The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-10-28
IDAHO FARMERS BY ACRONOMIST OF
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION DIVISION
BY &. II. ALLISON
Assistant FIELD Agronomist, uniyer-
sify Of Idaho Extension Division

3 Dicklow wheat II the VARSITY re.
: commended for the Irrigated section
II eastern and southern Idaho and
: has proved It's worth by station test
: and experience OF farmers In ever
county throughout these sections
: until recently. no fewer than 10 TO 4
!: varieties have been grown. practical
y all OF which have been replaced be
cause OF increased returns which IN
) farmers have been able 10 secure thrl
the nse OF Dieklov. Tn slx-year per
: iod experiment. lSl3-f9IS inclusive
on spring vheats at Aberdeen Exper
iment station showed Dicklow 10 pro
! duee from I'll bushels 20 III bush
els per acre more than any other var
Lefty wheat. Farmers reports from ~
several counties growing pure Dick.
low wheat this year show an inereas-
ed yield over the mixed wheat ordi-
nariiy seeded OF from 5 10 I 2 bushels.
People have bred and will continue
TO breed livestock for generations and
In all Instances We hear every year Of
records being broken az a result o.
constant. intelligent breeding. Dick
low IL merely a bred-up wheat which
has been established as the practical
and most desirable wheat for the irrl-
- "'N
The farmers OF Jerome, twin FANS
cassia. ooodins' Lincoln. washing
Ton. bonhesihe. bingham fayette.
canyon ana hadiSon, the principal
Diekio~ growing counties. are prae-
ticaiiy united IN their support OF TINS
variety OF "heat MS season III
farmers IN sixteen different counties
"a the state haa fieiaa "hich passed
me preliminary iieiu inspection ana
,si LA ,,',a ~ ~, IN.
..s,s,s.s Wv"
X. a. hins OF buhi' VINO was the
TITS, 70 nave ms seed reeirahea Tor
seeding purposes, obtained an aver
age yisid OF - ousneis per acre from
70 acres: M. a. lhometz ana sons,
bushels por acre from 20 acres.
walter weaver, Filler club boy
produced - bushels on his acre plot,
with a test weight OF ol'z Ids. per bn.
In washington county. reports on
Yields snow that one Dickiow neid
produced ~ pusheis' WINE fleid or
miAod wheat anJoihihs TINS produced
% business or seven Dusheis less per /
acre. Inc quah,y OF pickiow wheat
from bonhesiile county entered INTO
crosse competition ior premiums AT
the state lnir. me yieid ana the
luan'y oo'h proved us worth.
piekiow srados az common white
wheat. Inc government grades are
osts Dishea on the mining quality OF
-, eo ,'s 'aa' ~, III
arnsIs =. ,a,atsn ,a,ar,ais a,ha,
80 49, ,s.s.,,sa -,
-na.,. ~, osssx elasa
inspection OF the SEED houses iast
'pnnk shosod " was impossipie 10
,ptain pure variety OF wheat, ine
ldaho pure seed law covering the SAFE
u grain prcscripes that any OF these
leeds SOLD Tor seeding purposes must
conform 10 the requirements OF me
Aw anu carry tag Indicating tue
'uriv OF the same. Any gram pc
ow standard must De labeled NOT Tor
'sio. or FOR Saio TOT reoaihs fur-
'osos oniy' majority on dealers
ave tasen susan'aso o, TINS eiause,
TWO companies 'hat nave several
'ouses 'hruou, .ho state stamp IN.
ohowink notation upon the receipt
|. ' aasas.s -, na,. o. hsr, na
Ts s.a saas s.s,ss...' ,a ,,.s,,
), s,,. p ~ 80 sss,ns &c.
' ss p1 ~, - ~, or n,sar ,o sa,, ana I
go ~, s,,s.s s,,s.a,,,a, -, rs.,o,,,
800 -. ,a, -, ,,,,r,,s,....s :, rht. ]
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when farmer goes 10 ,he average :
'aier 10 on,sln wheat. ~htch ne may
ian 10 use 20 seoa Whatever aercake VI
may hsse prepared. ne usually
'ts ". out ouy on the provision that
bought Y, tor teed kraih. rus ne
'es because ne mas 20 nave me gram
AZ when ne gets paek 70 the farm
is usually treated; placed "a me