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Show Crested Wheat Grass j Crested wheat has been grown successfully on the state experiment experi-ment farm in Campbell county, Wyoming, since 1927 and has proved to be a valuable dry land ; crop, good stands being returned I from each of several different j types of plantings. j In April, 1935, plantings were made with different amounts of seed and in rows of different widths. The 'several combinations of seeding rates and spacings of rows were planted in duplicate spots cn spring disked stubble ground and a good stand received from all seedings. I In 1936 no crop was harvested I because of drouth and grasshop-: pers, but in 1937 and 1938 one-half one-half of the plots were used for hay and the other half for seed production. pro-duction. The two-year average yields, ; 1937 and 1938, in pounds per acre,' follow: Broadcasting 10 pounds of seed per acre returned 1078 pounds of hay and 93 pounds of seed; drilling 10 pounds of seed in seven-inch rows, 1084 pounds of hay and 120 of seed; drilling four pounds of seed in 14-inch rows, 1667 pounds 0f hay and 184 of seed, and drilling two pounds of seed per acre in 28-inch rows with two spring cultivations, 2026 pounds of hay and 232 pounds of seed. This forage plant was not in- ' jured by dry weather and insects j as much as alfalfa and some of x- the native grasses. It is a bunch grass that starts growth earlier in the spring than the native grasses and produces a good crop of seed that soon thickens up thin stands. In older plantings where the stand has become dense, cultivating cultivat-ing in the spring with a disc or spring-tooth harrow has improved the growth and yield of hay. ! |