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MIDSUMMER FARM CATALOGUE

GROW MORE WINTER WHEAT
A MOST PROFITABLE CROP IN ALL
PARTS OF THE CORN BELT

The Agricultural College at Ames summarizes the results of winter wheat growing at
the station farm as follows: "Winter wheat costs under average conditions $10.72 per
acre. The average good yield of winter wheat is 25 bushels per acre. Twenty-five bushels
at 95 cents per bushel equals $23.75. Net profit per acre $13.03."
There are farmers in every county in Iowa and also in the surrounding states who think
they cannot grow wheat profitably simply because they have tried some of the old. worn-
out varieties with little success. During the past few years thousands of farmers
throughout the entire corn belt district have proven that there is

MORE MONEY IN GROWING WINTER WHEAT
than in any other small grain crop, and it all comes from sowing the improved varieties
we are offering. We wish we might persuade every farmer to grow Winter Wheat, as it
will produce more dollars per acre than any grain crop he can grow, not even excepting
corn. At least this has been the results as shown by repeated crops during the part few
years. Just the ordinary average return of Winter Wheat for the past two years was $30
to $35 per acre and it is a mighty good corn crop that will bring that sum, while no other
"mall grain will even approach it in value. Some farmers hesitate to sow Winter Wheat as
they think it does not harmonize with a short crop rotation, but Mr. Geo. W. Franklin, who
originally introduced Turkish Red Winter Wheat in Iowa, is authority for the statement
that clover and grass seeds can he "own on Winter Wheat in spring and simply harrowed
in, with just as good results as if sown with spring wheat or oats. It was Mr. Franklin's
experience that the harrowing of the Winter Wheat is really a benefit to the crop. Winter
Wheat is an especially good crop to precede Alfalfa, as it is early and can be out of the
way before time for Alfalfa seeding.
Another advantage of growing Winter Wheat lies in the fact that the ground can be
prepared and the seed sown at a time when most farmers have time to spare and the crop
thereafter takes care of itself until harvest. It is a great advantage to have the crop in
so that it will not take time during the busy spring season. Another thing, and an impor-
tant one, is that our varieties of Winter Wheat usually far out yield any Spring Wheat.
They mature early and thus escape disastrous summer storms. They are hard and make
the finest quality of flour.
We carefully screen and grade the seed wheat we offer, so that none but the largest,
plumpest grain is offered for seed purposes. Our seed wheat costs a trifle more than mark-
ket wheat, because we pay our growers a premium and add labor, bags and shrinkage to
the first cost. Our price. however, is extremely low and our margin of profit is very small.
If you ever buy seed wheat from us you will be entirely satisfied with cost because the
extra yield per acre will more than pay the cost of the seed. Sow 11/2 bushels of good seed
per acre with a grain drill. Sow from the 5th to 25th of September. The early date in the
northern and later in the southern district of the corn belt.