The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-08-16
Directions FOR
GROWING wheat
As MUCH WHEAT As the FAR.
nEas or THE UNITED STATES
can RAISE % NEEDED

The varieties Of the Wbeat generally
grown IN Kentucky are The best for
this state. These are FuIfz. smooth
white chan variety. CuueIfs prolific,
having . smooth head with red etzffs
Fnlcasfer. = bear1ed variety. 1ledlter-
ranean. o. Four-roWed Eulfz, Poole and
Harvest King
II necessary 20 buy seed one Of thess
varieties should BE- chosen and II pos
1IbIe the seed should be bought IN the
Immediate locality Home grown Sod
- just - good - northern SEED ~
reasonably clean and pure No farmer
can afford 70 buy enough high priced
seed from dlFtance 70 plant his entire
crop. and pay freight charges IN ad-
dillon. just 70 have absolutely pure
seed a moderate admixture Of 9TH
e. varlefles viii not decrease the yleld.
The important thing Il 70 have seed
free from re, cheat and especially
cookie and onions-
Seed wheat should be cleaned in Or
der 70 remove light shrunken grains
art and other impurities There r n
advantage in screening out small grain
II they are plump
Smut Trsafnsnf-
Sinking smut has caused Widespread
loss In Kentucky this year. Il = prac-
fiealIy impo1sfbIe 70 buy Sod that -
entirely free from Il Consequently
not = busheI Of shat should Be LIANT
Cd this ian without first treating Il
for smut. The f0rmaldehyde treat
=. l. r1IHm1nHIrrn
and II has largely supplanted the blne
stone treatment Il q applied ~ fol-
lows Spread the w1eat cut On 4 floor
or clean canvas and sprinkle until
thoroughly wet with solution made
b. adding one pound q formaldebyde
TO q barrel go gallons) Of water Then
shovel into = heap and cover with can
vas or sacks - . few hours Spread
and dry sufficiently 70 SOW.
FsrtiIizinp Wheat
No fertilizer should be used IN the
Central Blue Grass section this fall.
| In the fertilizer tests conducted By the
Experiment Station, . Dro1ts bic IN
| crease has never been obtained on
wheat IN the Central Blue Graz SEC
/ lion. b. the use Of any kind Of ccm-
merclal fertilizer az sowing time
Evryuhere outside Of the Blue 0ras.
section . fertilizer which supplies .
phosphorus only should be used Nt
| farmer can afford 70 use Commercial
nitrogen and potash ~ present prizes
even II they give some Increase which
lie entirely unlikely Acid phosphate
| steamed bone meal. or basic Stag sup
ply phosphorus Two hundred pound
per acre Of one Of these should Be usei
on every acre Of wheat soWn IN tn
/ state this fail outside Of the Blue Gras
section
The experimenfs Of me station on IL
soil fields in various areas Of the stat
have shown remarkabIe increases iron
the use Of lime on AL soils where phos
phorus Il needed Ground Ilmeston'
used in connection with phosphorus
Il certain 70 be profItabIs provided !
can be obtained AZ > reasonable prLcr
Preparation Of the Seed Bed
Wheat grows best in = firm seed be
Under no circumstances should n
land be plowed when wheat follow
corn, tobacco. COW peas, soy beans
any cultivated crop. The best prep.s
alton Il light discing 70 cover tr1s
and loosen I'D enough soil 20 cover n
seed After diskinE. a plank ORA
should Be used 20 level the lznd-
Il il IL necessary 20 disk deeply 70 cove
trash. as Il sometimes true Of corn Ian
a roller should be used TO compas
she seed BED
When land Is plowed the Dsowin
should Be done - early as the removi
lof the preceding crop permits. IN ords
that the SEED bed may be gotten fin
The later the blowing Is DONE the gre
er the necessity for thorough Uori
ling. especially rolling Without ~
exceDtion II pays to prepare a seed b
some time before sowing the sod
|if can possibly be done
Time Of Planting
Experiments have shown that Oct.
her 1 70 10 Is the safest time 70 Dlal
wheat In Kentucky, everything COZ
|sldered- In southern parts Of the sta
liz Il safer 70 wait until October 70
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