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VOL. XXIV. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., AUG. 31,1889. NO. 35 31.1! 80.7 32.1 29.0 HELD EXPERIMENTS WITH WHEAT Abstract from Bulletin No. 27 of the Agricultural Experiment Station of Indiana, August, 1889. This Bulletin is sent ont In compliance with a custom practiced at this Station for several years of publishing, at the time of harvesting our wheat crop, the results of onr season's experience, that the faots developed might be in possession of the farmers of the State in season to be utilized before the time for seeding the next 'year's orop of winter wheat arrived. The wheat was aown near the last of September in a thoroughly prepared,dark, compact soil of moderate fertility. A gravelly subsoil gave perfect natural drainage. The seeding was done with the Hoosier hoe drill, set to sow six pecks per acre. The average yield for all varieties tested, or the entire experimental field, was 33.94 bushels. YIELDS OF VARIETIES PEB ACRE. Name. Bushel Velvet Chaff 35.8 Golien Cross SS.O New Monarch Red Fultz _ Ontario Wonder,. _, Michigan Amber . Currell's Prolific ■ Mealy „ 23..6 Improved Rice.- „ 30.2 Hedge's Prolific _ 38.3 Velvet Chaff (brown smooth) ««.....__..«.. 35.6. Egyptian.**.. _ _.... 42.1 Fultz _ „_ 35.1 Dietz Longberry „ 32.0 Original Red 29.6 Fulcaater :. 33.1 Sibley's Imperial-.. -_. 34.4 Ranb's Black Prolific __ 38.4 Wyandotte : 34.3 German Emperor _.......„. 33.8 Velvet Chaff (white smooth). 34.6 European „ 33.0 Velvet Chaff (white bearded) 33.7 Poole _„. 33.4 It will be observed that Velvet Chaff and Michigan Amber—our standard bearded and smooth sorts respectively—show good, though not the highest yields. Their chief merit is their hardiness, whioh Is superior to most other kinds that have been fully tried at this station. It shonld be borne in mind, howevc r,that hardiness is a prime characteristic of any wheat for this severe olimate. The good quality of these two varieties—especially the Velvet Chaff—makes them deservedly popular and accounts for the fact that the Secretary of Agriculture has purchased this Station's entire snpply of the latter kind, for general distribution. The Egyptian wheat heads the list in point of yield this year as it has done in two previous years. Its long weak straw unfits it, however,for very rich soils. QUANTITY OF SEED TO THE ACRE, Experiments to ascertain the most desirable rate of seeding, have been conducted six years under the following conditions: grounds of average fertility, well prepared and naturally drained; good seed drilled in withont fertilizers, in the last third of September. YIELDS, PER ACRE, (BUSHELS). Quantity of Beed ,-,- 1M, ,„, 1MM Average "own, per acre. 1885 lm ls87 ,883 T-o pecks 16.3 18.5 27.3 7.7 "Three pecks 25.3 24.7 S1.4 7.2 23.1 Four pecks »29.1 .27.4 031.8 •11.2 •25.7 Five pecks _.. 32.2 32.3 35.1 U.S 24.6 Six pecks.... 33.4 32.1 36.5 16.3 25.9 Seven recks 32.2 85.0 35.7 16.1 29.2 Eight Pecks 34.8 36.3 36.2 16.0 31.4 •Average of sour duplicate plats. The evidence steadily accumulates in favor of thick seeding. For rates higher than six pecks, the increase in yield is •Ught, but enough to Justify the extra •mount of seed required. The regular rate at the station for the field crop is six pecks; and in several instances a thicker stand would have given a greater yield. BROADCAST AND DRILL SEEDING. The results of four trials of broadcast and drill seeding are tabulated below. of Five Yrs. 19.9 17.J6 22.34 25.44 27.76 29.01 29.61 10.91 The broadcast seeding was done in 1884 and 1885, with the Strowbridge Beeder,and in 1887 and 1888 with the AlDion combined harrow and seeder. The drillseeding was done with the Hoosier hce drill. The rate of seeding in each case was four pecks per acre the first two years, and six pecks the last two. BROADCAST AND DRILL SEEDING. No. Method of Sowing. 1885 1886 1888 18S9 Average of Four Yrs. Bu. Bn. Bu. Bu. 1 Drilled 17.0 2*.8 16.7 3i.O Bu. 24.12 3 Drilled 20.9 25.7 17.8 31.8 .16.63 24.CS Average, Nos. 1 and3„ 19.0 26.817.3 31.4 Grain frooiuseol drill 1.7 9.7 13.8 4 7 21 12 7.47 The broadcast plats have invariably been damaged most in winter. Muoh of the seed it left too near the surface in minute elevations of soil which the rains wash down, leaving the upper portions of the wheat roots exposed. LARGE VS. SMALL SEED. An experiment to determine the relative yields from large and small seed was undertaken. The two were separated by a seed screen and sown at the rate of Bix pecks iier acre. Bushels. 1. Large se:d „ 25.78 2. Small seed..._ _. 