Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-16
NEW VARIETY OF WHEAT CREATES
SENSATION AMONG VA. FARMERS
Members of Virginia Crop Improvement Association
Report Unusual Yiclds-Onc Farmer Makcs Forty
Bushels to Acre Record Yields Made With Oats

hi.ACkSBURG, VA. July ia.-Re.
cnnty inon"ands al virginia farmers
havo hecom" intensely Interested In
Tho two now Varieties Of whoa, de-
t"lopeh " tho Virginia Experiment
station. tho STAN OF witch spent
years In nm effort TO develop ono or
more Varieties az wh.a', The result,
was the production Of a bearded VA
riey called V. +. / No 1871. and
smooth variety rallcd V. 2, . SO. Ila
Al OF tho present supply .. seed o.
ea"l ~ these two varieties is do
'c"HE-d from "a sluSl" RrR!u q! whna'.
hHd tIo varietios are, therefore. NIB
'u.ut-!y purc lines.
l'''cr- thc~. varieties were d!s,rih-
u;od TO farmers the exp-r!men, sta
tlun .uad" exhaustive t-.ys OYER
prT!ot OF neverE! years 10 determine
whether or not they wer. superior
In Welding ability and other char
acteristirS TO varieties commonly
grown IN Virginia. During FOUR
year period V. P. I. No. i3! Aad V. y,
/ No. ll2 averaged In Yield 81 per
cent NOR. than the three highest
Yielding commercial varieties These
facts having justified the eKpe.'men;
station IN distributing ihe new va
r."ties 10 farmers. such d!str!bu-
''on was made IN 1921 through tn.
virginia crop Improvement Associn
ton. this Organization first having
rehIrtered o. certified the seed in &C
r"rdane. With existing regulations
Forty farmers members O, the as
ISOLATION and living in various parts
OF the stat. We're furnished with two
bushels each OF certified seed stock
o! one OF THE varieties.
Yields Grcntl, Increased.
Will all o' tho forty farmers
have not made reports on their
yields a number have reported xiv
ing the yields o. V T. l. 80. i3i OF
No. il2. and The comparative yi.lds
OF other varieties on similar !and
The hverag. yields reported TO date
are moro ,nau double the average
y'-lh = wheat In Virginia IN one
case V. =. l., No. 1871. made = bushels
NOR" per acre than on. % the best
"pnr"Gn varieties o: wh"a, on simi-
Tar land In no cas-. was the Weld ot
'. 2. !. No 1871 less tnan two bushels
per acr" NOR" han that az other
varieties on similar land. ON al III"
farms reporiing Y. = !. 40 1871 and
Y. J.. J. No. ll2 wheats averaged six
and one-half bushels per acre more
than other varieties on The same
farm.
Tn" hlghes, WELD of Y T. ! so
/ 1871 reported TO date was made by +
I l.. West =, Mattoay. in Amelia Couu-
/ " Mr.. West reports a WELD ~ forty
[ bushels per acre from seeding ~
| only one hTshel 10 the acre. Nj. West
has probably set e new record for
Amelia County and one which Is like
. - 10 stand fur some time. He states
i that Leaps Prolific wheat on similar
land mad" thirty bushels per acre.
/ one %. the best Yields or V. r. |. No
I il2. was made by W. +. Lewis. a
Hanover. in Hanover County Nj.
Lewis reports a yield Of twcnty-elght
bushels per acre from his V. l.. /.
/ no. ll2. twentY-tour bushels peg
I acre from Leaps prolihc. and cirh-
+ teen bushels per acre from Stoncr.
/ He states tina; the V. T. l.. No li2
and Leaps Prolific, were on equally
+ good land. and that the S;onar was
I on better land than either OF the
. other two.
New Variety OF Oats.
! y variety al oats. V. +. l.. No. l.
was developed and tested by the
experiment station in much the san
manner as the wheats. In tests az
tending over a four-year period ih.S
variety averaged nearly ten bushels
more yer acre than the average az
the three best Varieties grown in
Nircin!a. rwcnty-9ve farmers wrr"
supplied with seed Of this new va
r.c;y laso year. and are reporting far
/
ta!n"d from other sorts. y Weld 81
more an seventy bushels per acr"
was made with V. J.. /. No. /. by \.
!. Snar"y. Wythe County farmer.
Members of the crop Improvement
Association predict that In five wears
more than half Of the wheat crop in
virginia viii be seeded with V. =. /.
/ NO ISL or V. II. !. No. ll2. This
seems entirely probable in view nr
the greatly superior yielding ability
or these varieties as compared with
tho standard varieties now grown
II IN" "ntir" wheat crop in Virginia
were seeded with one az the new
varieties the states production Of
"heat Would be increased approx
. mateiv 100000 bushels at practically
no additional cost to the growers
While considerable quantity OF
seed Of the new varieties Of wh.oi
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