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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
’"THE FERTILIZER that you put on 
* hay land is used over and over. It not 
only increases the yield of hay, but it also 
increases the yield of the crops which follow. 
At the Cornell Experiment Station, 560 pounds of 
fertilizer per acre increased the yield of hay 2,800 
pounds. This extra return alone paid for the fertili¬ 
zer, and gave 100 per cent profit on the investment. 
But that wasn’t all. When this field was put in 
corn the next year, without the addition of any more 
fertilizer , the increase in corn was 25 bushels per 
acre. The heavy growth of timothy roots and stub¬ 
ble on the fertilized land added enough humus and 
plantfood to make the difference. 
The West Virginia Experiment Station found that 
fertilizer increased the organic matter in the soil lyf 
tons per acre. This extra organic matter is equal 
to that which would be obtained from 30 tons of 
manure, and has the added advantage of being dis¬ 
tributed evenly through all parts of the soil. 
And remember that more hay to feed means more 
manure to go back on the land. Use enough fer¬ 
tilizer to insure maximum hay yields. This fertili¬ 
zer will be used over and over again on the crops 
which fellow. 
Write for our bulletins, “Fertilizing the Grass Land’’ and 
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MANURE IS NO MORE A COMPLETE RATION 
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DOUBLE THE VALUE OF YOUR MANURE 
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March 13, ij)2u 
Garden Culture for Wheat 
[There lias been some discussion about 
the possibility of growing the family sup¬ 
ply of wheat (for coarse “cereals”) in 
the garden. In England a number of 
gardeners and fruit growers are attempt¬ 
ing this. Will it pay in this country? 
The following notes are reliable.] 
I have been growing wheat in different 
ways for a number of years, and have 
considerable data on its performance un¬ 
der different conditions. I grow it fre¬ 
quently in rows a foot apart and 10 to 
18 feet. long, about % ounce of seed being 
sown in sueh a row. On good wheat soil 
it is not unusual to obtain a pound of 
wheat from a 16-ft. row. which is at the 
rate of about 45 bushels per acre. In 
good seasons my better wheats will per¬ 
haps average that amount when so plant¬ 
ed. It might be possible to double that 
yield in favorable seasons with extra 
good fertilization, and if varieties with 
stiff straw are used that will stand up 
when heavily fertilized. M’auy of the va¬ 
rieties grown in England have stiff straw 
and will stand heavy fertilizer applica¬ 
tion. while most of our varieties adapted 
to the eastern part of the country are 
likely to go down under heavy fertiliza¬ 
tion. especially when the nitrogen appli¬ 
cation is heavy. 
I have also grown wheat in small plots, 
spacing the seed at different distances. 
In one such experiment these Instances 
varied from *4 in. each way to 12 in. each 
way. distances being increased in. from 
plot to plot. The highest yield in this 
particular experiment was from the plot 
with seeds spaced l^xl 1 ^ in., where the 
yield was at the rate of nearly 57 bushels 
per acre. The yields decreased gradually 
from this to the plot with 12x12 in. plant¬ 
ings. where it was at th rate of about 
seven bushels. In the plot where the 
spacing was 6x6 in. the yield was about 
20 bushels. The results might be dill ev¬ 
ent in other years or places or under dif¬ 
ferent conditions. In another experiment 
the plants were spaced 1x2 ft. The y ield 
here was at the rate of about IS bushels 
per acre. 
The method of drilling seed in furrows 
six to 12 inches apart, made with a hoe 
or small plow, or broadcasting and cover¬ 
ing with a rake, seems to me to be better 
for use in growing wheat in a small way 
than attempting to space the individual 
seeds. When considerable space is given 
to a plant it tillers more freely, but ripen¬ 
ing is delayed and the quantity of grain 
may not bo so good. Hot weather ami 
diseases have more chance to injure these 
later maturing plants. 
One thing that may interfere with the 
success of growing wheat in a small way 
is the English sparrow. A flock of hun¬ 
gry sparrows can soon destroy a small 
plot of wheat, and sparrows are usually 
very plentiful in and near cities and 
towns. The use of bearded varieties of 
wheat may largely obviate this difficulty. 
1 find that sparrows do not bother the 
bearded wheats very much, but I always 
have beardless kinds growing near. If 
bearded wheat only were present, they 
might have a liking for it. 
I wonder whether wheat will be found 
a really desirable crop for the person who 
has only a small piece of ground to work. 
Might it not be better for such a person 
to grow vegetables—the things that taste 
best when they are fresh—or potatoes, 
and arrange with a farmei. miller, com¬ 
mission man or otherwise for a supple of 
unground wheat? It seems to me that 
such arrangement eon id be made if there 
is any general demand for unground 
wheat. The average person could hardly 
expeet to get a bushel of wheat on less 
than 1.000 square feet of land. The labor 
of preparing the land and caring for the 
crop would he considerable. The cutting 
and thrashing of it offer other problems. 
CLYDE E. LEIGHTY. 
Agronomist in Charge of Eastern 
Wheat Investigations. 
Cherries Fail to Fruit 
T have two large oxheart cherry trees 
and they are loaded with blossoms every 
year, hut never bear any cherries. I 
would like to know the reason why. 
Voorheesville, X. Y. m. j. 
The word “oxheart” denotes a class 
of, cherries which are large, meaty va¬ 
rieties, cordate or heart-shaped. Such 
light-fleshed varieties as Napoleon and 
Yellow Spanish belong in this class. 
From certain experiments tried on the 
western coast we find that Napoleon es¬ 
pecially seems self-sterile. The hybrid 
cherries in the Duke class also seem to 
lack pollen. The only other reason for 
a full bloom without fruiting is that the 
late frosts kill the essential flower parts. 
It does not seem prohahlo that this could 
occur year after year, but it does in some 
sections. On our trial grounds at Mor- 
risville (Madison County) the sweet 
cherries bloom practically every season, 
but rarely fruit. When the temperature 
goes much below zero it is injurious to 
sweet cherries. If the cause is self-steril¬ 
ity or lack of pollination, I would sug¬ 
gest planting a variety such as Black 
Tartarian, which blooms at the same sea¬ 
son. and will furnish pollen to fertilize 
the blossoms. In this way a full crop of 
fruit will he borne on all the trees. If 
date of bloom can he given we can give 
definite varietv to plant that blooms at 
same time. This is necessary in order 
to get cross-pollination. T. h. t. 
