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Show .CELfeSNY Wheat In Tennessee. As n result ot some experiments Rl cnrrlod on for four years by tho Ton- !4 ncssco station, tho following conclu jjH slons woro arrived at: H Of the 43 vnrlcttco of wheat grown jH on tho station farm for tho past tour H years a limited number only can bo 1 rccommondod for general culture bjjjjb Poolo raado tho highest ylold In jH 190348.5 bushols; tho average for H four years was 37.23 bushels. Nlgor H mado' 44.27 busLols In 1903 and nvor- H aged 36.77 bushols for four years. Fill- H castor produced 39.27 bushels In 1903 H and averaged 3C.2 bushels for four H years. Mediterranean mado 42.65 H bushels In 1903 nnd averaged 3G.18 H bushels for four years. H Early Hod Clawson, Whlto wheat H No. C, Winter King, Eclipse, Now M Monarch, Gold Coin, Dawson's Goldon H Chaff. American Bronze and Board- less Fulcnstcr havo been discarded H after four years' trial as unsuitable M varlotlcs for this state. H Somo of tho reasons for tho low 'H yields reported by Tennessee farmors H arc, a failure to rotato and to pro- H pnro tho seed-bed properly, a dofi- -H clency of vegctnblo matter In the soil, H lato seeding, and unsuitable varlotlos. H Tho cllmato nnd soil of Tennessee M favor tho production ot wheat!) con- H tninlng a vory high pcrccntngo of pro- H teln. Tho average pcrccntngo of pro-' H toln In Mediterranean and Fulcaster H were 17.39 and 17.00, respectively, at 1 tho end of four years. All tho varlo- H tlos were high, Dawson's Goldon Chaff H being lowest, with 13.19 per cent- , m Tho season has a marked Influence H on tho protein content. Beech Wood's H Hybrid contnlned 21.92 per cent In H 1900, 13.77 por cent In 1901, 15.74 por H cent In 1902 and 15 per cent In 1903. jH This Is only ono of many oxamples. H Tho protein contont was highest In 1900 nnd 1902, years when tho rain- M fall was somewhat deficient during H tho ripening period. This gave n H short, quick ripening period, retard- rJH lng tho elaboration and transference M of the starch from tho stems to the H grains nnd so Increasing tho protoln H content. Tho climatic peculiarity H noted nccounts lnrgoly for tho high H protoln content of Tennessee wheat. M A rich 8olIr tho uso of large quan- ; titles of commer-c ,J'Jzor or farm- . M yard manuro'-tfooa not saom to In- 'H crcaso the protein conteut of wheat H to an appreciable extent w"-' -. , --B I likl |