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HGW TO GROW WHEAT
RjtlZK WINNER W. P. WAbKKR
GIVES THE ME THUDS
IIE KII l'LOYS.
IT PAYS BETTER THAN COTTON
Unnecessary to Sp'-clitlly Prepare tbe
Laud Before Sowing mid Sta
ble Mmiurn Favored.
To tbe Editor of tbe Macon Telegraph:
Having won tbe first price for tbe
largest yield of wheat on 1 acre, also
on 4 acres of land in Middle Georgia,
I have reoeivod many requests for infor
mation in regard to uiy method of prep
aration, onltnre, etc., I ask space in
your columns to give tbe result of sev
eral years snccossfal wheat growing,
hoping tbereby to present to yonr many
readers some ideas that will be of bene
fit to them. I will write of this sub
ject by answering tbe practical ques
tions that are usually aslced me.
Qaestiou—When is the best time to
sow wheat?
Answer—Just after tbe first freeze or
killing frost in November.
By waiting until the tv many insects
that are so destructive to wheat are de‘-
stroyed. To sow in October wbeut
wonld be more liable to get killed in
early spring. As to tbe kind of laud I
snggesc that yon sow yonr best upland.
Nearly all wheat growers aro partial to
red land, but 1 must say that two of the
poorest yields I ever bad were on rod
land. Tell mo what yoar season will
be next April and May and I can tell
yon tbe kind of soil that will give tbe
beat result.
My wheat land is not specially pre
pared for sowing. I sow wheat after
cotton that has been well cultivated. If
the stalks are large I usually drag some
thing over (hem, after wbieh I plow
them np with a scooter plow and let
them remain where they are.
Q-—What is tbe best manure, and
how do yon nse it ?
A.—I nse ail manures broadcast
Nothing better than stable manure.
Cow manure, when obtained from cot
tonseed meal and halls, equals anything
yon oan nse. Cottonseed are fine for a
rainy season, and will not le&oh like
othor manures. As to commercial fer
tilizers, I know nothing of them. Bnt
yon can always rely ou acid phosphate
and cottonseed meal, mtxed two of aoid
to one of meal. Though dryer the sea
son the better the result Too mnoh
meal will kill the teed wheat at tbe
time of germination.
Q.—What variety of wheat do yon
mw?
A.—It it purple straw.
Q.—How 4o yon treat yonr teed
wheat?
A.—I shake all of the small grains
possible ont of tbe wheat by passing
throngh a fan over a IS 16 inoh sieve at
about 80 degrees inoline. If yon eannot
aeonre yonr seed in that way go to tome
plaoe in yonr field where yon have only
ordinary wheat, and there ont off enough
for yonr seed. It is perfectly natural
for wheat to have two grains to the
mesh, and when yon grow more than
two yon will find a great many small
grains.
Q-—Why seleot the best grains for
seed?
A.—Because it is the mother to the
little plant. The larger the grain the
mors vitality it has, the more uniform is
its growth and all the plants are more
able to withstand injuries. To get the
growth and ripening more uniform in
oreaee the yield, and to increase the
yield improves the seed.
Q.— How do yon keep down smnt?
A.—I have never seen any smnt in
my wheat. Neither will yon if yon
will annually put one-quarter of a pound
of well pnlvorimd blnestone into 1 gal.
Ion of boiling water. When dissolved
pour it over 1 bushel of wheat while hot
aad stir nntll every grain is wet After
yon have done this you should apply
■look Ume jnat as muoh as will adhere
to cooh grain. Yon will find this to be
▼erg profitable. The wheat will grow a
little taller aad will stand a mnoh harder
winter than without thu application. I
mw my wheat broadcast in the manure
M M to give the little plant nil the
atnogt* and vigor patotole daring the
winter months.
. <J.—How mnoh Wheat must we sow
ywraaro in order to get the best results?
yod telect yonr seed wheat as
1 do poor oorn, I toy mw nothing lees
boabel per oorn An acre of
lreflnire two bushels to be
Jto-Mwn with one
1 will be nearly as
m satisfactory.
U1 * *hiuly MW«
and how deep?
X—I turn under with a oommon tnrn
plow, and I,suppose the seed conld be
found on an average of from 8 to 4
inches nnder tbe top of the soil. I level
tbe ground with a harrow, brush or
anything that will pnt the gronnd in
good shape for the harvesting maohine
We have now six months to rest from
seed time till harvest.
Q.—At what time do yon cut yonr
wheat?
A.—When yon see the heads begin to
tnrn down yon can get yonr maohine
ready for harvest
Q.—Why not cut on the green order
■o as to have better straw?
X—By so doing yon open np a chan
nel for mold and rust in yonr next crop.
Give the little, wheat germ all that na
ture calls for, and it will be more able to
ward off the mnoh dreade l diseases.
