Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-04
PROF. LYON PLANS BIG lOJk
Head Of University Agricultural Depart
ment En.husias ic Over Resulta
SOIL ENRICHED AND CROPS ENLARGED
Every section of the state VIII he
visited by Union Pacific Train
Carrying Prominent
Educators.

Prof. T. L. Lyon. head of the agricultural
department of the University OF Nebraska,
is in the city arranging for the soil and
crop educational special which will be run
for three days-February 10, IA and Is
over the lines of the Union Pacific in Me-
braska.
I'VE will make a speciality of soil prep
aration and seed selection on this trip"
said Prof Lyon, land will have many IL
Illustrations to show the advantages to be
gained by care in both soil preparation and
seed selection We will have models which
will show the upward movement of the
moisture and the advantages of proper
blowing, a difference existing in fall and
spring blowing. Most of the farmers of Ne
braska can pillow deeper than they do. On
the experimental station we got the best
results from blowing about eight inches
deep.
I'VE lectured to 1000 farmers last year
by actual count on the trips we made on
the Burlington, the Northwestern, the
Union Pacific and Omaha road. About $780,
90 people are living on farms in Nebraska
and figuring that one-ifth of these are
adults we talked to about one-fourth of the
farmers of the state. On our trips this
year we have asked for experiences which
we're actuated by our lectures last year and
find a great amount of good was accom-
plished. All said by following the advice
OF the lecturers they had increased their
corn crops from five to fifteen bushels
acre. and many very striking comparisons
were made We talk to larger crowds this
year, and when we have finished will have
lectured to more than we did last year
"One renter who gave fifteen bushels per
acre for his rent, figuring on giving one
half, raised his crop from thirty to forty
five bushels, thus doubling his profits. Large
owners bring their renters to hear the lee
lures, and w. H.. Maxwell of Exeter
brought in tenants from twenty-seven
farms, entertained them at the hotel and
then offered prizes of as high as 800 for
the tenant who would follow our instruc-
lions and get the best results.
All state Covered.
1--WE will have covered all sections of the
state, including the northwest sandhills and
the southeast section, going as far as Ster-
ling, Colo. and on the Union Pacific will
go as far as North Platte, where we main
tain an experimental station. In these sec
lions we talk of drouth-resisting crops and
soil tillage. At the experimental station
during the last six years we have expert
mented with several of these drouth-re-
sisting crops and have been very successful
with ScNtIdlt diIlOHS WHICH is HldCdIOHl VI
durum wheat, which is splendid for dry
farming. 1t came from eastern Russia,
where the rainfall is very light. Kerson
oats also are good for many sections of
this state, they utilize all the moisture
to be gathered from the soil. Bronze grass
also is good for the western part of the
state, especially in the northwest, as 1t
furnishes more feed than any of the native
grasses and starts earlier in the spring.
Turkestan alfalfa Is hardy and strong and
a good drouth resister. Seed for these crops
was originally imported, but can now be
secured in Nebraska, and by the use of 1t
the crops of Nebraska will show a great
increase per acre.
Lecturers who probably will go with me
on the Union Pacific soil and seed special
are: Profs. Bruner Hacker and Montgom-
cry, University of Nebraska Prof. DIN
of the University of Colorado and Prof. C.
p. Bull of the University of Minnesota and
others whose names will be announced
later.
"At the North Platte experimental sta
ton in dry farming we have secured most
excellent results from a hybridized corn,
which we have been experimenting W.
for some years and got sixty bushels to
the acre. Kurum oats yielded fifty bushels
and macaroni wheat twenty-five bushels to
the acre in this dry country"