25.76 Gain from large seed 0.02 The experiment will be repeated, and the small wheat for the next test will be delected from the small seed product of this year. CONTINUOUS GRAIN GROWING'VS. ROTATION CROPPING. Two series of experiments were begun in 1880 to determine the effect of grass on the yields of grain crops in rotation involving both. Wheat, oats and corn were rotated in each series. The presence of grass and olover in one rotation, and their absence from the other const itnted the essential difference between the two series. The average yields per aore of all the wheat plats in eaoh series for the last three years are as follows: Bushels. First series, grain crops only 10.7 Second series, grain and grass crops- 15.5 Grain from rotation with grass 4.8 The yields of corn and oats also show the superiority of rotation of crops over constant grain growing. The yields are not large—they could not be; as manure, the mainspring of successful agrioulture, is left out of both seiies. The purpose of the experiment was not to show the possibilities of crop production, but to emphasize the importance of growing grass and clover in connection with other crops. SUGGESTIONS TO WHEAT GROWERS. The following practical suggestions, based en the results of our experience at the Station, are offered fn the confident hope that their application would result advantageously on a very large proportion of the wheat farms of Indiana: 1. Sow less wheat; grow more grass, and better live stock. 2. Select a hardy,prolifio wheat adapted to your soil and stick to it. Give it good treatment and it will not "run out." Sow not less than six pecks of sound seed to the acre. 3. Flow wheat ground early, and harrow immediately after plowing. You can thus more easily and more thoroughly pulverize the soil. 4. If gronnd breaks np cloddy, use heavy roll, alternating with some form of harrow or cultivator that will bring clods to surface. 5. If mannre or fertilizers are used,mix thoroughly with soil in every case. Use only rotted, manure, if any, and apply after plowing. Reserve the fresh manure for the corn crop. 6. Adopt a rotation of crops suited to yonr soil and needs. It will (1) increase the yield and improve the quality of yonr crops; (2) enable you to take better care of your live stock; (3) prevent serious insect depredations and fungous diseases; (4) improve your soil and make it more lasting, and (5) put money in yonr pocket ■ » » The Olover Stem Borer. The appearance of this Insect is indicated in the illustration. The color ls: head and thorax reddish yellow, other parts brilliant blue. Known principally as an enemy of red clover. Fig. 3.—Eggs, larva, pupa and adult of Languria Mozardi. On September 5, 18SS, while searching for galls on solidago (Golden Rod), whioh grows abundantly on the . bluffs in the vicinity of Lafayette, Indiana, we found a well developed gall on a stock of wild lettuce, (Lai-tuca Canadensis L.). This gall was carefully opened and found to contain a pupa, plainly Coleopterous, of a yellow- ish color, much enlarged anteriorly bnt more slender posteriorly. The gall was at once bound up, the pupa having been replaced in Its cavity exactly as found, and the whole placed in a glass j tr. On September 21st, 16 days after, an adult of L. Mozardi made its appearance in the jar, and an examination of the gall revealed the cavity empty, and the avenue there from through which the beetle had made its escape. Prof. J. H. Comstock states in the report of the Commissioner of Agrioulture for the year 1879, p. 199, that the insect, as a clover pest, pupates in the lower part of the stem in whioh the larva, originated. We have fonnd the larva* not distinguishable from those of this species in timothy, where they pass the winter in the larval state. The question involved seems to be, is the species evolving to or from a gall maker?—Prof. Webster in Bulletin Ko 25 Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station. "WHEAT EU8T. We copy the introduction to Balletin No. 26, Indiana Agricultural Station, Purdue University, by the director, H. E. Stockbridge. The beat results of labor in any direction are to be expected from those workers who devote themselves to a single field. Division of labor, devotion to specialties, are characteristic demands of the present, and the truth of this fact is nowhere more pertinent or capable of more direct application than to the agricultural experiment stations of America. Not only must each station confine its efforts to the conditions and surroundings of the State or locality in the interests of which