check up on the yield II Is about ten
bushel In excess Of the late oats plant
ed under similar conditions. On top
Of this good yield we have stand OF
clover in the iowa Io3'' which is
really the important factor. They have
more than made good and the acreage
will be greatly increased another year.
The range of yield was from 65 to 80
bushels per acre.
Treatment OF oats for smut has come
to be so generally part of the farm
practice that special campaign along
this line was not considered necessary,
although attention was called to this
important phase of the question and
members urged mot TO neglect it.
Warning was given concerning the
buying OF various commercial high
priced substitutes for formaidehyde.
Wheat.
Rock Island county has in the main
interested herself more in the growing
Of oats rather than wheat. Doubtless
due to the fact that it has been hard to
maintain a stand Of wheat through the
average winter. With the proper feed
ing Of the crops, however, much Of
this winter killing could be avoided.
One of our members is this year ex-
perimenting with soluble plant food
linked fertilizer, we were unable to
get acid phosphate1 on winter wheat.
A special canvass was made In August
40 asf fa,l1 IN "a
county and a list Of the men having
seed for sale was published. members
we're urged to increase their acreage
In addition to this, we brought in over
200 bushels of iowa 404," pedigreed
strain OF Turkey Red, developed by
the Iowa experiment station. and dis
/ tributed among the members. This
variety has proven especially valuable
from the standpoint of yield and hard
mess, and with this seed as a start
We intend TO push a winter wheat cam
/ paign next season, emphasizing the
necessity of selecting hardy variety
and properly feeding the plant,
/ We have no straw spreaders so far
/ in the county. because most OF our
farmers are livestock men and worl
! their straw through the stables. The
/ spreading Of straw on wheat has there
fore, not been practiced much here
Some few are top dressing with
strawy manure.
Barley.
Barley has made good in the county
! this year, both from the standpoint o.
yield and as nurse crop. for clover
In addition to this. barley furnished z
lot of splendid feed to bridge over tht
( shortage of corn. We advised seeding
/ generously to harley last year ant
/ the recommendation has proven popu
/ lar. We now have several orders fol
! 0derbrucker and Wisconsin pedigreet
/ varieties for next springs seeding
Some of our members are holding theil
barley for next summers feeding, t.
take the place OF corn, having Learned
this summer the value of barley as
hog feed
Legnmes.
Red clover is the standard legum
although there has Sheen a generou
Increase in the acreage Of alfalfa an,
ialsike clover For a rotation miXtur
we have been recommending the fol
| lowing 30 per cent red clover, 8
/ per cent alsike and Is per cent tim
/ otfy, by weight seeded 10 pounds pc
4 acre. This mixture is proving pop
/ ular because the alsike is a peren
NAL and much harder than red Glove
and. TOO. with this mixture it is pos
sibie to secure a much thicker stan
. fhau with Cinpla va riefy Tho noe
season fields seeded to this mixtur
come through In good condition, an
, although the red clover was largel
killed the alsike and timothy wer