134 FARM AND SCHOOL PROBLEMS. 



Seeding. 



The important points in seeding are 'about the same as those 

 observed in the successful growing of other cereals. 



The main points in the order of their importance may be 

 stated as follows: 



1. Proper drainage. 



2. Required amount and kind of plant food. 



3. Thorough preparation of the seed bed. 



4. Seed that is acclimated and has quality and produces quantity. 



5. Treated for smut if infested. 



6. Drilled at the proper time and depth. 



7. Sowing proper amount of seed per acre. 



PROBLEMS. 



1. In Ohio the experiment station tests show that the most profitable 

 amount of seed to use is 8 pecks per acre. If this amount is used on an 

 average throughout the State, what is the value of the seed used in Ohio, 

 in seeding 2,000,000 acres if the seed is valued at 90 cents per bushel? 



2. Experiments made by the Kentucky Experiment Station seem to 

 indicate that in that state 6 pecks of seed per acre produces the best 

 results. At that rate what will it cost to seed a 15 acre field when wheat 

 is worth 89 cents a bushel? 



The results of the tests made at a number of the different 

 experiment stations show that the production of wheat can be 

 more than doubled. 



The following figures show what has been done by the Michi- 

 gan Experiment Station: 



Bu. per acre. 



Selection, American Banner 42.8 bu. 



Average for Michigan 18 . bu. 



Selection from Shepherd's Perfection 39.3 bu. 



PROBLEMS. 



1. If a farmer had 20 acres of wheat that produced 18 bushels per 

 acre, which was the average yield in Michigan in 1911, what would have 

 been gained, if he had sown American Banner wheat and harvested 42.8 

 bushels per acre, @ 88 cents a bushel? 



2. The Ohio Experiment Station has demonstrated in a three year 

 test, 1.908-1910, that the following varieties of wheat averaged ap- 

 proximately 45 bushels per acre : 



1. Early Ripe Selection 6414. 



2. Poole Selection 6545. 



