The Robesonian., 1918-11-04
HOW TORAISE WHEAT
To the Editor of The Robesonian

To the Editor of The Robesonian
AS | have been ask so many times
and by 50 many people in different
parts of the county in regard to rails
ing wheat, l wish to give my expert
ence through your columns to the
public, as the time is now at hand to
plant it.
It is very essential in securing q
good stand lie mostly in the prepara-
ton Of a good soiled seed bed. The
better you prepare your land the more
apt you are to get good stand, and
as to the preparation Of your land de-
pends as to the condition Of the land
and the amount Of vegetation that is
on your land when you begin to pre-
pare it, if there is not two much
little on it to cover it with the disc
harrow it is best to go over the land
once to the row to level it and then
turn across it and double cut it, then
take your drag and harrow it good
and nice, and then if you have grain
drill take it and put in the wheat. If
no drill, you can sow it BROADCAST best
YOU can, and if you drill it then you
run a heavy roller over it and your
land has the best preparation you can
sow it by hand, cover it with a drag
harrow and then roll it all over. 1t
is essential to have compact bed to
secure a good stand, and you will get
a better yield. Now if your land has
a good heavy crop of peavines and
grass on it it is best to plow it under
with two-horse plow and then run
the drag harrow over it until you get
n
wheat with drill that opens BY
disc, not tearing up the grass you
have covered up more than possible,
then run the roller over it both ways
to compact the land as much as posi-
BILE putting in from one bushel and
a peck to one bushel and three pecks
to the acre, according to the strength
and the amount of manure you expect
to use on the land. The better the
land the more seed you put up to
one bushel ard three pecks per acre.
AS for the manureing, soda is the
best manure you can use on wheat,
putting from 100 to 800 pounds. The
more soda you put the greater will
be your yield per acre. We need am
monia and potash for grain Of any
kind. You don't need any acid. Lime
does good on wheat and will pay all
/ right Wheat will grow best after q
crop of peavines.
! As for the kind Of wheat suits ouI
soil, the Fulcaster and Leaps prolific
are the two leading Wheats for ou1
soil. / learn in my experience thresh-
ing around the tulcaster is g stronger
1 and will yield best in bad seasons. Il
| good seasons the Prolific is, good
yiplder and YOU will not make a mis-
take in planting either Of these
wheats; but / would not plant any
other if either Of these kinds could be
/ had. Both make excellent flour.
! Now the best time to plant this
wheat is during the month Of Nova1a
Der. It is not the best to plant wheai
too soon or too late. About the tins
I had rather plant is from the 1Otf
to the 20th of November. Be sure tx
soak your seed from II to "a hours il
bluestone solution, teacup two
I thirds full Of bluestone in half bar
rel Of water is sufficient for two acres
Dissolve the bluestone in the waite!
before you put in the wheat, soak i
about Is to "a hours, not longer thar
"a hours, it may kill the grain so i
would not come up. This is to pre-
vent smut in your wheat. Everybod.
should plant two acres of wheat tt
the horse farm.
Now, if [ can be of further servic
to any one you may write me and
will take pleasure in giving you m,
experience on any point you nigh
! want to know
WI CULBRETH.
, Lumberton, n. c., II. g., Oct. 81, 1915