Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-09-07
ISSUE BULLETIN ON
WHEAT SOWING AND
SEED CORN PLANTING
COUNTY SOIL ADVISER GIVES
FARMERS TIPS ON SEASON
ABLE MATTERS OF VITAL IN.
PoRTANCE TO NEXT YEARS
CROPS.

CROPS.
Timely tips on fall wheat sowing
and corn seed selection we're issued
this morning out OF the county soil
advisers office. The pointers comns
at this important period of the year
should prove beneficial to tho farmer.
Tho Information requires heeding
that the very best results may obtain,
and Is as follows
When to Sow Wheat-Seed Corn
Root Rots.
When shall | SOW my wheat? Tina;
question Is being asked frequently at
the Farm Bureau Office this fine Sep.
TENDER weather.
The two principal governing factors
are; Sow late enough to avoid the
Hessian fly as much as practicable
but early enough to permit the wheat
to get a good start before cold wealth
er stops growth. Sept. 20 to % has
been found to be the most successful
dates fer seeding in this county.
The average of -four years tests of
seeding at different dates made by
tha entomology department on the
farm of l.. {. Rinker, near Grand
Ridge, shows thu following results:
Sept. l0-27S bushels per acre.
Sept l5--3l7 bushels per acre.
Sept. 20-33.S bushels per acre.
Sept 25-36.5 bushels per acre
Oct l--39.6 bushels per acre
Oct, 5--33 bushels per acre.
II the weather remains unusually
warm 1t would be advisable to seed a
few days late.
Getting u good start before cold
weather Is fairly sure If abundance
OF plant food is provided. Wheat fol
lows either soy beans or clover with
marked success. and is also a 600 |
feeder on rock phosphate. No onc
should expect a large VIII eat crop If
known conditions Of insects and plant
food are not met
Seed Corn Root Rots.
The best method for the control of
these diseases that has been devel.
oped to date is to select disease-free
seed ears. Diseased ears or even an
parently healthy ears. from diseased
stalks should not be selected for seed
The proper selection of seed corn is
no single operation that can be com
pleted within a few days. The differ.
o1t steps that are necessary to OBJ.
tain the best results must be followed
throughout the year
Field Selection.
Field selection of ears of seed corn
should be made before the first kill
ing frost. This makes It possible to
distinguish between ears that have
matured normally and those that have
rlpened prematurely on account Of
disease. After the first killing fros;
the stalks and especially the shanks
and the ears are invaded rapidly By
these disease organisms. Warm
weather following the first killing
frost favors these ear infections.
which greatly reduce the vitality of
the seed
Select the Best Normally Matured
Ears.
Fully matured ears with sound
shanks from upright, sturdy stalks
have shown, on the average. greater
vigor and considerably more resist
ance to these rot diseases than SINH.
lar appearing ears from stalks either
slightly or badly diseased. More
over, ears from leaning and broken
Stalks and ears with slightly rotted
shanks frcm erect stalks are likely
to be diseased. Stalks that are wilt.
Cd and prematurely dead commonly
bear diseased ears which are fire.
quently mistaken for early maturing
ones by those not suspecting their dis.
eased condition. Many apparently
desirable seed ears droop because of
weak, rotten or broken shanks Such
cars are often diseased Ears from
stalks and shanks showing these
symptoms have given greatly reduc-
ed yields when planted in exper
mental plats.
Select Ears From the Best Normal
Stalks.
AS susceptibility to one disease
often means susceptibility to other
diseases, it is we'll to avoid ears IRON
smutted or badly rusted stalks Fur
thernore, ears from stalks with either
rolled, crinkled or spotted leaves, or
from plants with many fired leaves,
also yield less and should not be Sc.
lected for seed.
In order to have enough seed ears
from which to get the best seed it Is
advisable to gather about five times
as many as will be required far next
years planting. This will allow for
shrinkage, discarded ears, butt and tn
Smelling, grading, etc
Curing and STORAGE.
The seed ears after hpinp cnlpctnI
in the field, should be so handled and
stored that they will dry uniformly
and thoroughly. If the moisture con.
tent OF the cars. remains high harm
ful organisms may grow into the ears
and infect them Because CT this 1t is
of the utmost Importance that the
ears be kept in a dry, we'll ventilated
Mace