Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-08-31

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am7uni. The fact that ripened ~hex,
produces the superior -four must be veil
established and generally known before
farmers will consent To leave their grain
ull il Is dead ripe before cutting. The
advantage Of white hour, mole Of il,
more nutritious straw, the better chance
of securing the crop and saving the grain
in thus securing il, are already establish
ed, and the flour OF 'dead ripe" wheat
will have to be enough better to over
balance these. We shall look for the
complete result of the pending expert.
ments with some interest.-OhiO Fdrmer.
EXPERIMENTAL FARM-The famous
English experimental farm of Rotham-
stead, 1000 fertile acres in Hertford'
shire, twenty five miles from London on
the Midland Railway, is described in an
interesting manner by Prof. Silliman,
who has recently visited it. John Ben
net Laws inherited the property in 1884,
"a fine old English estate, with its park
of oaks and ancient mansiOn,--and for
nearly half century, in company with
Dr.J. Ii. Gilbert and q large corps OF as
sistants, Mr.. Laws has devoted himself
to agricultural chemistry on large scale; ;
he has also set apart u fund of 100000
and section of land for the continuance
OF these investigations when he is gone.
The purpose Is to discover what crops
arekNest for different soils, what fertiliz-
erSlkill best assist their growth, and to
experiment on such q scale, both as to
area and time, that the fundamental prin.
ciples of farming may be made as plain
and sure as any other business. In 1850
Mr.. Laws was presented with labora-
tory by public subscription, and there
DR.. Gilbert and q considerable staff of
assistants have been ut work since, su-
perintending experiments, making aud
applying manures, and analy zing soils
and crops. Thirteen acres Of wheat has
been under experiments in plats for
thirty-fve years, and grass, oats, pota.
toes, and other crops nearly as long.
The results Of this long and careful in
vestigation have established that barn.
yard manure can carry the production OF
hay to a limit about half the maximum
that can be reached by mineral manures
alone, which have produced five and
half tons to the acre. On unmanured
land the farm yields fourteen bushels of
wheat to the acre, but with barn-yard
manure the yield has risen to thirty-fve
bushels, which 10 as we'll as mineral ma
nures can do.