640 EXPERIMENT STATION KECORD. 



Nineteen varieties of winter wheat, chosen because of their supposed 

 hardiness, were grown in 1899-1900. Five of the varieties winter- 

 killed and 10 others partialh', while the remaining -i passed through 

 the winter without the slightest injury. These 4, in the order of pro- 

 ductiveness, were Turkish Red, Bearded Fife, Buda Pesth, and Bul- 

 garian. The yields varied from 55.3 in the case of the first to 51.3 

 with the last. Turkish Ked is recommended as the variety best suited 

 to the conditions of the State. 



In a test of bald v. bearded wheat, the average yield in 1899-1900 

 for 6 bearded varieties was -17. 5 bu. per acre, while for 8 bald varieties 

 the average jield was 17.3 bu. 



The milling Cj[ualities of the 2 classes of winter wheat, hard and soft, 

 were investigated, samples of 3 varieties of each being submitted to 

 milling experts for their judgment. The average markings were as 

 follows: Hardxoheats — Turkish Red 99, Buda Pesth 97, and Bulgarian 

 96: .so/?— Hybrid Prolific 90. Early Ripe 82, and Kentucky Giant 85. 

 It will be noticed that the first 3 wheats mentioned were almost equal 

 in quality to the best spring wheats. 



In cultural tests Turkish Red wheat grown after rape yielded at the 

 rate of 59.8 bu. per acre; grown after flax, 58; after buckwheat, 55.3; 

 after millet, 5-1.7 bu. per acre. Oat stubble was prepared for wheat 

 by plowing under early in August. It was then worked down with a 

 harrow and roller and harrowed once a week thereafter until the wheat 

 was sown in September. Manuring for wheat is not advised. It 

 resulted at the station in considerable lodged grain. From the results 

 of trials in seeding wheat at different dates in September, the author 

 recommends the sowing of wheat as soon after the first week in Sep- 

 tember as there is moisture enough in the soil to germinate the seed. 



When clover or timothy is seeded with wheat, both should Ije sown 

 in the spring and harrowed in. Fall sowings are liable to winterkill. 

 Seedings of winter oats have uniformly winterkilled at the station, and 

 farmers are advised to plant this crop, if at all, only in very small 

 quantities. United action by farmers in burning over spring-wheat 

 stubble where the Hessian fl}- is troublesome, followed b}^ deep plow- 

 ing, is urged as means for the control of this pest. 



Diversified farming in Oklahoma, J. Fields {Oldcdioma Sta. Rpt. 1900, 2'>P- 

 33-44, figs. 3). — The chief features of i^resent Oklahoma methods of farming are out- 

 lined, suggestions Ijeing given regarding the desirability of more diversitieil farming, 

 and the culture and value of several staple crops for this purpose. 



Seed selection, E. Gain (.S'to. Agron. Nancy Bui. 3, 1900, pp. 16-25). — A popular 

 consideration of the principles involved, methods to be followed, and the value of 

 seed selection in increasing the yield of farm crops. 



The assimilation of matter by two cultivated plants, A. von Sigmond {Jour. 

 Landw., 48 {1900), No. 3, pp. 251-264). — Preliminary observations on the increase of 

 dry matter and the taking up of total ash constituents, and nitrogen h\ maize and 

 tobacco are reported and discussed. The investigations are to be prosecuted further 

 before conclusions are drawn. 



