150 N, H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION. [Bulletin 145 



WINTER WHEAT. 



Ill view of the fact that little or no wheat has been grown in 

 the state in recent years, the writer was curious to know just 

 how well it would withstand the winters and what the yield 

 might be. Accordingly^ small plots have been sown and har- 

 vested during the past three seasons, the results being given 

 below in tabular form. The variety used was Dawson's Golden 

 Chaff, a beardless winter sort with bronze chaff and a white 

 berry. The seed was sown at the rate of two bushels per acre 

 with the grain drill; 400 pounds per acre of acid phosphate 

 was used as fertilizer ; grass seed was sown on the plots in the 

 following April, and without exception a good catch was secured. 



The best yield was 30.75 bushels per acre obtained in 1907; 

 the poorest was 10.3 bushels in 1908. This low yield was due in 

 part to late seeding and the severe alternate freezings and thaw- 

 ings in the early spring. For the best results the seed should be 

 sown between the 10th and the 20th of September. Corn or 

 potato ground can be used to advantage for winter wheat by sim- 

 ply disking it thoroly. If plowed it should be rolled several times 

 before seeding since wheat requires a fine but rather compact 

 seed bed. 



A mixture of wheat and winter vetch makes an excellent green 

 forage crop for dairy cows. This may be sown at the rate of l^/^ 

 bushels of wheat and three pecks of vetch per acre. If the 

 season is not unfavorable from 6 to 8 tons of green feed per acre 

 can be secured. 



SPRING WHEAT. 



If wheat is desired for feeding poultry or other stock and it 

 is not convenient to sow it in the fall a spring variety may be 

 grown. In 1907 and 1908 a si)ring sort known as Fyfe was sown, 

 and in 1909 Fyfe and Blue Stem were tried. The average yield 

 of the four trials was 16.0 bushels per acre, the dry season of 1909 

 being unfavorable. The spring wheat should be sown at the rate 

 of 7 to 8 pecks per acre, and should be gotten into the ground 

 just as early in the spring as possible. 



A fertilizer containing a liberal amount of nitrogen and phos- 

 phoric acid, say 4 and 10 per cent, respectively, will give the best 



