Advice on Growing Wheat
In reply to many inquiries
to the best methods of growing
wheat, the Arkadelphia Milling
Company has sent out the fol
lowing letter, which The Jour
nal believes will be of special
interest to the farmers of this
section at this time.
We are writing this general
letter in answer to hundreds
of inquiries we are receiving
from the flooded districts and
from all over the State. It is
our purpose to cover in this
letter as near possible the dif
ferent problems that, have been
presented to us in there letters.
1. Is it good policy to sow
wheat on recently overflowed
lands.
We are advising wheat rais
ing on all flooded lands that
are well drained and high
enough to escape the regular
winter and spring floods.
2. Was wheat raising a
success in Arkansas last year?
Wheat was certainly a suc
cessful crop in Arkansas this
year, the average yield per
acre in the cotton section of
Arkansas was from sixteen to
twenty-two bushels per acre,
and in a great many sections
it averaged better. The regular
wheat section in Arkansasmade
a very poor yield, and thus cut
down the average for Arkan
sas. We bought twenty-five
cars from Newark, where the
yield was twenty-two bushels
per acre; twenty-seven cars
from Walnut Ridge where the
yield averaged twenty-one
bushels per acre; we bought
twenty-one cars from Corning,
where the yield averagedtwen
ty-three bushels per acre;
thirty-five cars from Reyno,
Pocahontas, and Imboden,
where the yield averaged about
twenty-one bushels per acre:
twelve cars from Newport
where the average yield was
twenty bushels per acrejfifteen
cars from Batesville, where the
average yield was twenty-one
bushels per acre, and ten cars
from Marmaduke, where the
yield was nineteen bushels per
• acre. All of these are river
points in the flooded district,
and at all these points the best
planters on the best lands had
yields ranging from twenty
five to forty bushels per acre,
hut the wheat on the poorlands
cut down the average. This
wheat netted them $1.00 pei
bushel in addition to last win
ter’s pa turage and the straw
stack for tlie c<»miing winter ;so
as a money crop, it was equal
to 10c nr 12c for cotton. Of
course, some did not give the
wheat a fair showing, as they
sowed it on poor land, and did
not properly prepare the seed
bed ;did not harvest it properly,
but tin* average yield and quali
ty have been surprisingly good,
in fact, the quality is superior
to the milling wheat of any
other state. Arkansas wheat
makes the finest Rise nit and
Pastry Flour on earth.
a. What are the advan
tage.-' of -rowing wheat?
it i the first money crop
you ran rais** now, it furnishes
winter eo\ ring for bare fields,
prevents washing or leaching
of the nitrates from the soil
Wheat can be put in with verv
little labor, and at a small ex- j
pense and is off the land in
time to plant other crops. It
furnishes a winter pasture
equal to rye, and better than
oats, and the pasture will more
than pay the planter for the
seed and expense of planting, j
The chances are the wheat will
yield well, and will sell for bet
ter than $1.00 per bushel.
Wheat has invariable sold for
a higher price after every big
war, and although the United
State has raised by far. the
greatest wheat crop on record
this year, still it is netting the
Arkansas farmer $1.00 per
bushel.
* 4. What kind of land is
best adapted to wheat?
Fertile, well drained loam
or clay rich in organic or vege
table matter is the id a I soil f r
wheat, but any well drained
land will produce wheat on a
profitable basis.
5. How to prepare the seed
bed ?
Flow the land well by Oct. 1.
.lust before seeding it, double
disc it and harrow well. This
will leave the seed bed thor
oughly pulverized.
('). How to sow wheat?
If possible use a drill. By us
ing a drill it will require less
seed and leaves the surface
ridged, thus protecting the
wheat, and as a rule drilled
wheat will yield 20 per cent
better than sown broadcast.
Unless very dry sow about an
inch deep, if dry sow deeper.
If you use a drill, on real lean
land sow four peeks or more
:o the acre. If £he land is med
uni good land, sow five pecks
and on good rich land sow six
peeks to the acre, and if sown
broadcast usi* at least one peek
more. Sow wheat from October
10th to November 10th. Early
■sown wheat will give you a
better stand, and furnish better
pasturage, but runs the risk of
.he Hessian Fly.
7. What kind of wheat to
sow ?