it is primarily laboring, but the nnmber of stations is such that restriction to limited fields of investigation for each becomes a necessity. Moreover, the great field of agricultural science and practice is so extensive and the possibilities of the unknown before the station workers so great, that to hope to successfully cover more than a mere fraotion of the ground is preposterous. The Indiana Experiment Station will endeavor to negleot none of the demands of the community in whose interests it is laboring. But nevertheless our chief energies must be devoted to a single end. We must have one special object. We hope to add to the knowledge of "the farmers of our State concerning the soils they till, and Increase thereby their control over this chief factor In their dally occupation. Among the crops grown on I this soil none possesses greater importance to them than wheat, since it forms their largest source of direct revenue. Wheat ls the one crop with which the Station has been chiefly concerned since experimental work first began at Purdue, but the scope of the work undertaken has been largely increased, so that it now include? not only the growing of the crop, varieties, and methods of treatment, but the chief ene- mieo, animal and vegetable, which infest the plant will be embraced in our investigations relating to the orop. Some of the insect enemies of the crop have already received attention in Station bulletins. We now present the results of our study of doubtless the chief pest of the wheat plant—the universally known and dreaded "Rust." This work has occupied the greater part of the time of the Assistant Botanist of the Station for nearly one year. Yet we consider the work as really bnt just begun. The results thus far obtained, however, are believed to be of sufficient importance to warrant makiDg them known to the farmers of the State, and we offer them with the sincere hope that they may be found of practical value, but with the assurance that the woik will continue until we are able to c ffer the hope of immunity from this bane of the wheat grower, or else assure him that no hope can be found. The attention of the Station staff has recently boen called to another disease, usually considered of little or no importance iu America, but which has during the present season wrought much damage to the crop in certain sections of the State and is capable of being the source of serious harm in the fnture. The disease is a fungoid growth known as "Bunt," or "stinking" smut, on account of its strong aud disagreeable odor. It is rarely found in America, but is not uncommon in England. The wheat head on ripening may possess a very nearly normal appearance, but on shelling, the place of the grain is found to be filled with a black greasy powder, the result of the growth of the fungus, beginning with the very germination of the seed and keeping pace with the growth of the plant. Its action is no more barmfiil than that of common smut, but its odor renders it more objectionable. Where not very abundant it may be separated from good grain either by fanning or by washing. It is very apt to occur so abundantly in a field, however, as to render the entire crop well nigh worthless. It dots not spread in the field, but the germs producing it adhere to the grain and are thus sown with the seed. Seed wheat may be freed from the spores by being soaked in a solution of blue vitriol (snlphate of copper) for thirty-six hours, four ounces of the buI- phate to one gallon of water. The Station has undertaken a thorough study and Investigation of the disease, and toward this end we would be thankful for any information or facts pertaining to its occurrence, and on our part we will gladly supply any further information in our possession. It is our intention to is.ue a Bulletin embodying the results of our study of tho subject, before wheat for the next crop is sown. —We hope to presont a synopsis of this bulletin in our next number, with the illustrations.—Eds. The State Fair is near at hand, Sapt. 23- 28, and we wish to make a show of products at our pavilion. Not having much of interest of onr own production we request our readers to save up some of their biggest ears of corn, potatoes, etc., etc., and longest stalks of grass and clover to be pnt on exhibition for the benefit of the thousands who will oall on us. We have already the promise of some of the tallest and biggest stalks of corn that ever were grown in the State, from Dr. J. P. Forsythe, of Johnson county.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1889, v. 24, no. 35 (Aug. 31) |
