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VARIETIES OF WHEAT FOR MISSISSIPPI.
What the Tests at the College and Delta Experiment Stations
Showed This Year—Some Notes on Soil Preparation.
By Prof. E. R. Lloyd.
THE PAST SEASON was very
favorable for the best growth of
wheat, and where the land was
well prepared the yields were so sat
isfactory that a greatly increased
area will be sown to wheat this fall.
It is not our purpose to attempt to
induce farmers to grow wheat on a
commercial scale but rather encour
age the planting of a few acres for
home use.
The experiments with wheat will
be continued at the College Station
and duplicated at the several Branch
Stations with a view to determining
the best varieties for the different
soils of the State.
est yield. We consider this variety
very promising, but will make fur
ther tests before recommending it to
the farmers. There are a few stand
ard varieties that have been tested
for several years in the State which
we can rcommend. Purple Straw,
Golden Chaff, Fulcaster and Fultz
are all good varieties.
An experiment this year Included
12 varieties of wheat. The land, a
stiff black prairie, was broken in the
fall and harrowed until a good seed
bed was made, and the wheat sewn
November 2, 1909.
The following table gives the re
sults of the experiment in detail:
NAME OF VARIETY.
Fultz-Mediterranean..
Currell's Prolific
Purple Straw..
Fultz...---—.
Dietz-Mediterranean.
Lancaster -.
Golden Chaff.
Red May.
Klondike.
Australian ..:..
Fulcaster. .
Leap's Prolific.
Yield Date
Per Acre of
in Bug. Ripeninjr
23. June 7th
24.89 “ 5th
24 89 " 7th
22.94 “ 5th
23 43 " 7th
20.56 *' 7th
24.89 “ 7th
20.99 “ 7 th
26.94 ** 10th
20.23 “ 7th
22 3 " 7th
21.32 “ 5th
Strength Bearded
of or
Straw Smooth
Strong B.
Weak S.
Strong S.
Strong S.
Weak B.
Weak B.
Strung B.
String S.
Strong S.
Weak B.
Strong B.
Strong S.
It will be a waste of time and
money to plant wheat on poor soil
half prepared. Wheat requires an
abundance of available plant food for
best results.
The land that is to be sown to
wheat this fall should have been
planted in cowpeas early in the sum
mer. If the cowpeas were not plant
ed, the land should be deeply broken
at once and disked sveral times be
fore the wheat is sown. The plow
ing and- disking will set free much
plant food and the increased yield
of wheat will pay handsomely for
the extra labor in preparing the land.
It is bad practice to plant wheat,
or any other crop, on freshly plowed
land. In this condition the soil is
loose and “puffy” and admits of a
free circulation of air, which dries
the soil very rapidly, and the result
is that many seeds die in the sprout.
After the land is broken it should
have time to spttle
made with a disk harrow.
Our experiments indicate that the
best time to plant is from the mid
dle of October to the middle of No
vember. Our best yields have been
from wheat sown from the middle to
last of October. The usual amount
of seed sown per acre is 4 pecks, but
5 pecks will probably be better.
Selecting a Variety.
There is a common belief that va
rieties “run out.” Station records
show that this is not true, and that
it is unnecessary to change seed for
good yields. The records show fur
ther, that the yields increase as the
variety becomes adapted to its en
vironments. “Running out” of va
rieties is due to the failure to select
t }l A hoot ,.L __ i
-—J Jzai auu LU poor
preparation of the soil rather than to
natural causes. There is probably no
one variety of wheat, or other grain,
that is best for all sections of the
State, in each locality some varie
ties are better adapted to soil and
climatic conditions than others, u
is not always the best variety that
gives the largest yield in a variety
test for any one year, in studying
variety tests made at other stations,
as well as those of our own, we find
that the highest yielding wheat, in a
test for any given year, may not hold
its place two years in succession. In
our experiment with wheat the past
season, Klondike, a new variety test
ed for the first time, made the larg
At the Delta Station the following
results were obtained:
VARIETY YIELD PER ACRE REM ARKS
Blu* Stem or Smooth
Purple Straw 32 1-3 bunhels Medium Early.
Fulcaater, No. 1. 24 1-6 “ Bearded La e
Smooth —
Fulcaater, No. 2. 21 7-8 '* Medium
Red May 13 1-3 ‘ " Smooth —Early
Currell’a Prolific 17 1-3 “ Smooth —Early
The wheat was planted October 12,
on stiff clay (buckshot) land. It
was well advanced and the freeee of
April 2 4 injured the early varieties—
Red May and Currell’s Prolific. This
late freeze was umisual and may
safely be ignored in the selecting of
a variety. The early varieties will
probably be best for our State.
WHAT THE ALABAMA FARMERS'
UNION WANTS.
Among the resolutions adopted at
the meting of the Alabama Farmers’
Union, at Montgomery, August 17-19,
were the following, which embrace a
part of the program for re-adjusting
the agriculture of the State to the
expected presence of the boll weevil:
“Whereas, the cotton boll weevil is
now less than 10 miles from the Ala
bama line and will spread over all of
Alabama within the next few years;
and—
“Whereas, experience in Texas.
