OCR Text |
Show KAN RED HARD WHEAT IS HIGH EN YIELDS Developed From Single Head of Crimean Wheat Selected at Kansas Kan-sas Experiment Station Pure Seed Is of Importance. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Kanred Is a wheat which Is resistant to prevalent forms of leaf sud stem rust, Is less liable to winter killing than the Turkey or Kharkof, and matures ma-tures from one to four days sooner than those varieties, which sometimes means escape from bad weather conditions. con-ditions. It outylelds the varieties named In the principal hard winter wheat section by from three to five bushels per acre. The variety was deeoped from n single hend of i: : 1 . .. .' 1 Crimean wheat selected at the Kansas Kan-sas agricultural experiment station ten years ago, from which source It is es-tlmated es-tlmated that 2,000,000 acres were liar vested in 1921. "Kanred Wheat" Is the title of De pnrtment Circular 194, just issued bj the United States Department of Agrt. culture. Kanred is a hard red winter win-ter wheat very similar to Turkey. It Is bearded and has hairless white chaft The superior yields of the Kanred variety va-riety In northern nnd northwestern Kansas, eastern Colorado, southwestern southwest-ern Wyoming, and in Nebraska and South uakota appear to have been due largely to its resistance to rust and to winter killing. Kanred wheat may be grown with success wherever other hard-winter wheats are grown and should partly replace the Turkey and Kharkof vn rietles now widely grown. It shows no special advantage In the northern great plains and the Pacific northwest. north-west. It cannot compete with the soft winter wheat varieties grown on the lower lands and the richer soils of eastern Kansas or the eastern United States, and Is not winter hardy enough to replace spring wheat in northern plains. Wherever Turkey oi Khnrkof hard-winter wheats ar grown, however, the Kanred can b grown with equal chances of success. In milling and baking experiment! Kanred has compared favorably with other hard red winter wheats. Foi successful growing pure seed !s necessary, nec-essary, and because of similarity ol the seed to other varieties certification certifica-tion has been found essential. This rertificatlon Is made by the Kansas Crop Improvement association with the co-operation of the Kansas agricultural agri-cultural experiment station. Turkeys and Kanred Wheat The Latter Lat-ter Yields More Because of Rust Resistance, Earllnesa and Hardiness. |