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the type of soil, more seed 

 being required on heavy 

 soils than on light ones. 

 This is because the plants 

 tend to tiller more freely 

 on light soils and thus 

 make more stalks. The 

 average seeding is six pecks 

 to the acre, but often eight 

 pecks are used. In the 

 dry-farming sections of the 

 West, only three to four 

 pecks are recommended, 

 as the soil in these parts 

 is warm and loose and the 

 plants tiller freely; thin 

 sowing also gives large 

 plants that stand the dry 

 climate better than smaller 

 ones. 



Methods of seeding. 

 Wheat is often sown broad- 

 cast, but better results are 

 obtained by planting with 

 drills. A more even stand 

 can thus be secured, as 

 the seeds are all covered 

 to about the same depth. 

 Another advantage is that 

 they are planted in shallow 

 furrows and are not so 

 likely to be heaved out 

 of the ground by frost. 

 With the drill, fertilizer 

 and grass seed can be sown 



