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THE SMALL GRAINS 



excess of foliage at the expense of grain production. Also 

 in early seeding there is danger of only sufficient moisture 

 being present for sprouting, and the seedlings are likely 

 to perish in the dry soil before the fall rains come. 



Actual experiments in Utah to determine the best time of seed- 

 ing have given confusing results. In the Juab Valley, the best 

 yields of winter wheat appear to have been grown from seeding be- 

 tween September 1 and October 15. 



In California, where there is little distinction between fall and 

 spring seeding, barley seeding extends from November to March. 

 Blanchard (1910, pp. 29-30) found that wheat sown comparatively 

 late has a higher protein content than early-sown wheat. Early 

 wheats, like Chul, should be planted November 15 to December 

 15, in the San Joaquin Valley, but may be sown as late as February 

 25, sometimes with good results. In the Sacramento Valley, wheat 

 seeding may be a month later. 



Experiments on time of seeding wheat and barley have been 

 conducted at the California State Farm during 3 years, resulting as 

 follows, wheat valued at $1.60 a hundred and barley at $1.00 a 

 hundred : 



TABLE XIII. TIME OF SEEDING EXPERIMENTS WITH WHEAT 

 AND BARLEY AT THE CALIFORNIA STATE FARM 



In the Columbia Basin it has not been possible to determine the 

 best time of seeding winter wheat. It should be as near the time of 

 the first fall rains as possible. The dates for spring wheats run 

 from March 20 to April 20, and for oats from March 20 to March 30. 



