The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-06
Directions FOR
GROWING wheat
AS MUCH WHEAT AS THE FAR
MERs OF THE UNITED STATES
CAN RAISE IS NEEDED.

The varieties OF the wheat generally
grown In Kentucky are the best fol
this state. These are Fultz, a smooth
white chaff variety. currelrs prolific
having a smooth head with red chaff;
Fulcaster bearded variety, Medlter-
ranean, or Four-rowed Fultz, Poole and
Harvest King.
/ II 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 seed
Is Just as good as northern seed II
reasonably clean and pure. No farmer
can afford TO buy enough high priced
seed from a distance to plant his entire
/ crop, and pay freight charges in ad
4 dition. just TO have absolutely pure
seed. A moderate admixture of 9TH
er varieties will not decrease the yield
| The important thing is TO have seed
free from rye, cheat, and especially
cookie and onions.
Seed wheat should be cleaned in Or
der to remove Night shrunken grains
dirt and other impurities. There is M
advantage in screening out small grain
II they are plump,
Smut Treatment.
Sinking smut has caused widespread
loss In kentucky this year. II Is prac-
| tically impossible 10 buy seed that is
entirely free from Il. Consequently
not bushel OF what should be plant
cd this fall without first treating II
| for smut. The formaldehyde treat
ment is easily given, is very effective.
and II has largely supplanted the blue
| stone treatment II is applied as fol-
lows: Spread the wheat out on floor
or clean canvas and sprinkle until
thoroughly wet with solution made
by adding one pound OF formaldehyde
TO barrel ESQ gallons) of water. Then
shovel into n heap and cover with can
vas or sacks for few hours. Spread
and dry sufficiently to SOW
Fertilizins Wheat.
No fertilizer should be used in the
Central Blue Grass section this fall.
In the fertilizer tests conducted by the
Experiment Station. profitable in
crease has never been obtained on
wheat in the Central Blue Grass sec
ton. by the use OF any kind OF COM
mercial fertilizer at sowing time.
Everywhere outside of the Blue Grass
section fertilizer which supplies a
phosphorus only should be used No
farmer can afford TO use commercial
nitrogen and potash Mt present prices
even IL 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 the
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 IL needed. Ground limestone
used in connection with phosphorus
is certain to be profitable provided IL
can be obtained at reasonable price,
Preparation Of the Seed Bed.
Wheat grows best in n firm seed bed
Under no circumstances should the
land be plowed when wheat follows
corn. tobacco. COW peas. SOW beans or
hest nrpnAE-
alton Is n light discing TO cover trash
and loosen IN enough soil TO cover the
seed. After dislSing n plank drag
should he used TO level the land II
II is necessary 10 disk deeply TO cover
trash. as is sometimes true of corn land
n roller should be used to compact
the seed bed.
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