Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-05
F U l. T o N C o U N T Y
F A r M B u r E A U
r. A. Cave County Agent
CAR OF SEED CORN
NOT YET ORDERED

There has been rather a slow re-
sponse to the notification of last week
that a carload of War Emergency
Seed Corn suitable to this climate
would be ordered by the Fulton
County Farm Bureau, provided enough
requests came in to make 500 bush
els.
Up to date the total of requests
made, including the names of men
reported as unsupplied, amounts to
but 313 bushels. Since a carload of
the corn will contain from 700 to 300
bushels, the Farm Bureau hardly feels
justified in ordering it unless the de-
mand increases.
Though the reports would indicate
that only a small proportion of farm
ers are unsupplied with seed corn, we
are fearful that many will be disap-
pointed in the termination of the
seed they are depending on and 9TH
ers will fail to get supplies depended
upon. The result will be a tremen-
dous demand when it is too late to
get the seed.
1t is very doubtful if a car of the
War Emergency corn can be pro
cured after this week. We would
therefore urge every farmer still I'm.
supplied to let me know at once.
Notify R. A. Cave, County Agri.
cultural Agent, Wauseon; phone 635
BARLEY
The yields of the best varieties o.
barley and oats at the Agricultural
Experiment station at Wooster, show
that under the same conditions barley
will produce about half as man.
bushels as oats. The price of barle!
is more than twice that O.
Yields oats, which makes barley tn,
and more profitable crop. TIL
Prices statistical report of the Stat
Board of Agriculture show
that in the northwest quarter of tn
state, barley yields two-thirds a
many bushels as oats. This make
barley much the more profitable. TIL
rise in the price of barley has evi
IDENTIFY been due to it's greatly in
creased use as a bread cereal. TIL
use of barley as human food is no
new. Europeans and Americans hav
found barley flour to be a very &C
ceptable substitute for wheat in a va
riety of breads and pastries. Barle
is proving to be a more acceptable
human food than oats. This use Q
barley as a wheat substitute is boun
to increase.
Barley can be successfully grow
on eo~oorL14 -alon 1a-I 4Loa N44,
: because it does not lodge s
Soil badly as oats. Phosphorus ma
; be used advantageously as
fertilizer. A well prepared seed be
is more necessary for barley than fo
oats.
Treatment Barley is subject t
|. for smuts and should b
! Smut treated with a Tornado
hyde solution in the sam
way as is recommended for oats.
Rate Use from six to eigl
and Time pecks of seed per acr
/ of Seeding Barley may be sown in
mediately after oats al
sown.
A Good A better stand of Glove
Nurse will result with barley tina
Crop with oats, as it shades tt
ground less and is usual
harvested earlier.
Bearded varieties usually vie.
more than beardless val
e Types cites, but beardless vari
and ties are better as nur,
It Varieties crops, because they m;
ture earlier and ha'
shorter straw. Ohio tests have show
Mansury and Oderbucker to be tt
best yielding bearded varieties.
q Source Ohio grown seed, or SCI
of Seed from Michigan, Wisconsi
or other northern states W
give satisfactory results.