SOME PRESS BULLETINS. 
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GRAIN. 
Corn. —(An early matnrin»- corn should always be used) 
White Australian Flint. 
Swadley Dent, and 
“Divide” Dent, or Colorado Yellow Dent. 
Wheat. —For Sprin.a^— 
Kubanka Durum. 
For fall seeding-— 
Turkey Red, or * 
Kharkov. 
Barley. —(A bald barley or beardless type, seeded early.) 
Rye .—One of the surest crops for hay or grain. 
Oats. —This is not a reliable crop every year, but early types, as the 
Big Four, Kherson, and Sixty Day, acclimated to that re¬ 
gion, have given very good harvest for several seasons. 
Flax. —Thi S' is a new crop to Colorado, and for two years has done 
well, but its worth has not yet been fully proven. The 
writer would urge settlers not to seed this crop exten¬ 
sively until it has been more fully tested. If this seed is 
used, be sure to treat seed with formalin before seeding. 
The writer will send directions on request. Get Colorado- 
.grown seed, if possible. 
Emmer. —(Commonly called speltz.)—A drouth-resistant feed grain, 
FORAGE. 
Kaffir Corn, Dwarf Milo Maize, 
Early Amber Sorghum, and 
Proso, are good forage crops. 
ROOTS. 
Potatoes, where non-irrigated, or “Divide” seed is used, have proven 
the best root crop in recent years for the plains region. 
Seek to grow that crop which will furnish feed, and plan to make 
some form of meat production the main product of the farm. Get the 
seed of a few well-tried crops and plan to seed them early, so the crop 
may get what early spring rains may chance to fall. 
Rate of seeding is very important, since seeding too heavily takes 
up the limited amount of moisture in the ground, causing the whole 
crop to “fire-burn.” Do not seed as heavy as you did in the central or 
eastern states. The following table may be suggestive, but rate of 
seeding will vary with manner of seeding, size of seed and condition 
of seed bed, so no definite rule can be laid down. Do not seed broad¬ 
cast, if you can possibly drill in the grain. 
Rate of Seeding for Eastern Plains. 
Grain Crops. lbs. per acre. 
Wheat . .30 to 50. 
Wheat (Kubanka Durum). 40 to .So. 
Barley . .3S to SO. 
Oats . 3S to so. 
Rye . .SO to 40. 
Emmer or Speltz. .SS to so. 
Field Peas . 2S to 40. 
Proso . 6 to 12. 
Forage Crops. 
Sorghum . 8 to 20. 
(Varies with the method of seeding.) 
Alfalfa . IS to 2S. 
iMeadow Fescue . i.S to 2S. 
Brome Grass . iS to 2S. 
Vetches . iS to .so. 