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Transcript | VOL. XXIV. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., AUG. 31,1889. NO. 35 31.1! 80.7 32.1 29.0 HELD EXPERIMENTS WITH WHEAT Abstract from Bulletin No. 27 of the Agricultural Experiment Station of Indiana, August, 1889. This Bulletin is sent ont In compliance with a custom practiced at this Station for several years of publishing, at the time of harvesting our wheat crop, the results of onr season's experience, that the faots developed might be in possession of the farmers of the State in season to be utilized before the time for seeding the next 'year's orop of winter wheat arrived. The wheat was aown near the last of September in a thoroughly prepared,dark, compact soil of moderate fertility. A gravelly subsoil gave perfect natural drainage. The seeding was done with the Hoosier hoe drill, set to sow six pecks per acre. The average yield for all varieties tested, or the entire experimental field, was 33.94 bushels. YIELDS OF VARIETIES PEB ACRE. Name. Bushel Velvet Chaff 35.8 Golien Cross SS.O New Monarch Red Fultz _ Ontario Wonder,. _, Michigan Amber . Currell's Prolific ■ Mealy „ 23..6 Improved Rice.- „ 30.2 Hedge's Prolific _ 38.3 Velvet Chaff (brown smooth) ««.....__..«.. 35.6. Egyptian.**.. _ _.... 42.1 Fultz _ „_ 35.1 Dietz Longberry „ 32.0 Original Red 29.6 Fulcaater :. 33.1 Sibley's Imperial-.. -_. 34.4 Ranb's Black Prolific __ 38.4 Wyandotte : 34.3 German Emperor _.......„. 33.8 Velvet Chaff (white smooth). 34.6 European „ 33.0 Velvet Chaff (white bearded) 33.7 Poole _„. 33.4 It will be observed that Velvet Chaff and Michigan Amber—our standard bearded and smooth sorts respectively—show good, though not the highest yields. Their chief merit is their hardiness, whioh Is superior to most other kinds that have been fully tried at this station. It shonld be borne in mind, howevc r,that hardiness is a prime characteristic of any wheat for this severe olimate. The good quality of these two varieties—especially the Velvet Chaff—makes them deservedly popular and accounts for the fact that the Secretary of Agriculture has purchased this Station's entire snpply of the latter kind, for general distribution. The Egyptian wheat heads the list in point of yield this year as it has done in two previous years. Its long weak straw unfits it, however,for very rich soils. QUANTITY OF SEED TO THE ACRE, Experiments to ascertain the most desirable rate of seeding, have been conducted six years under the following conditions: grounds of average fertility, well prepared and naturally drained; good seed drilled in withont fertilizers, in the last third of September. YIELDS, PER ACRE, (BUSHELS). Quantity of Beed ,-,- 1M, ,„, 1MM Average "own, per acre. 1885 lm ls87 ,883 T-o pecks 16.3 18.5 27.3 7.7 "Three pecks 25.3 24.7 S1.4 7.2 23.1 Four pecks »29.1 .27.4 031.8 •11.2 •25.7 Five pecks _.. 32.2 32.3 35.1 U.S 24.6 Six pecks.... 33.4 32.1 36.5 16.3 25.9 Seven recks 32.2 85.0 35.7 16.1 29.2 Eight Pecks 34.8 36.3 36.2 16.0 31.4 •Average of sour duplicate plats. The evidence steadily accumulates in favor of thick seeding. For rates higher than six pecks, the increase in yield is •Ught, but enough to Justify the extra •mount of seed required. The regular rate at the station for the field crop is six pecks; and in several instances a thicker stand would have given a greater yield. BROADCAST AND DRILL SEEDING. The results of four trials of broadcast and drill seeding are tabulated below. of Five Yrs. 19.9 17.J6 22.34 25.44 27.76 29.01 29.61 10.91 The broadcast seeding was done in 1884 and 1885, with the Strowbridge Beeder,and in 1887 and 1888 with the AlDion combined harrow and seeder. The drillseeding was done with the Hoosier hce drill. The rate of seeding in each case was four pecks per acre the first two years, and six pecks the last two. BROADCAST AND DRILL SEEDING. No. Method of Sowing. 1885 1886 1888 18S9 Average of Four Yrs. Bu. Bn. Bu. Bu. 1 Drilled 17.0 2*.8 16.7 3i.O Bu. 24.12 3 Drilled 20.9 25.7 17.8 31.8 .16.63 24.CS Average, Nos. 1 and3„ 19.0 26.817.3 31.4 Grain frooiuseol drill 1.7 9.7 13.8 4 7 21 12 7.47 The broadcast plats have invariably been damaged most in winter. Muoh of the seed it left too near the surface in minute elevations of soil which the rains wash down, leaving the upper portions of the wheat roots exposed. LARGE VS. SMALL SEED. An experiment to determine the relative yields from large and small seed was undertaken. The two were separated by a seed screen and sown at the rate of Bix pecks iier acre. Bushels. 1. Large se:d „ 25.78 2. Small seed..._ _. 