Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-28
ARKANSAS FARMERS
 MUST GROW WHEAT
It Is Necessary That the State In crease Production Ten Per Cent.
sy w. C. Lassetter, Director Of Exten
 sion Division, U. of A.

for by the Uuited States Goyernmen, through us Department of Agriculture he government expects a production o1 e67 ,ooO,O 900 bushels of winter wheat next year and if this is to be had Ar. Kansas must increase her acreage this isiA over last fall by 10 per cent. :.
 The College of Agriculture and the Extension Division of the Uniyersity or Arkansas believe that this increase can more than be met if every land owner in the State will see to it thai sulilcleht wheat is grown on the place 10 meet the needs of each family on the place.
 Tbe rnles of the United States Food Administration are especially favor. able 10 this procedure. Every farmer who grows his own wheat will be al lowed special privileges i'll it's use.
 Arkansas must meet her quota. By observation of the following rules suf hc1ent wheat can be grown on s small acreage to supply the needs of any family.
 Wheat should be sown on good land on wellprepared seed bed, firm but not hard, with surface well pulver 1Zed.
 Fertilizers for Wheat.
 Study the soil needs. If wheat is to be sown on poor soils apply five to eight loads Of barnyard manure and 500 nnnn1c ooi6 nb and disc well before seeding. On bet ter soils apply % pounds acid phos .phate if available. Where soil condi tions are such that vigor is not good 30 to 100 pounds of nitrate of soda ap piled broadcast about the time joint ing begins early in the spring is very effective in producing heavier straw and therefore more grain on such soils. Make inquiry for fertilizers early
 Time of Seeding.
 Experiments conducted for a nun. Der of years by the University of Ark ansas Experiment Station show that early seeding must be practiced. For the northern part of Arkansas, seed during the first half of October. ln southern Arkansas seed during the last half of October and later, but this Is not considered safe.
 Drilling or Broadcast.
 The Experiment Station, in an av- craze of several years test, found a difference of 36 bushels per acre in. creased yield where the wheat was drilled in instead of being sown broad cast. Use the grain drill wherever possible. If drill can not be secured, SOW broadcast.
 Rate of Seeding.
 About six pecks per acre is con sidered best for average conditions. Wheat stools out better on rich soils; therefore, less seed per acre may he sown on richer soils, while poorer soils require heavier seeding.
 Varieties. . :.
 After years of field test with large number of varieties the Arkansas Ex- pertinent Station recommends Alab"- ma Blue Stem, Red May, Fulcaster, Purple Straw, Dietz, Morvelous and Fultz, as reliable varieties. Write for Arkansas Experiment Station Bulletin No. 121 and Circular No. 31}. If seed of these varieties is not avail able use seed from any good strain that has given good results in your own or a neighboring community.
 Treat Wheat For Smut.
 Write for Farmers Bulletin No. 939, which describes the method for treating seed wheat for the preven7 tion of covered smut. Consult your County Agent. ,.,.
 co-operation in Wheat Growing. , ,Neighbors with small acreages in wheat should cooperate in the pur- chase and use of the necessary ma chinery. One grain drill and one bin der should serve the needs of several neighbors. Wherever wheat is grown to any extent, there are those willing to invest in thresher to serve the public.
 Most counties have County Agent from whom prospective wheat grow. CTS may secure information relative to farms best adapted to wheat and detailed methods of preparing for and seeding the crop. The County Agent will assist in locating seed, in devel' opeing cooperation in purchase of ma chinery, and in marketing the! crop next summer. s
 
 Dairymen's Excursion. . The Arkansas Dairymen's excursion to Wisconsin will leave Springfield October 19, according to w. H. Woodley, dairy specialist with the Fix tension Division of the University ot Aransas, under whose direction the excursion will be held.
 MT. Woodley has secured pledges from farmers in Washington, Benton, Carroll, Boone, Baxter, Fulton, White and Searcy counties alone for 25 cars of pure Holstein, Jersey and Guern- sey. cattle. About twenty-five cars of cattle have been pledged by the dairy