Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-08-01

ftrwNTs maA& tI& 49,
- 40 kssp he weeas desn - hat
ralstars ant sTailatis piznt fed can I
uezauists II sasxisat ga4ntty = I
give tie wheat = qaxk wguruas start !
uksn plznteA ne University e Ma |
soufi College q Agriculture Fecem-
-. tsht The piowed land Be vorke
8sun e. soon - PoSsibie The pF.st.ee
e dragging or hGrrOvinE lind within
half day or day after Il is plc~ed
ay~ labor and gives better resaita
Weed. should be kept down after plow-
ing since they use much water and
pl.nt fool A well prepared seeded
vii undoubtedly add bsuhels to the
wheat yield
s. II. Harrison. manager Of the
sOo-acre farm Of considlne 4 Pollock
two miles southwest Of Auxvasse. paid
John 7. Bryan. southeast q town.
s2s2ss for 8 quantity Of corn bought
last week 81 sibo a hushel. Mr.. Har-
relson Is feeding SO head Of cattle.
The firm also has 800 head Of grain
fed sheep that are almost ready for
market. Mr.. HarTelson viii SOW 80
acres TO wheat this fan, and viii
break the ground just as soon As Il
rains-Auxvasse Review.
Harry +. Henderson, 8 miles south
east Of Auxvasse. opened the sheaf
oats market this year when he paid
one Of his neighbors. George P. Kee-
ley, four cents 9 bundle for the cereal
as they stood in the field. Mr.. Hender-
son to harvest them at his " 4
pense.-Auxvasse Review.
J. Frank Buekner and John swon,
8 miles southeast of Auxvasse, had in
fifty acres Of wheat on the Buckner
farm that threshed "a IL bushels to
the acre, or 1,225 for the fifty acres.
-Auxvasse Review.
Harry and Robert Brown, 4 miles
northwest of Hatton, threshed 70 acres
Of wheat last week that totalled 1900
!, bushels. The grain was sold and de-
livered for $2.10.
/ The Hessian fly which threatened
the wheat crop Of Missouri three years
ago is under control. Farmers in co.
operation with the University Of Mis-
souri, College Of Agriculture have
E brought about this control. Early
blowing, thorough preparation Of the
seeded, destruction of volunteer
wheat, cooperation and observation Of
the fly-free date at seeding time, have
been the principal factors in checking
the pest.
s Entomologists at the College of Ag'
riculture believe that there are MOI
enough flies to damage the next year,
II crop seriously. However, farmers
IS must continue their control practices
or the flies which have survived vii
reinfest the feds of the State. Earl!
blowing is one of the control measures
and is also a means of increasing tn
e. wheat yield per acre. Therefore, it j
/. to the farmers interest to pillow eaarly
Furthermore, destruction Of voluntee
he wheat Is an aid in controlling the fly
This in a measure may be effected b,
nd working the wheat land at interval
Ie, from the time it is plowcd until seed
H. ing time, thus bringing about thor
W. ough preparation, which again in
ly creases the yield.
!. o. G.. Shaefer, assistant county ag
p emit Of jackson, reports the results 0
n early and late blowing for whea
I'M which he found on a farm ear Lor
d. Jack, Mo. All Of the land was plowe
he July 20, except a strip about 20 fes
is wide was pIowed September !. III
We entire field was worked down at tn
ir- same time and planted with the sam
mt seed. Counts made at various place
Of along the strip which was plowed la
ie- showed only II per cent as many heat
aid of wheat as those on the land whis
in was plowed early. 1t was estimate
of that the yield Of wheat on the ear
Ter plowed ground would be 32.5 bushe
per acre, while On the ground plow'
ri 40 days later the yield would be on
ri 20.3 bushels. The difference in Il
of wheat on the two LANDS was so mark,
the that the line could be observed vel
Ag- distinctly a quarter Of a mile ava
be The wheat on the early plowed lal
asst was from four to eight inches tall
IRE. than that on the late plowed grount
ted Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Coatsworth ha'
ing received word of the safe arrival
cry their son, Lieut.. Ralph Coatsworth,
France.
all Charles Talley Of near Laddonia h
a forty acres of oats that average abo
los 38 bushels.
rms Word has been received here Of t
han safe arrival of Hubert Warden, son
Mr.. and Mrs. H. P Warden, oversee
! Of Misses Mary Stallings and Mildr
ted. Pearl are home from Southeast Nj
yer souri, where they have been represei
Of ing the Fuller-Brush Company. In
OF dentally they worked one day in t
tely wheat fields there and did their
ven toward helping in the harvest. NJ
n a stallings stated they didn't mind t
low work in the fields until the next d
when they could scarcely move a mt
hat Gle. They had a most successful tri
lat A horse belonging to R. A. Hays
ma Its tail caught in n threshing mach
ate
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