25.76 Gain from large seed 0.02 The experiment will be repeated, and the small wheat for the next test will be delected from the small seed product of this year. CONTINUOUS GRAIN GROWING'VS. ROTATION CROPPING. Two series of experiments were begun in 1880 to determine the effect of grass on the yields of grain crops in rotation involving both. Wheat, oats and corn were rotated in each series. The presence of grass and olover in one rotation, and their absence from the other const itnted the essential difference between the two series. The average yields per aore of all the wheat plats in eaoh series for the last three years are as follows: Bushels. First series, grain crops only 10.7 Second series, grain and grass crops- 15.5 Grain from rotation with grass 4.8 The yields of corn and oats also show the superiority of rotation of crops over constant grain growing. The yields are not large—they could not be; as manure, the mainspring of successful agrioulture, is left out of both seiies. The purpose of the experiment was not to show the possibilities of crop production, but to emphasize the importance of growing grass and clover in connection with other crops. SUGGESTIONS TO WHEAT GROWERS. The following practical suggestions, based en the results of our experience at the Station, are offered fn the confident hope that their application would result advantageously on a very large proportion of the wheat farms of Indiana: 1. Sow less wheat; grow more grass, and better live stock. 2. Select a hardy,prolifio wheat adapted to your soil and stick to it. Give it good treatment and it will not "run out." Sow not less than six pecks of sound seed to the acre. 3. Flow wheat ground early, and harrow immediately after plowing. You can thus more easily and more thoroughly pulverize the soil. 4. If gronnd breaks np cloddy, use heavy roll, alternating with some form of harrow or cultivator that will bring clods to surface. 5. If mannre or fertilizers are used,mix thoroughly with soil in every case. Use only rotted, manure, if any, and apply after plowing. Reserve the fresh manure for the corn crop. 6. Adopt a rotation of crops suited to yonr soil and needs. It will (1) increase the yield and improve the quality of yonr crops; (2) enable you to take better care of your live stock; (3) prevent serious insect depredations and fungous diseases; (4) improve your soil and make it more lasting, and (5) put money in yonr pocket ■ » » The Olover Stem Borer. The appearance of this Insect is indicated in the illustration. The color ls: head and thorax reddish yellow, other parts brilliant blue. Known principally as an enemy of red clover. Fig. 3.—Eggs, larva, pupa and adult of Languria Mozardi. On September 5, 18SS, while searching for galls on solidago (Golden Rod), whioh grows abundantly on the . bluffs in the vicinity of Lafayette, Indiana, we found a well developed gall on a stock of wild lettuce, (Lai-tuca Canadensis L.). This gall was carefully opened and found to contain a pupa, plainly Coleopterous, of a yellow- ish color, much enlarged anteriorly bnt more slender posteriorly. The gall was at once bound up, the pupa having been replaced in Its cavity exactly as found, and the whole placed in a glass j tr. On September 21st, 16 days after, an adult of L. Mozardi made its appearance in the jar, and an examination of the gall revealed the cavity empty, and the avenue there from through which the beetle had made its escape. Prof. J. H. Comstock states in the report of the Commissioner of Agrioulture for the year 1879, p. 199, that the insect, as a clover pest, pupates in the lower part of the stem in whioh the larva, originated. We have fonnd the larva* not distinguishable from those of this species in timothy, where they pass the winter in the larval state. The question involved seems to be, is the species evolving to or from a gall maker?—Prof. Webster in Bulletin Ko 25 Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station. "WHEAT EU8T. We copy the introduction to Balletin No. 26, Indiana Agricultural Station, Purdue University, by the director, H. E. Stockbridge. The beat results of labor in any direction are to be expected from those workers who devote themselves to a single field. Division of labor, devotion to specialties, are characteristic demands of the present, and the truth of this fact is nowhere more pertinent or capable of more direct application than to the agricultural experiment stations of America. Not only must each station confine its efforts to the conditions and surroundings of the State or locality in the