The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1905-01-11
.RUILL. IN
NUM- BER 2!
Issued from Grand Rapids
Experimental Station
This Week.
TREATS OF GROWTH OF SMALL
GRAINS.
Offers Valuable Suggestions to
Farmers ofthis Vicinity Prac
teal Experiments.

The northeast experimental
station located at Grand Rapids
this week issues a valuable bulle-
tin treating Of the growth of
small grains in this section of
the state. The bulletin is as fol-
lows:
Grand Rapids, MINI.
January, 1905.
The small grains, wheat, oats,
barley and rye have been grown
successfully at the northeast ex
pertinent station for the past six
years. The yield of the different
grains and quality, varied accord
ing to the season. the condition
of the soil on which they were
sown and the variety of seed
used.
YIELD: Wheat has given an
average yield of II bushels per
acre. Its highest yield was %
bushels and it's lowest 8 bushels.
Oats has given an average yield Of
80 bushels per acre. Its highest
yield was 78 bushels, it's lowest
20. These figures as to the high.
est ond lowest yields are not the
average for the whole crop for
the year, but that Of individual
fields and varieties. Barley and
winter rye has given an average
yield of about "a bushels per
acre.
QUALITY: The best variety
of wheat goes No. l hard. So far
wheat has been practically free
from ailments that commonly
effect its quality in wheat grow
ing districts. Even this year the
rust had no noticeable effect on
the wheat. Oats as a general
thing seems to be of better q uali-
ty than farther south. The ker-
nels fill out well and the whole
plant is strong and vigorous. Our
best oats this past year yielded 73
bushels per acre, the straw from
the same going two tons per acre.
Although the ground upon which
this oats grew was rich in fertil-
ity there was no lodging. Quality
was pronounced throughout the
whole plant. Rust was quite bad
in the oat crop this past year, but
came on rather late in the season
and did not seem to be very in
furious. Barley and winter rye
have always been of standard
quality.
VARIETIES: Blue stem has
proven to be the best variety of
wheat for this section, out of 21
varieties tested. Its yield has
been two bushels more per acre
than fife and considerable great
er than many Of the other varie-
ties. Macaroni wheat is less pro-
ductive than blue stem in this
section. Some very good work
in testing varieties of oats was
done by Mr.. Chapman. former
superintendent. Varieties were
gotten from Europe, Canada and
various parts of he'United States.
All together "a varieties were
us ID covering a period of four
years. From this lot seven var
ieties were found Of superior
quality, namely Improved Ligo
wa, Lincoln, EARLY Gothland,
Early Swedish, White Russian,
Archangle and White Wonder.
Of these Improved Ligowa was
best, and for the past three years
this variety has been used for
field oats on the experiment farm
giving very satisfactory results.
This oats may be secured for
seed from the Northeast Expert
ment Farm, but only in two and
a half bushel lots, the object being
to distribute the seed as widely
as possible. OF % varieties of
barley tested the following three
we're found best. Manshury,
Champion of Vermont and Hous-
tons Golden Queen. OF these
Manshury has been used for field
barley. The yield this past year
was 30 bushels per acre.
USES: There is but little de.
mand for wheat on the market in
northeastern Minnesota at the
present time. Till we have local