We recommend the Fulcas
lre bearded, the Fultzo-Medi
terranean smooth head, the
Fultz smooth head or the early
May smooth head wheat; all
these varieties mature early,
and thus escape the hot weath
er. We rather prefer the Ful
caster as w? believe it will
yield a little better than other
varieties. Candidly, we think
No. 60 test, plump grain Ark
ansas raised, cleaned wheat,
acclimated, that yielded well
this year is equal to the North
ern seed. Of course, it may be
a mixture of a part smooth
head and bearded, but if it
yielded well and is nice plump
wheat it has the advantage of
being acclimated. Do not at
tempt to sow Turkey or hard
wheat in Arkansas; it is not:
suitable for this far South. If
you buy seed wheat raised out
side of Arkansas, buy seed
wheat that was raised as near
Arkansas line as possible.
8. How to treat wheat be
fore sowing to prevent smut?
Use a solution of one pound
of formaldehyde to forty gal
lons of water, or less propor
tionally; this prevents smut
which is prevalent on lowlands.
Plant your wheat immediately
after treating.
We are in position to fur
nish choice selected seed wheat
and red winter oats.
A UK A DELHI IA MILLING CO.
Arkadelphia, Ark.
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A World of Grunters
The world today is an aggre
gation of grunters.
From youth to old age life is
just one big grunt after ano
ther.
In infacy we grunt from the
L-olic, and as we grow into ma
turity the grunts increase.
If luck comes our way we
grunt because there is not more
luck to double our holdings,
while if it passes us, we grunt
at the injustice of fate.
If our family is in the swim
of society we grunt when we
pay the bills, and if they are
not there, we grunt because
they are discriminated against.
If we hold public office we
grunt when our constituents in
sist upon our living up to our
pledges, while if we are defeat
ed at the polls we grunt be
cause “the fools elected that
erook.”
If the city dads vote funds
for local improvements we
LITTLE ROCK DOCTOR
BECOMES PROGRESSIVE
Considerable interest has
been aroused in medical circles
in Little Rock by the action of
a well-knownphysicaninbreak
ing away from the ethics of
the profession which prohibits
advertising. He boldly declares
his independence in the follow
ing words:
“Healing has long been sur
rounded by a system of rules
regarding publicity fashioned
by the older physicians to pre
vent any young man from mak
ing inroads on the older phy
sicians’ practice.”
This physician has been a
president of his state associa
tion. He advertises that he
claims no superior ability, but
that he is capable and reput
able. practioner, and that he
Igto__ aABdV. ewisoCaMaaa
will practice for just half the
established rates. It promises a
pretty fight.
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BATESVILLE HOMES BURN
The residence of L. H. Pas
coe of Batesville was totally
destroyed by fire Sunday night.
The residence of Geo.L. Bevens
on an adjoining lot was badly
damaged also.
Mr. Pascoe’s loss is said to be
about $2,000 and is only par
tially covered by insurance as
nothing was saved.
The residence occupied by
Mr. Bevens was owned by Mrs.
Julia Herrington and the a
mount of loss and insurance is
not known. Mr. Bevens saved
most of his household effects.
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Good residence property in
Newark for upland farm five
or six miles from town.
G. M. FIELDS.
grunt because it was not in ac
cordance with our desires,
while if they heed our advice
we grunt because they were
too stingy.
We grunt at our school
teachers because they insist
upon obedience to the rules of
the school in their effort to in
still a little knowledge into the
heads of our offspring, while if
they fail we grunt because they
have not developed an edu
cational wonder from a brain
that is below par.
We grunt at the preacher
when he speaks out the truth,
and we grunt at him if he don’t
We grunt at the merchant,
the doctor, ami our beasts of
burden, and even the dog and
cat get a grunt and a kick.
Yes, this world is one great
aggregation of grunters and a
few are even in our own midst.
We often wonder if there
will be any grunters in Para
dise.
JACKSON COUNTY
FAIR OCT. 20 23
The Jackson County Fair is
not to suffer by reason of the
overflow, beyond the actual in
jury to its property, and the
second annual fair is to b held
on the dates originally set, Oc
tober 20, 21, 22 and 215. Mana
ger H. C. Sanders, after sound
>ng many of the stockholders
from all parts of the county,
makes this announcement and
a meeting of the executive
board will be held in Newport
Saturday to perfect arrange
ments.—Newport Independent.
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