Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-07-15
ADVISES NOT TO REsEED.
Wheat Yield Decreases Where Fun
gus Attacks Crop.

| r. 4. F1tmlHR, instructor OF vOca.
tioDal agriculture In the Abilene high
school, Is observing wheat conditions
IN the county and after determining
| the nature Of disease which has
been observed in a few fields he ad.
vises farmers not to reseed tOswheat
where the decease has beep this year
Some fields should certainly not
be rosecded in wheat this fan" said
Mr.. Fleming. Where the crop this
year has been infected with disease
cansing the wheat to die in spots In
the early part Of the season In some
cases not forming stems, and later
causing dwarf plants and small heads
and still later causing white heads
TO show here and there in the field !:
the land should be changed to an
other crop. Several fields in the
county are known to be in this con-
dition this year and theer are proba.
bly, others.
Yield Only Five Bushels.
"A field Of fifty acres owned by
J. NJ. Kugler. living northeast Of abb
lene. yielded only about ten bushels
to the acre last year due to this dis.
ease. Mr.. Kugler thought 1t was
disease which caused the low yield
but his neighbOrs laughed at him
and told him that 1t was due to late
pasturing. He finally reseeded half
the field which will yield only about
five bushels per acre this year. He
took the precautiOn to burn The stub
BILE and 1t was not pastured. 1t will
take no further argument to get Mr..
Kugler to put this land in some other
crop this fan" declared Mr.. Flem-
Ing.
Disease q Fungus.
THE disease which has injured
his wheat" he asserted. sis fun
gus which enters the roots of the
liant through the soil and also lives
'ver the winter in the soil ready to
'ttack the wheat the following year.
Where field has these dead patches
II 1t this year the result will be
hat they will increase in size next
ear and the yield of wheat therefore
will be materially decreased as has
'een the case in the field mentioned.
ir Kugler has eighty five acres
which is diseased but not so bad as
he field described.
Sorghum For Rotation.
I'm changing the ground there is
ways the question Of what to
row. That depends very largely on
he need Of the individual farmer
nd the soil If one is in position to
tilize cnsilage probably Kansas
range or Red Amber sorghum is the :
est" he ADVISED, cor If the grain
more important 9lackhull White
Pink Kafir IL best Also either
ITS or corn may be grown.
This IL an immediate and press
e reason for the rotation of crops"
lid Mr.. Fleming, 'btcaus4 81 the t.
inger OF the failure of wheat on b
lch land However, the ordinary 4
anefits from rotation of crops are p
zen stronger proof Of the value of J.
tation. Rotation tends to free the Il
III from injurious insects and dis 81
se, it aids in the formation and e
of plant foods in the a
i'll, and helps keep the soil in bet Il
+ hhssIea! CONDITION.. All this is y
ducive to larger yields. a
1.-The farmer who reseeds ground q
wheat this fall which has been in o
cted with this disease is taking a t,
edless risk of getting low yield or b
ssibly loosing the crop" he de- o
ared. "for the fungus lives over
g winter in the soil ready to at H
ok the following crop of wheat. !,
Ne land should be changed prefer
,ly to one of the best sorghums, oats