RESULTS FROM GRAIN CROPS. 189 
The well known principle that wheat should be sown as. 
soon as the ground is fit in the spring applies as truly in this 
section as elsewhere. In 1900 wheat sown April 19 yielded 
15.3 bushel and that sown May 7th gave 12.4 bushels while 
the plot sown May 15th only yielded 10 bushels. In 1901, 
the first plot was sown April 24, and yielded 22.7 bushels, 
or 6.7 bushels more than wheat sown nine days later, which 
gave 16 bushels. The difference isnot alwaysso marked and: 
depends much on the season, but as there ‘is nearly always 
some difference in favor of early sowing, it pays to be prompt. 
Wheat should.not be sown on ground subject{to excess 
of moisture, as heavy rains at some periods are apt to re- 
duce the yield proportionately more than would be the case 
with oats. In ’96 drowning out brought the yield down to 
8.9 bushels per acre, and in ’97 to 14.9 bushels due to rain 
in July. In ’99 late sowing (May 5th) and a wet season on 
rather low ground produced but 11.9 bushels pervacre. 
Wheat is more sensitive to the fertile’condition of the 
soil than oats. The best yields obtained on the farm were in 
1898 on ground that had been broken in ’95, in corn one 
year, and in grain the year following. The stubble was fall 
plowed. By this time the land was thoroughly mellow and 
the crop yielded 28.6 bushels per acre. Another field that 
had borne twocrops of potatoes and had then been manured 
for barley in ’97, gave in ’98, a wheat crop of 26.5 bushels. 
On athird field, the wheat yielded but 18.1 bushels. This 
field had received no manure nor been in‘grass since it was 
broken in ’93 or ’94, but had been cropped to potatoes. 
Its fertility was thus shown to be impaired. 
To sum up, sow wheat on a small scale, which will en- 
able the selection of a fertile, well drained piece, leaving the 
rougher, new or poorly drained ground for other crops. 
Sow Blue Stem for largest yields. Sow early, on fall plow- 
ing or on potato or corn ground that is sufficiently mellow 
to work up with the disc harrow and springtooth; never on 
spring plowing if avoidable. 
In1902 4 varieties of macaroni or goose wheat were tried. 
They averaged 15.4 bushels, as against 22.3 bushels for the 
ordinary wheats. Macaroni wheats are better adapted to. 
