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Show CULTURAL NOTES ON WHEAT." iaiCflfi bjr Reiult clalnsl al the In dlana Agricultural Lspcrlme.it Kutlun. Here at" some Important point too ccming wbeit, let forth In n tinlle'lh lent oat by Director Plumb, of the Pur due university nation, nt Lnfajctto nil Ho "J"! Vclret ChalTj Mlclilrjan Amber mid Fnll sarietlea of wheat liaid Inn prown for nlnojcnrs on tlio imlrcrtlt) farm nntl rank In onlir tin named tbons'i Michigan Amber surpasses Vel v t Chaff as n rtist resisting rarlett lied Clan son nnd Jones' Winter Hfii ire thu tno most iiroinlslng recently Introduced In-troduced vnrletlcs. For eight ) cars six ftcVt of feed (own per jcrohavu siren tlio most sutlsfso-torjr sutlsfso-torjr results In tlio region of I.afajitte higher n ctago ) leld tins Iwen secured frcnn wheat town Sept. SO orer othir dates of lowing. Judicious rotations, Includlug grata hue gUen hotter roturus than constant drain crovi'l tR. Heavy application of uismlru and fertilisers to a worn mIL (Trowing com and vhett nltrrnalely bavOKhcu palni returns, lho liter-co liter-co rosnlti of all ux.rlnicnts nt this tatiou with fertilizers nnil manures npou win nt during tlio pant thrco ) can In full or two third dosct, liaro not becu Irofltable. Tlio use of hot water or copjieriul. rlnto failed to destroy tlio iporcs of I0010 smut. Hunt, or stinking smut, In itliont was successfully destroyed by nlng hot water or topjier sulphite. Karl) and late, harvesting of wheat hid jTvllcallyuotfficton )leldor weight of grain- lei 1 of grain and straw was considerably reduced by luonliig win it on certain plats In spring lo clioek rank Iicss of growth. In comparing forms of nitrogen for fertilising tim wheat plant stilphato of omiuoulii gavo rather better jliij than nlttalo of soda or dried blood. As the plants fertilized with nltrato were slower to inatnro than theothora, tho ulso suffered moro from rust than did tlio others. |
