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SEED GRAIN 
There’s concern about the supply of suitable grain for fall seeding. in 
the first place, much of the barley and rye as well as some wheat is needed 
and is being used for feed. This is due to the satisfactory return by its 
use as feed plus prospects for a smaller corn crop than last year. 
Secondly, the quality of most wheat is below that of the past several seasons. 
Rainy, muggy weather at the time wheat was in the blossom stage provided ideal 
conditions for heavy infection of wheat scab. This caused grayish colored, 
shriveled, light test weight grain that requires heavy recleaning with cor- 
respondingly heavy cleanout. Most of the diseased kernels will not grow and 
the rest may start off well but not have the vitality or resistance necessary 
to withstand adverse weather or soil conditions. 
To reduce and control diseases, it is essential that all fall seeded grains be 
thoroughly cleaned and treated. Lightweight diseased kernels should be re- 
moved and the recleaned seed treated with Ceresan to reduce seedling blight, 
that may be caused by scab, and to prevent stinking smut. As always, Scotts 
Seed is heavily recleaned, high in germination and thoroughly treated. 
THORNE WHEAT - A beardless, red chaffed variety, stiff strawed and has 
consistently out-yielded other varieties. Widely used in Ohio, Pennsylvania 
and West Virginia. With a lot of scab present this year, test weights have 
been lower than Trumbull and bearded kinds but yields per acre have continued 
to exceed those of other varieties. 
NIGGER WHEAT - A bearded, white cnatfeda variety that has proven consistently 
winterhardy and high in test weight per bushel. 
WINTER BARLEY has proven less winterhardy than wheat and rye, and may be used 
where the weather isn’t too severe. It is usually sown one to two weeks earlier 
than wheat; is not damaged as much by Hessian fly and is most satisfactory on 
productive soils. It should be cut before fully ripened because of the straw- 
breaking unless it is to be combined. The normal rate of seeding is 6 to 8 
pecks per acre. 
RYE is hardier than wheat; may be sown later in the fall and is attacked by 
fewer insects and diseases. It is often seeded sarly and used for fall pasture. 
It may again be pastured in the spring, plowed under for green manure or left 
for grain. Usually seeded at the rate of 6 to 8 pecks per acre. 
Scotts Farm Bulletins on Fall Sown Grains is enclosed. We hope you’ll find it 
interesting. Copies will be sent to any neighbors and friends whose names and 
addresses you care to send us. Our fall quotations are on the inside pages and 
if you have questions or there is imformation we can supply, please write. 
Yours truly 
© M SCOTT & SONS CO 
