The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-01
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT
STATION OF NEBRASKA.

For eighteen years the Nebraska ex-
pertinent station has been doing good
work for the people of hat state and
10 no small extent for the agriculture
list all over the country. During the
earlier years the state assisted the sta
ton very little, but there has been an
advance along this line in recent years
by cooperation of the university staff
and by state appropriations. A re-
view of some of the experimental work
done by the station has been prepared
and distributed. The station proved
the adaptibility of the soil and climate
of the state to the sugar beet industry
before there We're amy factories IN
operation. Later it has been shown
that sugar beet seeds ma be raised
in the state though there has not been
any raised in commercial quantities.
The best annual forage crops for the
state has been ascertained II the
world made acquainted with the facts.
The value Of sorghum as Il feeding
crop was early made known by the
station.
The winter wheat section of the
state has been greatly enlarged through
the experiments of the station. Five
years : seed OF the turkey red and
than four hundred farmers in the
northern part of the state. These two
varieties have been Amos universally
successful where trials have been made.
The large increase in the production OF
wheat has been largely due to these
trials. There have also been trials
made with the lrpsaroni wheats in the
western part of The state that have
been highly satisfactory.
The station has proved that bronze
grass has been a sfea, success in many
parts of the state. Fail sowing is rec
commended upon we'll prepared ground
in central and eastern parts OF the
state
The kherSon oats. Imported by the
station from Russia has been much the
most productive in central and western
parts of the state. 1t yields several
bushels more per acre than any other
variety. The only variety that Will
come within ten bushels of il being
the Texas red and the color of that
makes it objectionable for market.
Extensive experiments to ascertain
varieties of corn suitable to different
localities hay resulted in a Very large
ly increased interest i'll the growing
Of corn. The most progressive farmers
following the suggestions of h stl
zion have increased their yields fully
ten bushels per acre. There Will Yet
be more increase by continuation of
these same methods.
The Importance of preserving or in
creasing the hulnus III the soil has
been recognized and manure and rota-
tion found to be the desirable plan 'ot
Operation. Land in meadow or pasture
has made good returns for the time
so occupied and been found to pro
aucc an increased yield of corn Whel.
again put into that crop. The sta
ton has prove the advantages and
profit OF spraying trees and the woll;
when exhibited at the state fair or the
meeting of The horticultural society has
attracted great attention. The station
has conducted experiments that show
the a~dvisability of sowing cover crops
that cause some trees to mature theit
wood in trees and has become more
hardy. Mulching garden vegetables
has been found profitable. The forest
conditions of the state have beer
studied and two large government re-
serves have been established and trees
successfully planted. The destruction
If prairie dogs under advice from tht
station has added much grazing lane
ana the study of alfalfa and clover ha:
resulted III their general adoption.
The killing of cattle by ~pasturing OF
he second crop sorghum and the corr
stalk diseases as Well as hog cholert
nave all been considered and mucl
valued knowledge distributed. The sta
ton was the first to demonstrate tn
success of treating milk fever by IN.
Eating the udder With air. This treat
lament 10 .libN 'pill!iIolIS t'7'i ''i' i'''.
70 per cent. of the cases are curc'
while formerly it was considered fata
almost all times.
While th4re have thus been many cx
~rcriinnmts that aid the grain grower
the feeder has not been neglected am
the station has fed and exhibited sue
ecssfully. Dairy products bring tn
farmers double in the last six years
An experiment was made with "
vear-oli steers and it was found tina
scventy-fve horned steers gained thir
teen pounds each more than the sam
number o? dehornnd steers running to
gether in the same pasture. There wa
Specia, care to have the steers as nea
alike In quality and condition as pos
/. sible.
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