The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-02
SPRING WHEAT
RIPEN|NC ON
wayne FARM
First for Many Years, Says
Sanborn-Yield Compares
Favorably With Winter.
BY WILLIAM r. SANBoRN

The first Northern spring wheat to
be grown in Wayne county for thir-
ty-odd years. we believe, is ripening
on the Lewis Matti farm. three miles
east OF Richmond, and will be ready
to cut inside Of two weeks. most like
~ In the next ten days II the weather
Is hot.
This six acre field lying between
two fields Of winter wheat, now in
shock, was sown late in March and
gives excellent promise. The heads
are much longer than those Of the
shocked wheat in the adjoining field,
though the third field Of wheat on
this farm will probably thresh out
heavier than the field Of spring
wheat, for that field IL more nearly
OF an average quality as to produc-
ton than the other winter wheat
field Just mentioned. The harvest on
this farm will show three different
judgment, after an examination made
this forenoon. We Judge that the
Spring wheat was but thinly sown.
Upon inquiry as to where the seed
for the spring-sown field had been OBJ
tanned. We learned that 1t was grown
in Preble county, just few miles east
OF the Matti farm, and that 1t came
from the James v. King place. 1t ap-
pears that Mr.. King gave this variety
a try-out some years ago and was so
well satisfied with the result that he
Las been putting in some spring
wheat acreage ever since.
Although spring wheat natures
relatively late in this section 1t is
ready for harvest weeks ahead Of the
cutting in the Dakotas and In the
canadian provinces, where no winter
wheat is grown. However, those
wishing to harvest early will stick to
winter wheat, to which this latitude Is
best adapted. AS an experiment, how
ever. this field of spring sown grain
has interest The field, 1t may be
noted. is remarkably free from cookie
burr, compared to most 2 the win
ter wheat fields.
VIII Have Thresher Ring.
Lewis Matti will do his own thresh
Ding this year with an entirely new In
aernational outfit, bought from Ed
Harris OF Gettysburg. who is in charge
OF the machinery department Of a
Richmond automobile concern. Harris
says that Matti has organized quite q
large threshing ring among farmers
;living along the New Paris pike ant
as expected that all the wheat In
Preble county will be cut between
now and next Monday, If the weather
continues favorable, for the binders
are busy from daylight until dark
The same Is true in Wayne county
of course, the present weak being the
very heart Of the harvest season. II
you toured the country in your cal
last Sunday, you probably observed
many farmers took advantage OF the
ideal day to cut wheat.
Insect Damage Not Large.
So far as our travels and investga
lions 60, the damage to wheat from
inject pests has been exaggerated, a:
Is usually the case. In spots the dam
age appears quite serious, or Is sc
expected to show in the threshing
But this Is far from the rule, we be
1ieve. Samples OF wheat on our table
as We write, and which were selected
at random, do not show any damage
whatever, from insects, this whea
coming from both Wayne and Prebl'
counties. This does not mean, how
ever, that there is no damage from
these pests. There is, Of course. ant
there always has been in greater o.
lesser degree, on some farms. The
mild weather and the wet spring gave
the bugs and worms a flying star
this year and more Of them in some
fields than in others. You can also
find grasshoppers II you hunt To-
them, but no damage is reported from
this regular summer visitor up to thi
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