376 MORRIS COUNTY, KANSAS. 



When I roll the ground, I do so before I drill or seed, as other- 

 wise the ground can not be brought into good condition for a 

 good wheat crop. When my soil is in good condition, I drill in 

 my wheat east and west, so that the drill rows catch the drifting 

 snows, and thus protect the young wheat plants, a matter of 

 great importance in hard freezing weather. 



WHEN TO sow. 



Wheat should be sown here in Kansas from the twenty- 

 fifth of August to the twenty-fifth of September. Some times 

 I get a crop sowed in October, but as a rule early sowing is 

 best. As to the quantity of seed to be sown per acre I have 

 not fully decided ; yet some claim that one bushel is enough, 

 while others claim one and a half bushels to the acre. My 

 experience is that one and one-fourth bushels is all that any 

 ground requires of wheat seed if sown earl3\ If sown in. 

 October or November one and a half bushels can be sown. 

 The best time to harvest is when the kernel is going out of the 

 dough state, and is getting firm or hard. The sooner wheat 

 is cut after it is out of the dough state the better, as wheat 

 will not have such a rich color if permitted to stand too long^ 

 after it gets ripe. 



METHOD OF HARVESTING, THRESHING, AND COST OF CROP. 



Wheat is mostly harvested in Kansas now with self-binders 

 and headers, of which I would recommend the latter for cheap- 

 ness, and for doing better work than the binder. But care 

 should be taken to stack the heads well, and not to cut when 

 the grain is wet or green. I have had both on my farm, and 

 can say that the header is much cheaper. If land is sown to 

 much Spring grain, and the ground is inclined to weeds, then 

 I would recommend a self-binder, as it would not be safe ta 

 head Avlieat or oats that have many weeds in, as it would surely 

 spoil all. 



COST OF RAISING WHEAT." 



I will give you the cost of raising wheat in Kansas as- 

 nearly as I can average the cost. Some pays more and some 



