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THE GAZETTE-TIMES. IIEITXER, OREGON, THURSDAY. JUNE 29. 1922 Experiment Station VL-itcd. .7 l'u.',,!l an acr, or the equivalent . S. Pfpurti",? nt of Agriculture and the j tuo ar.d one-hau years of crp on I Civon Agricultural co;;tre. A st.ttisu- j n er to tht of tr. best, ar.d the results ere ptud.ed carrfui'.y. But it is a'.to yi thrr too much of fc job to teii of this t'Tt paper. Tr.e farmer who wer not thera this year wiil hava to go next and set and study for themselves, and ail those thera on this trip ahouid to back ajtain. The moisture experiments, tht fie d peas and the farm machinery, at veil at the farm iandt of Sherman county have to b seen to be apprecia ted. Tha afternoon of Saturday was apent in tha shade of the laboratory building, eating doughnuts and drinking lemon ada while listening to as interesting lec ture by Mr. Stephens on tha work, pro gress and findings of tha station. Those who were so unfortunate as not to be able to go over there can get tha prin cipal points of this lecture by obtaining from the Oregon Agricultural college bulletin No. 10, "Wheat Growing After Fallow in Eastern Orefon," by D. E Stephens and G. R. Hyslop. This bul letin it a good thing to ban if a far mer is going to grow wheat Howell's Farm. After learing Wasco tha party, under the leadership of County Agent Calkins, visited the farm of Henry Howell, one of tha largest and foremost farms of Sherman county. Under the capable management of Mr. Howell this farm has been making an average yield of better than forty bushels to tha acre for the past three years. H has been . farming this place for the last eighteen years and the fields are in the best of condition. Several point of interest were dis covered in Mr. Howell'a methods of farming. First of all, the major oper ations are done with large tractors; two big 75-horsepower tracklayers being used for this purpose. Ihese tractors are not only maintained on this farm but they are repaired there as well. Mr. Howell is a skilled mechanic, and while doing all of his repair work has devised a number of rather scientific hitches for pulling plows, drills, weeders, and com bine. Besides the machinery exhibit Mr. Howell was also able to show a large acreage of Turkey red wheat that prom ises a yield of forty bushels this year, and a large body of summerfallow of which no farmer need be ashamed. It was very firm under foot and yet pos sesses a good aoil mulch, wnicn condi tion was brought about by the use of Campbell packers drawn directly behind the plows and then gone over with the spring tooth harrow After viewing this furm the Morrow county visitors were made to realize that as yet they have not been doing their best. Fred Root Farm Visited. Another very successful farmer of lh Goidon Ridge section of Sherman county, which by the way is considered to contain the cream of wheat lands of that county, is Fred Root, who does not follow just the same line of pro cedure in all bis work as Mr. Howell. He UJ-CS horses principally but has tractor which has been used to some extent on the place and not considered to be the greatest success. Mr. Root does not handle as much land as his neighbor but as to yield he gets about the samv results per acre. This farm, like that of Mr. Howell, is well kept, the sun-n.crfailow is thoroughly worked and kept free from weeds and the moisture well preserved. Mr. Root has a fine lot of growing grain, all Turkey red, but does not expect nearly so good a yield as last season. The long, dry fall work ed a hardship on the Sherman county farmers as it did over this way and a very large number were puzzled as to the proper time for seeding. Mr. Root follows the early seeding method con sistently and has found this to give best results. Like Mr. Howell, he favors the hoe drill, but at that he fears that a lot of his grain got into the ground a little too deep last fall because of the dry condition of the soil at seeding time. We had the pleasure, late Saturday af ternoon, through the courtesy of Harry Pinkerton, secretary of the Sherman county farm bureau, of visiting a num ber of fine wheat farms between Gordon Ridge and the Nigger Ridge and was shown what is said to be the finest field of Turkey red in Sherman county this season. It stood better than waist high, was very even all over and is estimated from present prospects to go over 20 sacks per acre. One csnnot fail to be impressed with the tery thorough methods of fanning in genera! use in Sherman county The farmers there-have learned their lesion mai.y yehrs ago ard they are living up to their knowledge in a very consistent Iranr.cr. Weeds have had to be kept down and the fight has been a hard one. The rotary bar weeder is in use almost constantly on the summerfallow and this implement is well liked; it gets the weeds and helps in packing the land. Just here it might be well to give a summary from Bulletin No. 190, refer red to above: "Wheat is the most important crop in Eastern Oregon. About a million and a quarter acres are annually devot ed to raising wheat in the eighteen countiea east of the Cascade mountains. "Wheat is principally grown after summerfallow. The area sown to wheat, exclusive of the summer-fallowed area, is about equal to that of all other cer eals and forage crops combined. "Winter wheat generally outyields spring wheat, except under irrigation. "Nearly all Eastern Oregon soils are adapted to vheat growing. On the lighter toila of the drier areas, wheat has been found to be the fanner's most profitable crop. "Preparation of Soil for Growing Wheat After fallow. "Experiments at Moro station show that fall disking of stubble reduces wheat yields. Spring disking before ear ly snrtng Blowing does not pay. "Spring disking before lata spring plowing kills weeds, saves moisture, and increases yields. " Burning stubble it likely to deplete the soil of needed vegetable matter and ultimately cause it to run together and be more subject to washing and gully ing. Stubble ahouid never be burned in the fall. The standing stubble holdt snow and aidt in getting moisture into the toil. "Highest yieldt and