The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-09-17
COUNTY AGENT STEBBINS
MAKES A FEW SUGGESTIONS

The Farm Bureau office is in receipt
of several inquiries for winter wheat
and fall rye seed.
There is plenty of good fall rye seed
produced in Valley County, and if any
person wanting some rye seed will in
quire at the Farm Bureau office or
refer to the last issue of the Farm
Bureau News they will find several
people having fall rye for sale.
The moisture received last two
weeks has put the soil in fair condi-
ton for fall grain. No one would want
to seed a very large acreage to either
fall rye or winter wheat due to the
fact that one with another the yield
of fall grain does not seem to equal
the yield of spring wheat.
There is less danger of fall rye
winter killing than winter wheat and
the seeding of fall rye is recommend
ed, but from the average results the
seeding of large acreage of winter
wheat can not be recommended.
The proper time to seed winter
grain is in August, and it should not
be seeded later than September goth,
although in favorable seasons fair re-
suits have been obtained by seeding rs
late as the first of October.
The best variety of winter wheat
to seed is the Montana SO, a selection
Of K~harkov, and second best is Khar-
kov and third, Turkey Red. The Farm
Bureau office can put anyone in touch
with outside parties having any one
of these varieties for sale. The price
ranges from $3.50 to $500 per bushel.
, Winter grain should be drilled shall
} low, not over IL inches, quick germ
| ~ination and rapid growth is demanded
: is the reason.
SEED CORN
: The acreage of corn in the county
i this year vas greatly increased but
: the season has been against it and not
I a great deal of matured corn will be
produced, but nearly every one having
G in a few acres of corn will be ableRt
t select his own seed for another year,
e The frost is holding off we'll and that
means for us to get busy and select oul
seed corn as home grown seed is much
G better and cheaper than seed produced
through the chamber of trade mex
spring.
Field Selecting of Seed
Select seed corn for the following
years planting from the field befor'
is the first killing frost. This is importan
for two reasons. Seed corn is killed on
t right if frozen when the kernal is full
of moisture and therefore the see,
IS ought to be gathered before the frs
killing frost mt The second reaso
for practicing this method is that
ID makes possible the selection of ear
k. from the earliest maturing and bes
developed stalks. When carried O
% through a number of years this wi
IF result in getting a strain especial
adapted to your particular locality.
Corn is ready to pick for seed a
IN the inside husks become white and tn
TX kernals begin to glaze in the ease q
" flint corr or to dent n the case Q
st dents. Corn so selected may shrivel i
curing but it will terminate when
at is planted which is of first importance
,g The best plan to follow in field 81
ir ection is to walk through the feel
with a sack slung over the shoulde
re by means of a broad strap fastene
st to an upper or lower corner. TAX
Ill the best ears from the best and earlies
r ripening stalks. Empty the selecte
en- ears in sacks at the ends of the row,
e, Take these sacks to the storage she
of before night. Do not leave the cor
IS. in them over night but put it up fo
ut curing and drying the same evening
all 1t is unsafe to depend on selectin
ct seed corn from the shock or crib. Cor
ks stored in this way dries slowly and
of very likely to be injured by an earl
D. frost and have it's termination powe
We destroyed.
ng Drying and Storing
at Drying the seed and keeping it dr.
an are the two essentials in preservn
ne corn so that it will grow. If dry it wi
u stand any amount of freeing weathe
without injury to vitality. Artificis
of heat may be necessary sometimes, bu
DIS usually corn car be thoroughly drie
OF without it if properly handled.
to The important thing in storing cor
ut is to SO place the ears (under shelter
that the air can circulate freely aroun
st each one. There is no need of gettin
ly expensive equipment as satisfactor
a devices car be made at home out q
IS materials ordinarily found around tn
farm. Some of the devices that hav
of proved satisfactory for holding see
corn + described in bulletins tina
lg can be had by writing or calling a
Of the Farm Bureau Office.
. Murray Z. Stebbins, County Ayr
Agent.