Christin came over and gave me the push I needed to finish harvesting all the test wheat, at least the winter stuff. She was a BIG help.
This was the major winter wheat patch, where I am comparing three different strains of Turkey Red. Here are my early observations:
Stephens Turkey: Taller stalks, more productive. Standing the best of all three
Heartland Turkey: Shorter stalk, thinner stalk, less productive
Ehmke Turkey: Tall, more uniform than the Stephens, and thicker stalk.
USDA Turkey and Wisconsin No. 2: Both displayed a red upper stalk prior to harvest, which faded after harvest. They are both quite tall and seem to be standing better than any of the other Turkeys.
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| We both posed with the cradle, but we did most of the cutting with knives or a hand sickle. The cradle was not good at keeping the three varieties separate. |
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| Christin checking out the mysterious red-stemmed Turkey wheats from the USDA small grains collection. |
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| These are the shocks of Turkey Red and Wisconsin No. 2. |
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