Louisiana and Mississippi proves that
cotton culture, unless greatly improv
ed, becomes unprofitable in the pres
ence of the boll weevil; and—
“Whereas, the best means of avoid
ing the enormous losses occasioned
by this pest consists, first, in diversi
fying our agriculture, and second, in
learning how to grow cotton by more
intensive and scientific methods, so
that the cotton plant may nearly ma
ture a large part of its bolls before
the weevils become very numerous;
and—
“Whereas, much local experimental
work is needed to ascertain how best
to grow cotton when the boll weevil
is present, and to determine the best
field crops, grasses, clovers, live
stock, fruits and vegetables for build
ing tip a diversified agriculture;
therefore, be it—•
“Resolved by the Alabama division
of the Farmers’ Educational and Co
operative Union in convention assem
bled at Montgomery, Ala., that we
respectfully urge upon the next Leg
islature of Alabama that it make a
liberal appropriation to the Experi
ment Station at Auburn for the pur
The Perfect Gin
The Monger System outfits are based on
the invention of the saw gin l y Mr. Eli
Whitney and Mr. P. S. Mung. r’s inventi. n
of the system tor elevating, cleaning, gin
ning and pressing cotton In one oper.iti n.
These were the inventions which revolu
tionized the cotton industry -without them
the great crops of cotton of the present t me
couldn’t he handled. To-day these inven
tions are the basic principle of the Munger
System Outfits, added to and made better
by all the subsequent improvements <1 the
inventors gained by years ol experience.
brushes are made from soiio-mock ensues
of extra length. Both sr.w and brush shalts
are made trom special high-carbon steel. All
our belts are short-lap. oak-tanned leather,
cut (torn the center of the hide where the
gram is even and tough as ware. We give
the finest finish to every machine we turn
out leng thorough believers in the preser
vative effect of the best paint, varnish and
polish. Bolts, set-screws, oil-cups. etc., are
but little things in themselves, but we insist
that they be of the very best before they
Every detail of
construction of
the Munger Out
fits is of the very
highest class
built honestly
from the finest
materials procur
able.
Our gin - saws
are made of high
grade English
steel. The gin
Munger
System Outfit
tan 1'ass mr v.un
tmental standard.
Our large, copy
righted book on
Continental cot
ton machinery
Illustrates all »ur
equipment and
tells of its con
st rue* Ion. W>
will send a copy,
free, to those
interested.
The Continental Qin Company,
Atlanta, Ga. Birmingham. Ala. Dallat, Tata*. MetnphU. Tenn. Charlotte. N. C
—|——P——ii.n I ■ ■■ ^—
pose of enabling it to aid Alabama
farmers in all parta of the State
by local field experiments and demon
stration, in as many countes as pos
sible, in combatting the effects of the
boll weevil by diversifying their
crops and by improved methods of
cotton culture.
"Resolved, further. That we urge
the Legislature, without prejudice to
other agencies for agricultural uplift,
to appropriate annually at least the
following amounts to the Alabama
Experiment Station for the prosecu
tion of the following lines of experi
mental and demonstration work in
the different counties of Aalhama, in
co-oneration. when nrin uitn
farmers’ organizations, the t'nlted
States Deartment of Agriculture, the
State Department of Agriculture, the
schools and other agencies working
for the improvement of country life:
’’Combatting the boll weevil and
other injurious Insects. $5,000; com
batting black root and boll rot of cot
ton and other plant diseases. $3,000;
local fertilizer experiments in differ
ent counties, and the introduction of
new and improved crops and forage
plants, $17,000; plant breeding of
field crops, $3,000; printing and pre
paring circulars and bulletins and
correspondence work with farmers,
$5,000; local experiments and dem
onstrations In horticulture, $4,000;
live stock Investigations and demon
strations, $x,000; promotion of the
poultry industry. $2,000; demonstra
tions with drainage and Improved
implements, $3,000.
"Resolved, further. That we recom
mend in addition to the above Item*,
adequate appropriations for farmers’
institutes, agricultural extension
work among rural schools and for
tick eradication.”
I he above resolutions were passed
unanimously and enthusiastically.
I he following officers were elected
to nerve during the coming year:
W. A. Morris, President; O. P.
Ford, Vice President; T. J. Kennedy.
Secretary-Treasurer; Executive Com
mittee, Charles L. Gay, chalrmau, J.
J Robinson, Jr.. J. M. Wyatt. It. L.
Hill, A H Moorman; M. J. Wallace,
Chaplain; John Hill, 8ergeant-aV
Arma; H. O. Doan, Conductor; M. J.
Taylor, Doorkeeper.
The man who produce* good seed
Is a benefactor; he who produce*
scrub seed Is a malefactor.—Rev. M.
G. Hamm.
Fanning Is Profitable In
The Southeast
There Is no better occupation
for the Average Man than Farm
ing and no Section la Superior to
the 8outh for a Good Farmer.
Farming la a Great Business and
should be carried on by the Appli
cation of the Best Business Princi
ples. The Proper Ixtcatlon, the
Study ef Soils, Seed Selection, the
Wise Choice and Rotation of Crops
and Careful Cultivation will bring
Assured Success.
We are In position to Aid You
In the Selection of the Proper Lo
cation In Districts which Present
Splendid Advantages and Oppor
tunities. In writing tell us what
You Want.
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