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will stand the winter better than that which is sown broad- 

 cast. If the ground is trashy, a disk drill will do the best 

 work, but on clean, well-prepared ground, any good seed drill 

 is efficient. Seed wheat should be run through the fanning 

 mill to remove the weed seeds, dirt, chaff, and damaged 

 kernels. 



Rate of seeding. With medium-sized seed of good qual- 

 ity, on a well-prepared and fertile soil, from four to six 

 pecks per acre will usually be sufficient for sowing. Every 

 farmer must determine for himself, according to the condi- 

 tions of his own land, how much seed should be used. Winter 

 wheat is not sown as thickly as spring wheat. The rate is 

 less on poor soils than on rich soils. 



Seed selection. The selection of good seed is a factor in 

 wheat production which should receive the careful attention 

 of every farmer. As a means of increasing his wheat yield, 

 the farmer can well afford to select his seed out of the best 

 portion of his crop, to use the fan mill, and to grade it in' 

 such a way as to get the largest and plumpest seed for 

 sowing. 



From careful tests in many experiments, it has been shown 

 that large and plump seeds have yielded from one to five 

 bushels more per acre than the smaller and lighter seeds. It 

 pays, therefore, to take the trouble to grade seeds so as to 

 get the largest and heaviest seeds for sowing. A good fan- 

 ning mill is the simplest and most practical means of grading 

 seed on the farm, and every farmer who grows small grain 

 to any considerable extent should have one. 



Any variety of wheat can be improved and kept from ' ' run- 



