Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-02-19
1 COT TO FAN EN-
;. More CundefsOn leils
W What He Found in
I l~ Seed Last Year.

l,ur Seed Last Z ear
TIA fan EN- if you want
Iaso .5a What Gunderson
! T tSs farmers last spring
: $50 !. ~ ran their seed gran,
!. y tbe tanning mill is well
he reading. He says:
!, ,..s we famed and cleaned ~'
hundred bushels OF wheat
., ..,s, and rye to be Used Tor
purposes. What most I'M
y, y .,srgone that helped to do it
:. amount Of oats that went
ss he bottom screen or was
,ba sleeves. In cleaning
,.s.l, It was common to get 40
III. Of seed. But this was
,bs the true sense. Every
.5rnp and heavy. Oats grow
., = from nearly all grains. The
~ n,picIs Of oats continues to
like the branch Of a tree.
tho fall if you examine a
tron a tree or bush you will
,,,,, near the end of the branch
.,,., are new and tender and not
,I.,sIoped. This is so with the
There are always small, imma-
..,oeIs near the tops OF the
aches There are Always several
Il, that fail to get fertilized and
..ort iss kernel that is light and
i smD,v and this kernel will not
nt.it has no embryo in it. 1t
.d, 50 to speak. Now a good fan
Min will blow all these dead
u, over the sleeves. These are
rbrss for seed as stated before.
bottom sieve will take out all the
81 immature kernels. When oats
aTl as they come from a thresh-
machine YOU may think you put
enough in the soil. Suppose you
Two bushels to the acre or two
ols.haIf. You are really sowing
lhs amount which is not enough.
len seeded too tbinly YOU are only
aang the weeds to bill in and spoil
crop
iba bad waste of time and good
SOW unclaimed grain of any
BE same applies to sowing grains
llu. treating them for smut. Last
), vas bad year for smuts. We
ID 10 one field that was sown with
.aated seed and picked % heads
bed with smut and never moved
+ idOur tracks. In fields that had
NEn with treated seed we had
hunt faithfully to find even one
with smut on it. Suppose only
bead IN ten is affected with smut.
lose ten per cent of the yield you
No, you lose much more. Many
De beads that do not show smut
It'll Affected. That is the branch
The smut are all through the
Of The plant like a cancer and
'isPt the plant from doing its
curing the growing. Where
WIS prevalent do not figure that
Will have over half a crop.
MIXED OATS AND RYE.
" successful farmer in the county
'HNVS about two bushels of oats
'l''' Pscks Of spring rye to the
''lo gets splendid results. He
'aa' never again will he sow oats
'l'' feeding purposes. The rye
'a~e' than the oats and hence
~, interfere with the growth of
." a'aasn nor does the oats hinder
~ Some mix wheat and oats
Ia' results but they grow the
-'ISai and interfere with each
'Or''oeFa0ly. Rye also does
I, S,'s' than wheat on sandy.
'' 'aa the amount Of straw is
~, = 10 not recommend that you
, ~ ,'''T for feeding but how
p'nS' Alas, too few COWS in
''! nave a good bed. Com
" nII the milk pail. Re-
a., visited a barn where the
-. ~ Purchased buckwheat straw
and those COWS looked
:, -,o''a1Ie than any COWS 1
H., wi long time. That man
q, good sized manure pile to
A.. loo. "' And of course you
a :, ,D'S Is the most profitable
-, '1S farm if not the most