Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-04-11

Gently. The owners of these fields
are notcertain whether or not
these seeds terminated late last
fall or whether they did not ger
inmate until this spring. No one
can determine at this time as to
when these seeds sprouted and
since the owners of these fields
are better able to judge the prob
ability of their having terminated
last fall than any one else, they
will need to determine in individ-
ual cases the best procedure to
follow, the facts being as hereto
fore and hereafter stated
In many fields the ground was
moi worked down we'll last fail,
and is now very loose and badly
dried out. More or less of these
plants have wilted and dried be-
cause of this fact. The compact
ing of this ground preferably
with corrugated roller or a
western land roller and pulvcrized
Tor if neither of these are available
with smooth roller is strongly to
be urged III is believed that this
practice will bring moisture to
the surface soil and will save
many of the plants which appar-
entity are now i'm dying condi-
ton. This practice is recommends
ed only in case that rain does not
| fall in the meantime. IT would not
he beneficial and would probably
do harm to roll this land follow
ling a spring rain.
In case that the stand is rela-
lively poor or it seems probable
that a good many of the plants,
now showing up we'll are from
seed which terminated this spring
| it is recommended that Marquis
seed wheat he drilled in at the
rate of from 3 to peckS to the
acre, depending upon circum-
stances. Marquis is the earliest
maturing variety of spring wheat
which we have and ordinarily ma
lures nearly two weeks later than
the winter wheat. With the pres
lent conditions of the winter wheat
and the early seeding of spring
wheat which will be possible, it
lseems probable that the difference
in the time of ripening may be
somewhat less than usual this
season. Farmers who have fol-
lowed this practice in the past
seasons report satisfactory re-
isults the winter wheat standing
l for a considerable number of days
without shattering, allowing the
4 spring wheat to become practical
| ly ripe before cutting.
In ease that the Marquis spring
wheat seed is not available, from
one to one and on-half bushels of
early variety of oats may be used
per acre. Vtrieties suggested are
Iowa 1903, Iowa i05, KhersOn and
EARLY Champion. These oats will
mature at very near the same
, time as the winter wheat and
great part of the wheat can be
separated from the oats with a
good grain grader. III the early
season is favorable to the wheat
this grain will yield considerable
depending, of course, upon the
, relative stand to begin with, while
n if the wheat does not come on as
, |Mell as expected the oats will
, make a very satisfactory crop,
, the yield being comparatively lit
tie below that secured from a nor
, NAL stand.
In case that spring wheat or
oats is seeded on the winter wheat
these grains should of course, be
drilled in without other prepara-
ton to the seed bed and the land
A rolled Immediately afterwards in
Ncase tina train has not fallen
The ground being very loose rs
it is in most of the fields inspect
ed, great care will need to be exer-
fcised in order that the drill is not
trun too deep as this practice will
\not only place the oats deeper in
the soil than is desirable but will
:, also tear up and disturb the young
. wheat plants.