The Sidney herald., 1960-08-24
Winter Wheat Seeding

Winter Wheat Seeding
It appears that there will be a
big increase in winter wheat seed
ing this fall in Richland County.
Excellent winter wheat yields this
fall have added incentive to
switching from spring to winter
wheat. The big switch during
the past few years has been in
the area in and around Lambert.
The main questions that we
have received lately concern the
date of seeding and varieties.
Agronomists at Montana State
College recommend that in this
area of the state winter wheat be
planted between September l and
Is. Planting should be withheld
until such time as the soil tenn
p%eratures become low enough to
reduce the chances of root rot
infection. AS for variety, Cheyenne
appears to be the best bet, al
though Karmont and NeWturk are
also recommended for this area.
Considerable Yogo is still being
planted in this area, but will be
discounted 20 cents a buShel again
in 1861 under the price support
program. Several other hard red
winter wheat varieties, including
Cache and Wasatch have also
been put on the undesirable list
for Montana.
For further information or the
| subject. we suggest you pick up a
Copy of Circular ITS, entitled
winter Wheat Production In
Montana" We have a good sup
ply of this publication available
at the Extension Service Office.
Consider Soil Testing Now
Extension Service soils special
lists advise that fall, after harvest
| inc is done is a good time to take
soil samples. You're able to re-
call soil and crop history better
then. and this information IS
necessary when the sample rs sent
in for testing. And you'll also be
able to get results before spring
season. Before you take your
samples, stop in at the office and
get a soil sample envelope and
information sheet that must ac-
company the sample. We can go
over the information sheet with
you. as it is important how it's
made out. Also we can probably
give you some suggestions on the
proper ways to get a sample and
ship it to the laboratory.
It will also be better If you
HnrOAlnC
through the county office rather
than direct to the Soils Laboratory
at Montana State College. A
charge of $3.50 is made on each
sample. =
Reports on dry samples should
be available in not longer than Ia
days after they r received at the
| MISC lab. All samples checked fol
! PHI, conductivity, organic matter
available P205, and free lime.
] Outlook of Montana Dairying
At a dairy industry field at the
Huntley Branch of the Montana
Agricultural Experiment Station
recently, they reported that dairy
cows have decreased by 20 pei
cent since 1910, but that produc'
| ton per COW has increased by 81
percent, leaving a net increase il
production of about Is percent.
] In Montana, there were 215,0
dairy COWS in 1884, $4,000 in 1855
and $4,000 in 1860. Production PEI
COW has increased from abou
$500 pounds in 1924 to $500
pounds in 1859.
Montanans can expect a con
tinued decline in numbers of dair.
farms, they said, as long as ou
dairy business is primarily fluit
milk marketing. However, thos'
remaining farms will becom'
d larger and more efficient unit
I and will produce a total amour
of milk as indicated by consume
demand.
Based on population trends, b,
1875 we will need 35-40 percen
more milk than we now produc
in the United States. This is
bright spot, they continued, bu
is not necessarily the answer t
the dairymen's problems.
1t may be expected that mum
bers of dairy farms will decreas
faster than numbers Of COWS, agai
because diaries are becoming few
er but larger. In terms of fee
costs. Montana should be at n
particular disadvantage as W
usually have ample hay and graf
u feed supplies.
z INFLAMMATION and automatic