Show SPRING WHEAT PLANTING IN UTAH AH As Al It I will wi soon be e time for tor tim the Utah to prepare for wheat rt n number of at problems benr bear big InE upon the lie questions of ot what varie arle varieties ties lea to plant ilant what Quantities of ot to I plant p 11 per r acre etc ote need Immediate solution The Itie Utah experiment eta sta station ita ion tion ton lute haa hll for n a I number of ot years boon conducting a n cones of ot experiments experiment It lit In graIn growIng anti antl the time lessons learned are of ot groat value to 10 the Utah Itoh farmer Too 00 nanny many mal of ot our farm farmers ers era el take It I for granted that lint wheat IH is wheat t antI and so 80 long an its ni the 11 seed aceti la Is 11 In good lurl condition and mil clean clell tea Little tittle thought Is given to 1 best beat beli suIt od oil 01 for fur growing conditions II Utah Ulah nut But there In iii l scrub wheat ns as al thero there Is In scrub cattle rate No modern ml Nn dairyman would think of o doing bust busi business bustneSs ness ne with wih so 81 1 no itO wheat grower should undertake ti I to grow grot tho tim staff Starr of ot life with wih anything short of ot tIme tho bent bet seed to Ii ho t 10 obtained The Th yield of or It 10 varieties of spring wheat wh at produced at nt the time station farm sit ull Il r under like le conditions as os to 0 planting soIl coll ol culture ond auth Irrigation as us Riven In tho the Utah station bulletin No M Sd 6 from 1853 1813 18 to 39 3 per note acre In the time host hoS y ear Ilar ar 1116 timid and front from frol to bushels In n a I Pour poor wheat year yn In loll tim tho yield ranged from 1412 1112 to 10 per acre In 1506 1196 end from front 83 to 2299 2 93 In Tho Thu average yield In iii n a six Ix year lt test of or spring wheat ranged front from 1472 bushels per uter acre for Ontario wheat to 0 2605 2505 for Common wheat Hillings mix mixture ture buIll the time next Highest 2386 nichols bushels AK 1 s these theBe two to varieties have been tested tented but two Iwo yenta years VelS It l is III uncertain refit tain whether I they tIle tho will wi continue the lie best bent b t oJ ers Of Or the varieties tested for six years Niagara anti om Granite were the tite heaviest croppers averaging 2099 2075 anti 2001 2061 ol bushels per Ilor acre acme respectively Of Ot the he fall tal Sonora I Earley Hod Clawson Cia WAon and amid ani Hod lel Cross Lure alo promising varieties their averages in itt u a I test tut being 2136 1032 and nd cIa 18 pet per pl acre ierI respectively or ot 0 Winter inter In la 11 Salic Salle SI I l 1 und tend bolls holls White Whit lUte hair Chaff were IT the til heaviest Iwu INI of n those thorn varieties which had been tested 11 four or immure moie years aver avei nI averaging I aging 1732 1722 1720 liO runt 1004 1 Jf nile acre respectively In the test teHi The fIle fie two tWI first next to 10 In the test tent with wih aver averages 11 averages ages R el of ot 2207 2217 22 and nOI 2161 Of the tall full 11 lii New Zealand seems mi to tl be lo IJ In greatest demand for ex ox export IX port lOr hut hUI unfortunately It I Is II one of the tim poorest 1 ani only emily t In itt a t test st AMOUNT MOUNT OF HElm The Time station experimented with wih var nr ar ious lotte amounts or of seed train from t 2 to 10 pecks finch the tests cover eight years earl of ot work and anti the he results result are believed to 10 be fairly conclusive The planting WitS was wal done Ilon with a u drill crl and In to 0 correct any aimy all differ dller once ence In the fertility of ot thu pints time the treatments were 11 alternated year by year This The largest yields of ot groin grain anti and straw were obtained from front two pecks und and Ind 10 peeks peck of or wed seed Two wo peeks pecks nf If ie I iced fd d yielded d an ni average of 1953 1 3 li of grain und amid 1701 OI pounds of straw T Tm Tint n kl yielded UI bushels of at grain an l 1550 1510 15 pounds of or straw now HOW MUCh l The station has hal also alpo conducted A ft six year tAr experimental ex tout In Irrl lt lag Ing the time wheat whet crop Irrigating wheat In the fall faU except when necessary to start growth WAS s rather detrimental 11 del 11 rI arid and an at ot boot belt did dil not 11 pa for tor the trouble and Ind expense anti and one irrigatIon In Iii th Ih spring or during the growing season on was II found toun to 10 produce the best beet bAt yield under Cache valley mit conditions Three Irrigations Increased the amount of draw but only to a ti 1 slight extent TUB TIlE TI SUED SlED SI ED BED Dm Tests were vora orl HO alec 10 mantle made 18 as to the he value of Ut tolling the t teed stel bed Jd both bolh before antI and after seeding and amid tIme the conclusion WIB WI that on 01 land lanil similar to 10 that hat of If the college farm which Is f ii light somewhat gravelly tolling mulling dues du not notA pay lie A Ordinarily rolling after seeding hastens haslen germination In lam dry weather ai its dr I iK iKI It brings to 10 the I I brna surface by II compacting the soil noil but In wet weather it Is II believed that the time roller would be detrimental The conclusions arrived at nt from 8 years yearn ea of experimenting In wheat grow I ins ing summarised at the Utah Motion Minion limy 11 Imma titus thus be The spring recommended are Niagara Granite No o 3 und and 11 Hillings mixture The fall fail recommended are the Winter U Ie lo Salle early carly lied Bed Cl w on and ald Red litti HI Cross Crass CI Belt are obtained from seed lag Ing two Iwo Ilk per acre when I sown pt by II IIa a drill at uniform It a depth Fall Fail HIl Irrigation Is II I not recommended Utah nah turners Irrigate too loa frequent nt ly Iy covering six years yearn yel show hul that best results remits rI have been ben ob from one Ole Irrigation In spring This Thil fact tact should be emphasized More Mor Iol thorough cultivation soul and less Irrigation will wi Ing Inc give ahe best be results reaul In wheat prow grow row Late sowing rowing In the fall eli fal has hal given bet ter tel results rull on the average R for three thre seasons tuRn than early rl sowing wing The fhe difference in yield of ot both straw and aO grain grin between bet n drilling timid broad brond railIng casting n Ig Is marked and cal 1 decidedly ly fa a yore vor 01 drilling for fall fail fal Deeding ceding Six sown own wn broadcast br cut gave ran better results titan than eight I ht necks |