The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-15
S|MPKINS GIVES
ADVICE ON new
CROP OF wheat
The Experiments at State
Station Shows That All
Class Seed Are Not
Successful.

Since number Of farmers of this
section Of the state have shown n dis
position to change from the cotton
plan" Of farming and have inquired of
County Agent John w. Simpkins for
information regarding the cultivation
of spring wheat, the county agent has
made public the following letter which
he has received from w. d. Bentley,
assistant director of extension work,
A. & NJ. college of Saltwater:
"The following paragraphs are taken
from letter written by the Agronomy
department in reply TO letter of in.
qulry concerning the advisability OF
sowing spring wheat In Oklahoma
All Wheats Not Success
MANY farmers are seeking informa-
tion relative TO the using Of winter
wheat to be sown this spring or the
Use OF a spring wheat to be sown on
land that was intended for fall wheat.
On the experiment station, all wheats
that have been sown in the spring,
either Of winter wheats or Of
spring wheat varieties, have not been
Il success. Spring wheats invariably
give low yields. and wheat of n very
poor milling quality. Many seasons
spring wheat does not even return the
cost of the seed. We have grown
the Burbank spring wheat on our sta
tion farm and do not find it sue.
cess. Last year, which was an ex-
ceptionally good year, this wheat gave
us a yield of less than eight bushels
per acre; the grain being Of poor quail.
ity, which would not permit the
markets of accepting It as n good
flour wheat
Northern Seed Not Good
Spring wheats introduced from the
north have not been successful here
on the experiment station farm. In
fact, our results here have been such
that we cannot recommend the SOW
ing Of spring wheat. at least in this
section of the state.
A few reports have come TO us from
the extreme western part Of the state
and the Panhandle counties that in a
few instances farmers have used a
winter wheat to sow in the late win
ter and have been able to make fair
yields of from TO 12 bushels per acre.
Some farmers claim that they have
had some fair results in using Duran
wheat in the Panhandle counties.
Duran wheats are all spring wheats.
However, late sowing OF winter wheats
or the use Of such a spring wheat as
DURAN wheat Is not a general prac.
lice and the sowing OF these wheats
has been done only when the ordinary
winter wheat for some reason or other
could not be sown at the usual time in
the fall. II might be added further
that climatic conditions such as exist
in the Panhandle counties are quite
different from most OF the rest of Okla.
homa: It having much higher altitude
also.
Weather Determines
The instances of any degree of sue.
cess I'm using wheat sown in the
spring are singular and by no means
general. Where winter whcats were
sown rather late in the winter, and
have given fairly good returns. are
cases OF n year or two ago, when the
fall was so wet as would not permit
the sowing of winter weats in the fall
That winter being very mild. and the
spring favorable. fairly good results
We're secured.
Since there are no spring wheats
grown TO my knowledge in Oklahoma
and there being no parties who have
this seed for sale in this state other
than the Burbank wheat. II would ne
cessitate the importing Of spring wheat
from. possibly Nebraska, Montana
Minnesota or Iowa. With high freight
rates and tho price that may be asked
for the seed II would necessitate tn,
outlay OF possibly as much as $3.50 oi
$500 per acre. besides ones time IL
order to put In wheat which quit
likely would not give returns 40 as tc
compensate the farmer for the tim,
and money expended. For the abov,
reasons, We have not recommended
spring wheat for oklahoma, and hest
tate TO even go so far AZ TO give any
one encouragement In sowing spring
wheat"