The Nevada County picayune., 1918-08-22
ARKANSAS MUST
 PRODUCE WHEAT
An Obligation of Every Land Owner
 and Tenant To Aid Government.
By W. c. Lassetter, Director ExteI
 sion Division. U. Of A.

By W. C. Lassetter, Director Exten-
 sion Division. U. Of A.
 Wheat on every farm for flour is not only good farm practice for Ark ansas but the obligation of every land owner and tenant to the govern ment. Every one has some wheat land, and only the farmer who dOes not want to SOW wheat this fell will find the greatest obstacles and the most excuses.
 Food Is the paramount need of the nation, and fortunately food crops can be produced without severely in- terfering with other crops, which are also necessary to win the war, and because of the less intensive methods required to produce food crops 1t is possible to greatly increase the num- Der of acress of land that may be titled by one family. Thus, food pro duction becomes a large part of the governments program for maximum production, and it Is the duty of the farmer to meet the national need for greater production of all crops by meeting the national need for food production.
 Wheat Is one of the food crops that lends itself as a means of meet ing this obligation. All the world eats wheat. Wheatless meals and wheat less days have testified to the recent shortage of wheat and to the depend ence of the human race upon wheat as a food
 South Mvst Rsise Cotton and Wheat.
 Since the South is the only section of the United States in which cotton can be produced 1t Is desirable that we maintain a reasonable production of cotton. It is recommended, there fore, in the production of wheat that which fig needed for home consump ton. For this purpose from three to five acres are usually grown for each family on that farm.
 For wheat, choose we'll drained land. It is difficult, or almost i'm possible, to follow cotton with wheat on the richer soils, but 1t is an easy matter to remove corn in ample time to put the corn land in wheat, cutting and shocking the corn, means that will save more feed, is the best way of getting corn land ready for wheat. Where corn Is removed from the land and Is put into silage, the vacated land can be used for wheat On many places areas that were not cultivated this year can we'll be put into wheat Any naa vho waass to s0W wheat will be able to find . place on the favn for his wheat crop It Is only he vho does not want to SOW who is hhely to find the greatest obstaclee or the most exc,leee.
 Land that hes been deeply pro pared for, other crops need not be broken dssply for wheat. ' But do not 'fossst that wheat requires we'll prepared seed bod. firm but not hard and with the surface we'll pulveFised A httle extra work in the prepAFa ton of the seed bed will be noFe than paid for in the increase of the crop.
 Wheat planting should not be de layed beyond the time of the frs: killing frost.
 Wherever possible, seed should al ways be seeded with & drill. The Arkansas Experiment Station in n series of tests has found difference of about four bushels per acre where grain was drilled in in comparison with broadcast seeding. A grain drill will soon pay for itself in increased wheat production.
 Five to six pecks of seed per acre should be used. Nothing but the best seed available should be sown. Seed to a depth just sufficient to insure a moisture supply which is usually from one-half to one inch deep.
 Best Varieties to Plant.
 The Arkansas Experiment Station after many years of testing large number of varieties at Fayettevill. and in other parts of the State, rec Ommends the Alabama Bluestem, the Red May. Fulcaster and Fultz as re liable varieties. There are other good varieties but before choosing one with which you are unacQuainted be cer tain to write the Experiment Sta tion, Fayetteville. for the record Oi that variety. There are just as many poor varieties as there are good
 Neighbors with small acreage ir wheat should cooperate in the pur chase and use of the necessary ma chinery. One grain driil and one binder should serve the needs of sev- sral yneighbors. Practically every farm, though, should have c good