Show FARMan dH yn STATE EXTENSION SERVICE agriculture HOME ECO ECONOMICS E 0 BIGGS county agent JEAN MAGLEBY home demonstration agent the time is close at hand when grain farmers will be planting their 1919 i crop government economists ar are e recommending a slightly lower acreage than this year however it seems that lor for san juan county full wheat production should be the goal prices should be fair if not high and wheat is the only cash crop much of our land will produce another thing that you should consider in addition to the acreage you will plant is the kind of seed you will plant too many of us dont worry about seed until the day before we want ant to plant then we go to the neighbors or to our own grain bin get the wheat and plant it high yields cannot be maintained this way choose your seed source carefully try to get seed that comes from high yielding areas get plump large seed and make sure it is free from noxious weed seed seven per cent of seed samples collected in the jail fall of 1945 showed noxious weeds if youre not sure your seed is clean tale take al a sample and send sand it to the state seed laboratory ora toty for a charge you carf can basure your seed is clean and that you wont be planting n noxious weeds that may cost a small fortune to eradicate treat your wheat for smut it if you have smut that causes the plant to be dwarfed and the smut heads are just below them the normal heads plant cache or wasatch wheat which is practically smut resistant this dwarf type smut lives over in the soil aniseed and seed treating wont cure it lets alefs be efficient farmers make each acre do its best use quality seeds now is a good time for stock men to plant rye pastures it will produce some feed this fall and lots of feed next spring just when you need it for lambing |