best quality of wheat are produced on early spring plowed aummerfallow. Careful experi ment! at Moro for nine yean hava proved that the average yields of win ter wheat after early spring plowing were 6.8 bushels an acre more than af ter late spring plowing and 2.3 bushels an acre more than after medium early I spring plowing. "The total increase in yield for early , late plowing in nine years was i ;at p.owir.s. "rV..l j-iourg and medium early plow ing for sun.merfallow give similar re- SU.ts. "Lute sprir.g plowing for fallow pro duces lew yields and soft wheat. "The nine-year average yield of ten inch over five-inch plowing at Moro was only .9 bushels of wheat. "Mold-board plowing in the fall gave slightly higher yieldt of winter wheat than diss plowing in the fall at Moro. "The summerfallow ahouid be cultiva ted frequently enough and in a manner to prevent weed growth and maintain a cloddy mulch. "The use of the subsurfscing packer at Moro did not increase wheat yields. The surface packer gave only a alightly increased yield. "Seed Treatment. "All present commercial wheat variet ies should be carefully treated for stinking smut. For sowing in dry aoil, the bluestone treatment is the best. Formaldehyde-treated seed ahouid bo town after treatment and in moist soil. (Mr. Stephens was particular to impress on the minds of the visitors that they should follow the rulet of proportion very closely in the treatment of seed wheat; guess work will not do.) "Time, Rate and Depth of Sowing Wheat. 'Good uniform stands of spring or winter wheat are always desirable. Thin or irregular stands encourage weed growth and reduce yields. "tarly sowing oi winter wneai at four to five pecks of treated seed an acre gave the highest yields at Moro. Generally deep seeding of winter wheat should be avoided. "Early sowing of spring wheat always pays. Most spring varieties should be sown at four to five pecks an acre. Large kerneled varieties, like Early Baart, should be sown thicker. "Cultivation of the Growing Crop. "Harrowing winter wheat in the spring generally reduces yields. The nine-year average yield of winter wheat at Moro was reduced one bushel an acre by spring harrowing. In three of these years an increased yield was obtained from the harrowed grain ana in ine oin er six vears a decreased yield. If win ter wheat is harrowed in the spring it should be done when the soil is not badlv crusted or when the crust has been softened by rain." This summary gives an idea of what was developed by the lectures of Mr. Stephens. The points are all elaborated on in the bulletin, and every wheat rais er of the county should have a copy and study it carefully. It is set out in plain language, free from technicalitiea and is highly educational. Arriving at Moro late Friday eve ning, the visitors had no time to visit the experiment station. They had lunch at Hotel Moro and a meeting was ar ranged for the evening to hear R. V. Gunn, crop expert from 0. A. C. Mr. Gunn is in Sherman county at the pre sent time with his assistants gathering data as to the cost of production of the 1921 crop, and he talked to the vis ors concerning the survey made of the 1920 crop. This is a part of the work carried on under direction of the U. cal survey of leO Sherman county wheat farms tken one year ago shows i that it cost $1.60 to produce a bushel of : u heat in Il'-O. A second survey on the 1 same farms is now beir.g taken for the purpose of showing the co?t of the 19-1 crop and it will he a few months before the summary and average will be avail able. Mr. Gunn used charts to illustrate the work. These featured the fact that the $1.60 cost was cash cost. The non-cash cost representing such items as the farmers' own labor, rent or inteiest on his land, seed taken off farm, depreciation of work stock and equipment, etc., totaled approximately SO cents for every bushel produced. A detailed analysis of costs on the 150 farms showed that it cost some far mers much more than others. The range of cost varied from $1 to $3 per bushel. In other words it cost some farmers three times as much to produce a bushel wheat as it did other farmers. One biff reason for this variation was the yiel l per acre. For instance, there was 33 farms each of which had a yield less than IS bushels per acre. The average total cost on these farms was $2.10 per bushel. There were 63 fanns each of which had a yield between 15 and 25 bushels, and on which the average cost waa $1.62 per bushel. There were 28 farms each of which had a yield over 25 bushels per acre, which had an aver age cost of $1.34 per bushel. Farming practices as well as quality of land, had something to do with the variation in yield. A comparison of costs per bushel on the horse-operated farms with the cost per bushel on the .tractor-operated farms, shows only a two-cent difference in favor of the tractor-operated farms. The cost per acre, however, on the tractor-operated farms was $38 as compared to $30 on the horse-operated farms. The yield per acre on the farms where trac tors were used was 24 bushels per acre, as compared to 19 bushels on the farms with no tractors. No doubt part of this increased yield, where tractors were used was due to earlier plowing and more thorough cultivation made possi ble by the use of the tractors, but the location of these farms was largely on better land. Also the tractor farmers operated larger acreage. They averaged 450 acres as compared to 300 acres on the farms using horses only. Three years data are to be included in the Sherman county project, the re sults of which will be available later in bulletin form. In the meantime yearly reports will be Issued, the first of which is now available. Morrow county wheat growers who are interested may secure this report by writing to the Oregon Ag ricultural college at Corvallis, or the office of Farm Management, Washington, D. C. Buy your Tires wbereyou see This Sign The Goodrich Tire sign on a dealer's store is worth money to you. It is more than a guide it is a guaranty. It says: "Here is a dealer who knows the value of the one-quality standard of Goodrich. 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