The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-09
DIRECTIONS FOR
GROWING wheat
AS MUCH WHEAT As TIE FAR
MERs OF THE UNITED STATES
CAN RAISE IS NEEDED

Tne varieties OF the wheat generally
grown in Kentucky are the best for
this state These are Fuitz. smooth
white chaff variety. CurrelFs prolific.
having a smooth head with red ehaff-
FuIcaster, bearded variety, Mediter-
ranean, or Four-rowed FuItz. Poole and
Harvest King.
IL necessary to buy seed one Of these
varieties should be chosen, and II pos
-sible the seed should be bought in the
immediate locality Home grown seed5
is just as good as northern seed Il
reasonably clean and pure No farmer
can afford to buy enough high priced
seed from distance 70 plant his entfra.
crop. and pay freight charges I'm ad-
dition. just to have absolutely pure
seed A moderate admfxfure Of 9TH
er varieties viii not decrease the yield
free from rye, cheat, and especially
cookie and onions.
Seed wheat should be cleaned in or
der TO remove light shrunlen grains
dirt and other impurities. There II No
advantage in screening out small grain
If they are plump
Smut Treatment.
Sinking smut has czused widespread
loss I'm Kentucky this year. II is prac-
ticaIly impossible to buy seed that fE
entirely free from IL Consequently
not bushel Of what should be plant
ed this fan without first treating t.
for smut The formaldehyde treat
ment Is easily given, fs very effective
and it has largely supplanted the b11e
lows: Spread the wheat out on a flnnr
stone treatment II is applied as fcl-
or clean canvas and sprinkle until
thoroughly wet with a solution made
by adding one pound OF formaIdehYda
to barrel go gaIIons) Of water Then
shovel into heap and cover with en-
vas or sacks for a few hours Spread
and dry sufficiently to sow
FertiIizing Wheat
| No fertilizer should be used in thE
Central Blue Grass section this fan
In the fertilizer tests conducted By the
Experiment Station, q profitable In
crease has never been obtained On
wheat in the Central Blue Grass see-
ton by the use Of any kind Of CON-
merciaI fertilizer at sowing time
Everywhere outside Of the Blue Gras1r
section a fertilizer which supplies =
phosphorus only should be ased No
farmer can afford to use commercial
nitrogen and potash al present price,
even II they give some increase which
is entirely unlikely Acid phosphate.
steamed bone meal. or basic Stag sup
ply phosphorus Two hundred pounds
per acre Of one Of these should be used
on every acre Of wheat sOWn in ths<
state this fall outside Of the Blue Grass
section
The experiments OF the station on its
soil fields in various areas OF the state
have shown remarkable increases from
the use Of lime ON all soils where phos-
phorus is needed Ground limestone
used in connection with phosphorus
is certain 10 be profitable provided II
can be obtained at a reasonable price
Preparation Of the Seed Bed.
Wheat grows brst in a firm seed bed
Under no circumstances should the
land be plowed when wheat follows
corn. tobacco, COW peas, soy beans or
any cultivated crop The best prepa<-
alton Is light discing to cover trzsh
and loosen up enough soil to cover the
seed After disking, = plank dra@
should be used 20 level the land II
, il is necessary to disk deeply TO cover
trash. as is sometimes true Of corn land
roller should be used to compact
the seed bed
When land is pIowed the pl0Wins
should be done as early as the removal
OF the preceding crop permits. in order
that the seed bed may be gotten firu-
| The later the blowing is done. the grsnE'
er the necessity for thorough work
ing, especially rolling Without any
exception it pays to prepare ssed bed
some time before sowing the seed n
it can possibly be done
Time Of PIanting-
Experiments have shown that Octo-
( Der 10 10 is the safest time to plant
wheat in Kentucky, everything con
sidered- In southern parts Of the state
it is safer TO wait until October 10 70.
20 when there seems much danger Of
Hesfan fly attacks Late seeding =
the only possible way Of eontrolsiEg
this pest
Seeding Wneat.
II pays to SOW five TO six Decks q
seed per acre in Kentucky The 81
| ton has proved this BY repeated En-
| periments Except under the most ia
vorable conditions. as when wheat i
sOwn rather early on rich tobacco land
six pecks per acre pays better than
five. Beware OF seedsmen WHO adver-
I tise varieties OF wheat which require
seeding OF only a peck or two per
acre. There is absolutely no variety
OF wheat that gives as profitable
I yield at this rate as five TO six pecks
per acre
Probably the most satisfactory drill
is the single disk type that puts the
I drill rows seven or eight inches apart
Experiments have shown no advan-
! tage In having the rows closer than
this The unu.h advertised fonr inch