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Wheat Growing In Ga. Testa Made With Different Varieties And Their Results. ANDREW M. SOULE, President Ga. State College Of Agriculture. Realizing the importance of encour aging the cultivation of winter wheat, the College of Agriculture has been conducting for aeveral years past va riety tests at Athens, Ashburn and Quitman. It is certain that much re mains to be ascertained with refer ence to the best method of cultivation and the proper rotation of crops. Of course, the fertilizer side of the prob lem also needs to be carefully inves tigated. There is only one serious drawback to the cultivation of wheat in the Southeastern states, and that Is that while there is an abundant rain fall, it is often not well distributed, hence the crop sometimes suffers from drought when approaching maturity. This difficulty can be overcome to a considerable degree by the develop ment, through selection, of early ma turing strains and the management of the land in such a manner as to in crease its supply of vegetable matter, and thus enable it to absorb and hold a greater amount of water. Rust is among the most destructive of the diseases to which this cereal Is subject. The success which has been attained in developing rust proof oats, however, leads to the belief that through persistent efforts strains of wheat as strongly resistant can also be obtained. Essentially the same method of man agement were used at all of the places indicated, the soil being broken to a good depth and a fine seed bed pre pared. At all places the intention is to practice a three-years’ rotation in which cotton, corn and small grain is fcdlowed by cow peas. By this plan Bmall grain occupies the land only once in three years, and as it follows corn the ground is generally in such condition that a good seed bed can be prepared. In this rotation the plan is to turn under the cow peas as green manure, and as far as possible, a cov er crop of rye or hairy vetch is usually ■seeded in the cotton as well as a soil builder. It is the plan to use 400 pounds of acid phosphate and 100 pounds of mu riate of potash per acre. In the spring of the year 100 pounds of sulphate of ammonia has been applied per acre. The yield of some of the more im portant varieties tested in Athens is recorded below. It appears that as a result of two years’ work Ileitz Amber made an average yield of 28.7 bushels per acre; Georgia Red, 28.3 bushels; Fulcaster 27.4 bushels; Australian Red, 27.1 bushels; Red May, 26.7 bushels; Blue Stem, 26.6 bushels ; Mammoth Red, 26.6 bushels; Fultz, 26.9 bushels; Klondike, 25.7 bushels; Fishhead, 25.4 bushels, and Bearded Ihirple Straw, 24.3 bushels. These must be regarded as good yields and wherever they can be approximated the cultivation of wheat as a winter cover crop and the production of grain for bread can be practiced to advantage. The yields obtained from some of the leading varieties at Ashburn are as follows: Blue Stem, 19.6 bushels'; Georgia Red, 19.6 bushels; Red May, 18.3 bushels; Australian Red, 15.8 bushels; Deltz Amber, 14.9 bushels; Fultz, 13.7 bushels; Fishhead, 13.3 bushels; Klondike. 12.1 bushels; Mam moth Red, 11.7 bushels; Fulcaster, 11.7 bushels. These yields are not nearly so good as those obtained on the cecil clay typical of the Piedmont area, and yet a number of these varieties could be grown to advantage on the Tifton sandy loam under seasonal and soil conditions similar to those ob taining at Ashburn with good advan tage. The yields obtained at Quitman, where this work has only been car ried on one year, were not satisfac tory, but it would not be fair to draw any conclusion from a test covering •nly one year. Blue Stem made the highest yield of any varietey, namely •.7 bushels. Cultivating wheat on this basis would, of course, not be profit able. 1 ’ossibly when these soils are improved and a better season experi enced, the yields will be considerably increased. It is important to remem ber that through selection and breed ing it will more than likely be possi ble to develop strains much better adapted for cultivation in the south ern part of the territory than now. To the Public All those who are indebted to J. A. 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