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Show , .1 i THE TIME TO SOW FALL WHEAT. As wheat is th6 principal crop of the arid farmer the proper time at winch it should be sown is an important im-portant consideration. Very little of the wheat grown on our arid farms is sown and this amount is (becoming less each year. When sown on summer sum-mer fallowed land it is customary to 11 sow in September and October. If I following wheat, then the crop is re moved as quickly as possible and the seeding is done as soon as the land can be prepared. Few farmers now wait for the fall rains before seeding as experience-" lTas generally shown that if the land is prepared and seeded as early as possible the best results p are secured J Oftentimes the seeding is done at a fll time when the surface is dry and ill dusty, but there is usually sufficient I moisture two to four inches down t va cause germination. Even if such con- j ditions should not prevail no harm in results' from 'the seed lying in t JP ground until the fall rains furniih Jp sufficient moisture for germination. M A few arid farmers sow in the spring I on account of the danger from winter W. killing. The past several winters have been attended with very little snow to afford protection for the tender wheat plant, and yet during this period per-iod we have had no extensive winter billing. We may conclude therefore that there is but little danger from this source. It is difficult to find an arid farmer now Who sows his seed broadcast. Press "drills have come into almost general use and a drill is considered almost as essential in arid farming operations as a. plow. With a drill the seed can be placed more evenly in depth and the depth to which the seed is sown "can be regulated according accord-ing to will. If the surface is dry the wheat seed -can be planted as deep as three and one-half inches. If before or just after fall rains the depth need not be greater than one inch. It is possible for the young plants to com: up through three or four inches of loose earth and if sown at this depth the roots enter at once into the moi3t soil. The press drill is a very useful implement because it presses the light open"1 soil around the seed, causing quicker germination and preventing the wind; from carrying the so'l away. As a general rule the dry fa mers use too much seed. If the sec 1 bed has been properly prepared an J the soil is sufficiently moist forty-five pounds of seed will furnish enough plants to stool out a heavy stand of wheat. ' , |