Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-09-06
OSLO FARMERS PROVE
WINTER WHEAT GROWTH
FEASIBLE IN VALLEY
Good Yields Come From 1000 Acres
Of Winter Wheat Near
& & &ssS Oslo 49, F $500. s.433t.;
Method Which Prevents Winter Kill
Costs Less Than Spring
Wheat "a. -

years. Reports have been made from
: time to time, of individuals who had
grown small patches successfully; the
state experiment station has made ex-
periments in growing winter wheat OF
various kinds and under various con-
ditions, but with all that it. had not
been established that winter wheat
could be successfully produced in this
locality to any substantial, extent.
81 Start i'm 1918
This was the situation up to 1918,
when one Red River Valley farmer,
not satisfied with the progress that
had been made decided to do some
investigating on his own account.
During the early fall of 1917 IS. p.
Adamski of the firm of Adamski &
Reske, general merchants, sat in their
store in the village of Oslo, little
town in Marshall county, 20 miles
west of Warren, discussing with his
partner the farming situation in that
locality. 1t was not encouraging. Rust
was constant menace and sow this
ties, wild oats and quack grass were
al taking their toll Of the farmers
). profits. Winter rye had proven sue
Z cessful in combating these ravages.
But rye was low in price as compared
with wheat. IT. winter rye could be
grown successfully, why not winter
wheat they argued. They decided to
try it. Ten bushels of Turkey Red
winter wheat was ordered from Iowa
and small patch was planted in the
fall. 1t produced 40 bushels to the
acre next season. g, They had $50 bu-
shells, most of which they distributed
among neighboring farmers because
they had no land themselves available.
The average yield that year was about
30 bushels. -:
IS Bushels to Acre
In 1920 Adamski and Riske had
about so acres and threshed an aver
age of 35 bushels to the acre of wheat
that weighed g pounds to the bushel.
: The 1921 crOp-abOut $50 acres in all
produced from Is to 80 bushels, ac-
. cording to the manner of drilling and
the kind of land used. Buy this time
it was pretty. we'll established that
winter wheat could be produced sue
cessfully in that neighbOrhOod and
last fall over 1000 acres were planted
This crop was harvested in July and
part of it threshed. 1t is estimated
based on the fields so far threshed
that the average yield, will be close to
80 bushels Some Of the fields went
as low as 1S; some as high as 40 bu'
shells to the acre. ~ 49,
Walter Stone, CrOOkston man
while at Oslo short time ago, learn.
ed something Of what was being done
and, upon his invitation, p. K. Hasel-
y rud, R. S. Durham of the State 4Ex-
pertinent Station, and a Times repre-
sentative accompanied him to Oslo to
ys3ather information concerning it.
Gives Information y
Mr.. Adamski was there to receive
them, loaded with information and
full of enthusiasm in proclaiming the
advantages of winter wheat growing in
the Red River Valley.
1000 Acres of Wheat
1--WE raised 1000 acres of winter
4 wheat in this section this year." he
said, 'but next year we expect to har.
. vest at least 10000 acres That's
what we think of winter wheat pro.
duction in the Red River Valley"
When asked as to the methods used
In producing it, Mr.. Adamski said:
do not think that we have jumped
into this thing hit or miss. We have.
MT. We have felt our way carefully
and so far have given more thought
to the kind of land to be used, man
ner and time of planting, etc, ETHAN
we have to the matter of trying to
realize a big profit. sa
Cost Is Low
"Our experiences have been inter
esting and productive of some profit
We have found that it costs about
half as much to raise winter wheat
as it does spring wheat. The best
time to plant is from the 18th to
4 Goth Of August and not later than
Sept. 1. We seed bushel and peck
to an acre. 1t should be drilled deep
in the stubble and the land should
i not be disked or plowed. We have
tried it in blowing or Edisking with
poor results 1t is in the early spring
that winter wheat has to fight for its
life. Day thaws and night freezes are
disastrous unless there is some pro
lection. The stubble holds to thu
I spring snow furries and gives the pro
u; tection necessary to preserve it's life
Tree-sheltered fields, of course, are
best, but we have raised good crops on