1920.] 



National Eat Week. 



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munity, do much to remove or greatly reduce the damage caused 

 by the. depredations of these vermin. 



Previous references to National Eat Weeks held in the 

 country appeared in this Journal, September. 1919, pp. 579 and 

 628; November, 1919. p. 770; December. 1919. pp. 867, 927 and 

 933; and March, 1920, p. 1179. 



Ix the present need for increased wheat supplies, it is 



important to aim at a larger yield per acre. To attain this end, 



_' . ■ not onlv should improved varieties be 



Importance of , ^ ^ n ^.^ 



• „ . ■ , sown and adequate manurm^f and cultiva- 



Sowing Clean ^. . . n . ^ i ^ u i3 



Cereal Seed ''^ methods be adopted, but care should 



* - be taken to sow clean seed in order to 

 avoid as far as possible -subsequent trouble from weeds. 

 -In this connection a report has -been forwarded to the 

 Ministry hy ' Mr. John Porter, Agricultural Organiser for 

 Buckingham,- in which it is pointed out that rye-hke brome 

 grass {Brormts secalinus) is overlooked by many farmers, and' 

 by others is considered to be a species of wild cereal. This 

 obnoxious weed has made its appearance in winter cereals 

 both -in Buckingham and Hereford, very possibly owing to the 

 seed having been present in the seed grain. 



]Mr . Porter points out that where farmers who grow cereal, 

 grain for seed have this weed in a crop, they should open the 

 screen of their' threshing mill a little wider when threshing; 

 the seeds of this weed, being of about the same size as tail 

 wheat, would be sifted' out with the latter. The sample of grain 

 Vv'ould be improved and a higher price obtained, and the weed 

 seeds could either be ground down for feed or fed to poultry. 



Farmers who are in the slightest doubt as to the purity of 

 their seed grain should consult - 'their County Agricultural 

 Oraaniser. 