interests of which it is primarily laboring, but the nnmber of stations is such that restriction to limited fields of investigation for each becomes a necessity. Moreover, the great field of agricultural science and practice is so extensive and the possibilities of the unknown before the station workers so great, that to hope to successfully cover more than a mere fraotion of the ground is preposterous. The Indiana Experiment Station will endeavor to negleot none of the demands of the community in whose interests it is laboring. But nevertheless our chief energies must be devoted to a single end. We must have one special object. We hope to add to the knowledge of "the farmers of our State concerning the soils they till, and Increase thereby their control over this chief factor In their dally occupation. Among the crops grown on I this soil none possesses greater importance to them than wheat, since it forms their largest source of direct revenue. Wheat ls the one crop with which the Station has been chiefly concerned since experimental work first began at Purdue, but the scope of the work undertaken has been largely increased, so that it now include? not only the growing of the crop, varieties, and methods of treatment, but the chief ene- mieo, animal and vegetable, which infest the plant will be embraced in our investigations relating to the orop. Some of the insect enemies of the crop have already received attention in Station bulletins. We now present the results of our study of doubtless the chief pest of the wheat plant—the universally known and dreaded "Rust." This work has occupied the greater part of the time of the Assistant Botanist of the Station for nearly one year. Yet we consider the work as really bnt just begun. The results thus far obtained, however, are believed to be of sufficient importance to warrant makiDg them known to the farmers of the State, and we offer them with the sincere hope that they may be found of practical value, but with the assurance that the woik will continue until we are able to c ffer the hope of immunity from this bane of the wheat grower, or else assure him that no hope can be found. The attention of the Station staff has recently boen called to another disease, usually considered of little or no importance iu America, but which has during the present season wrought much damage to the crop in certain sections of the State and is capable of being the source of serious harm in the fnture. The disease is a fungoid growth known as "Bunt," or "stinking" smut, on account of its strong aud disagreeable odor. It is rarely found in America, but is not uncommon in England. The wheat head on ripening may possess a very nearly normal appearance, but on shelling, the place of the grain is found to be filled with a black greasy powder, the result of the growth of the fungus, beginning with the very germination of the seed and keeping pace with the growth of the plant. Its action is no more barmfiil than that of common smut, but its odor renders it more objectionable. Where not very abundant it may be separated from good grain either by fanning or by washing. It is very apt to occur so abundantly in a field, however, as to render the entire crop well nigh worthless. It dots not spread in the field, but the germs producing it adhere to the grain and are thus sown with the seed. Seed wheat may be freed from the spores by being soaked in a solution of blue vitriol (snlphate of copper) for thirty-six hours, four ounces of the buI- phate to one gallon of water. The Station has undertaken a thorough study and Investigation of the disease, and toward this end we would be thankful for any information or facts pertaining to its occurrence, and on our part we will gladly supply any further information in our possession. It is our intention to is.ue a Bulletin embodying the results of our study of tho subject, before wheat for the next crop is sown. —We hope to presont a synopsis of this bulletin in our next number, with the illustrations.—Eds. The State Fair is near at hand, Sapt. 23- 28, and we wish to make a show of products at our pavilion. Not having much of interest of onr own production we request our readers to save up some of their biggest ears of corn, potatoes, etc., etc., and longest stalks of grass and clover to be pnt on exhibition for the benefit of the thousands who will oall on us. We have already the promise of some of the tallest and biggest stalks of corn that ever were grown in the State, from Dr. J. P. Forsythe, of Johnson county. |
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