The Dickinson press., 1906-02-03
DICKINSON EXPERIMENT
STATION.
WORK OF THE COMING SEASON.

WORK OF The COMING SEASON..
The Dickinson Experiment station
will not be able to expand its york the
coming season as much as is desired,
owing to the fact that the erection and
necessary furnishing of the building ne
cessitates an economical expenditure of
money for experimental work.
The work of testing varieties of grains,
grasses and forage plants will be con-
tinued and extended. 1t will be possible
this season to make all experiments
upon the station farm. The work in
variety testing will be supplemented by
a plant nursery which will be started
the coming season. One hundred grains
of the plant worked with are planted
IN an area about five feet square. These
one hundred plants are carefully studied
during the growing season and at har-
vest time only those plants are saved
which show marked promise i'll yield, in
draught-resisting quality, etc. 1t may be
that only n plant out of the hundred
is considered Of enough value t harvest.
I'm the nursery, also, different species
and varieties are crossed which are like
wise saved if they show promise.
1t is probable that one or more series
of rotation plots will be started, On me
plot, wheat will be grown continuously,
and on another plot will be grown wheat
and corn alternating with each other.
| Careful records will be kept of each plot
and by this means much valuable infor-
nation can be gained in regard to the
most valuable methods Of farming.
| When it is known that in the course of
two or three years there will be 70 or 80
of these rotation plots growing different
crops, or the same crops under different
conditions, it will be seen at once that
much more knowledge concerning crop
rotations and cultivation methods can be
gained on the station farm than by a
hundred farmers working independ-
emily.
The work in the cultivation of trees
and fruits will be carried on. Particular
attention will be paid to the cultivation
of apple and plum trees suitable to this
region.
STATION FARM HOUSE.
The farm house recently completed
for the station is constructed of Dickin-
son pressed brick of a buff shade and is
trimmed with dark bottle green paint.
The house measures thirty-ive by thirty
six feet and is full two stories. There is
a roomy basement under the whole
house, thus providing storage for coal
and also serving as a root cellar. The
first floor has Office for superintendent,
living room, dining room, pantry, kitchen
and hall. The floors downstairs are
maple, except in the kitchen, which has
fir floor covered with linoleum. The
finish down stairs is hard pine stained
with Pollard oak, finished dull, except
the kitchen and pantry whichare painted
a light green, The front stair case is of
oak. Upstairs there are four bedrooms,
with a sewing DON OF one OF the front
bedrooms. Besides this there is a bath
room. The finish upstairs is soft pine
painted ivory white. The floors are
vertical grain fir. The unfinished attic
is large and roomy and lighted by three
double dormer windows. The kitchen
and bathroom are plumbed with modern
fixtures. The sewage will be taken care
of by a septic tank which will be de-
scribed in more detail in another article.
Water is furnished from at attic tank.
The house is heated by means of hot
water. Soules & Butler secured the
general contract while Grambs & Vol.
bert installed the; heating and plumb
ing.