Now, if we can trust our wheat iu
the hands of natnre lot’s do our fieids
likewise. Natnre says to man, ditch
yoar land. Man says to nature, I will
terraoe. And we evidoutly see that
mau will follow man, whether he be
right pr wrong. Bnt I will add for
safety—good seed, good soil and proper
drainage is a successful road for all
wheat growers to travel. I have seen
wheat nnder water on terraced land for
nearly a weak at a time. Wheat is not
rice. Neither is an excess of water
hemmed np on a hillside in keeping
with the law of nature.
I have been asked if the height of
wheat had anything to do with tho
yield. That depends on the seasons and
the amount of manure you used. Where
I raised 50 bushels of wheat to the acre
last year it grew to be 5 feet tall. I had
another piece tqually ns tall that grew
only 85 bushels to the acre. .The formor
was broadcast with barnyard manure,
about 15 loads per sore. Also acid phos
phate, two to one of cottonseed meal,
about 800 pounds per aore. The latter
piece had never beeu manured with any
barnyard manure, but was broadcast
with oottonseed, abont 15 to 30 bushels
per aore, and aoid phosphate two to one
of oottonseed meal, 800 ponuds peraere.
This piece of land, an ordinary year,
will yield about 1,000 poands of seed
cotton per acre.
Yon can safely use 400 pounds of acid
phosphate and cottonseed meal as above
mentioned.
Q.—Will it pay to raise wheat?
A—Yes. I raised last year 850 bush
els of wheat, at |1.00 per bushel, (850;
13 tons of straw at.80 cents per 100, (73;
14 tons of hay, (140; total, (501 Leav
ing the land benefited 30 per cent. The
expense of these seven aores: Seed
wheat, (14; preparing land, (7; fertil
izers—oottonseed meal and acid, (17.60;
barnyard manure, (53 40; harvesting,
(10; threshing, (85; total expeuso. (186;
leaving (436 profit and 11 months to
play and one to work. If I had only
raised one-seventh of what I did I wonld
have had more profit than if I had raised
one bale of cotton per acre at 5 cents
per pound. Yonrs truly,
W. P. Walkkr.
Artichoke*.
Mr. W. J. Nunnally, Chtckamanga, Ga.:
Dear Sir—Your letter of the seventh
Inst., in regard to Artlohokes, received.
In reply we beg to state as follows:
1. Plant the Artiohoke in the early
spring after there is no danger of a
freeze.
3. Almost any land can be planted
with snooess. However, rich loam lands
are preferable.
8. The land should be thoroughly
broken about 0 or 8 inches deep and
pulverized with harrows before plant
ing. Then plant them in drills of 8
feet, dropping tho seed 2% to 8 feet
apart, or yon can oheok off yonr rowa 8
feet apart and plant in the ohecks. It
will take about 3 bushels to plant an
aore. Yon can plant the email tuber*
whole and ent the larger to one or two
eyes as yon wonld iu planting Irish po
tatoes. Yon cultivate them with hoe
and plow, so as to keep them free from
weeds and grass.
4. Any portion of Georgia can pro-
dnoe this product, bnt it is like the Irish
potato, especially adapted t<5 those sec
tions of the state known as the middle
and northern sections.
5. There are bnt few varieties. The
Jerusalem is possibly the oldest and best
known. Some of the new varieties are
known as the “Improved White French”
and the "Red Brazilian” and are con
sidered superior in quality. The yield
varies with the soil and variety. In
some seotions of the United 8tates 1,000
to 1,800 bushels have been grown per
aore. Dr. Bollard, the former commis
sioner of agriculture of the state of
Virginia, refers to this crop aa follows:
The keep of my hogs, In warm weather,
Is blue grass and Brasilian Artichokes.
Forty hsad of hogs, and their pigs, may
be kept without other food on an aore
of Artichokes, from the time the frost is
tint of the ground until the first of June
. from September to October until
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these varieties in Chattanooga, Tenn.
If yon OAunot find them there I would
suggest that yon write to the United
Statee Agricnltnral Department at
Washington, D. O.
In Ohio and other western states the
Artiohoke is qnite extensively grown,
for hogs, in certain localities. It has
been shown by analysis that the Arti
ohoke has as much flesh forming ma
terial, and nearly as much heat and fat
forming material, as the Irish potato.
7. You can nse fertilizer ad libitum,
(either home raised or commercial) pro
vided you use them with discretion in
distributing them equally over the land*
planted —Stare Agricultural Depart
ment.
Cholera unit litoe.
Sacnllcd cholera is usually a case of
indigestion. An actual case of cholora
is as rare among fowls as among people.
Spade np a lew feet of fresh earth in
the poultry runs eaub week for dusting
and scratching, and lice will not multi
ply so fast.
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Georgia—Kalian county.
To all whom it may concern :
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Monday, Dec. 4th 189!), for the contract to
blast the rock out of Smash wagon ford.and
out of thu r°ud on the east side of said ford.
Said contractor will he required to give
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work.
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