Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-04-26
FllxssEp As 4 ROTATION CROP.
By cAas. II. Thornton. Publisher
Duluth Commercial Record.

The growing OF naxssed as reg
siar rotation crop has not. as yet. OBJ
tanned a very arm footing In the North
vest. although support is gradually
SEEMING TO the belief that 1t should
have q place In every rotation Of crops
II 10 Undoubtedly . fact that the
great majority Of Northwestern farm
srs have considered Aaxssea Is q pie-
assr crsD and after one or two crops
have dropped L. In many eases these
sreps were grswn SUCCESSFULLY on the
same land. year after year, and from
Mis- occurred the failures Of 1900 and
sseL
To some extent the dismal failure Of
Ne 1900 crop. and q large part OF the
1891 area. was not entirely a misfor'
tuns, a. Il turned thC attention OF
scientists TO discovering the cause OF
and remedy for the failures
within the past four years more
has bsen learned about the Ills to
Which We naxssed plant 10 liable and
methods for avoiding them than dur
ing tAa entire previous history Of the
plant and at the present time our
hnswlsdgs 10 very complete.
To the experiment stations of the
Aerieulewsa colleges 1t Minneapolis
aal Farss - are indebted for the
Gsatw part Of this knowledge. and
ssDssiaiie to the Yargs school. whore
ppoSssss& KsAry L. DoIlsy has been
uatlriag IL his efforts to improve the
rish and ssa,ity Of Aaxsssd. The re-
sults Of IN study are summarized In
Ne fsais~aas rssennsaaatisas:
~Uss ssty DassD. Srisht ssaersl Aaz
~ Sod. rrssk al sea Asx every
ysae; ths tsssensAt wss found ~
nsay farmers - - great success -
lSe1. Dsa0rs Ussk,As slssa al sssd
sAessvghly n Q flaming niil uAt0 al
bies q sesaw nj sAaR 20 well - light
wsigAs sssls havs sssn renewed or
blown e. TIE treatnsat recon
nsalsl will-noe Hill the fungus which
b alwsUs,ts ~ found inside dissased
straw ~ shaR becauss II oanaet
peestrats y n h diseased srsp
NEST II ~ Iisht weight. dark celsrsd
and scaiy sssds bear the fungus On the
Inside of the sssa coats. Such seeds
must bs removed. for the treatment
sanAot prsvsat these from injecting
Ne sell.
"Uss formaldshyde at the rate of
sas pound Of the standard strength to
esrty gallons Of water. Spread the
SEED upon tight floor. or upon can
vas. and sprinkls or spray on q small
amount Of the liquid q nns spray
thrown by email force pump IL bes).
Shovel. hoe or rake the grain over rap
Idly. Repeat the spraying. shoyeling.
hosing or raking until the surfaces Of
al the seeds are evenly moist. not
vet enough to mat or gum. but thor.
sughly damp. This can be accom-
Dlished without mating. II well hoed
Or shevslsd ever. Leave the grain
pilsd for several hours. The dry grains
will absorb The excess of moisture
without iajury or mating snd the
spores OF the disease via be killed by
the fumes. II takes about one-half
gallon Of water solution to properly
vet one bushsl Of naxsscd.
After this care has been taken with
the seed | recommend these further
precautions:
Sow all fax on q compact. even seed
bed. a. shallow as possible and yet
have 1t well covered. Sow smaller
areas to nax and never follow max by
nax until q number Of years have in
tsrvensd. l recommend the following
series OF crops until we have learned
reasons for better one:
"Flax.
wheat. oats or barley.
~corn, or other cultivated crop. or
ihllow.
Wheat.
~Crass.
~Pasture one or more years. then
OAK II desired"
About rotation Professor Bolley
says:
1t win be great source OF wealth
= Northwestern farmers II. unlike all
sthsrs heretofore. they can 70 nearly