The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-15
'OMP AIRING
METHODS
Experimental Farm Considers
All Conditions In CaICuIat-
: Ing Results

81 had expected to get the first
statements Of the Yields Of small
grams at the experimental farm ready
his week. said Director A, II, Lei
dgh this morning In answer to ques-
lions regarding results from thresh-
Ing this years crop at the United
les experimental farm, but /
~ making the complete state
menis that | was mp against some
conditions that don't know Just
how to calculate, In the first place
there are about four sets of figures
en- every grain and every variety so
the job Of figuring out the yields Is
no small matter
But the greatest difficulty have
In getting fair estimate Of this
Years Yield is the result Of the hail
storm that struck the farm. or course
The storm, since II affected only
small section should not be consld.
cred As destroying the crop because
the farm Is trying for results over
much larger area than Is affected
by the storm, So in calculating the
Yields Of the crop damaged by hail,
made the allowance on an insurance
basis. That is, multiplied the &C.
tual yield by four and the result
can be taken as fair indication OF
what the Yield would have been II the
hall hadn't struck the farm.
ION that basis winter wheat went
all the way from few bushels on
unsuccessful varieties to forty bush
els per acre. in the matter of oats
yields. however, that basis of esti
mate will not answer because after
the hail struck the farm We Jet some
OF oats stand about two weeks and
got a sort OF second growth The
second growth didn't amount 10 much
but OF course II would not be ,tair to
reckon It in as part of the growth
before the storm affected the crop
and then multiply the yield by four
as we did with the wheat.
ut won't do 10 Jump at oonclu-
sions from figures on one years crop
though, because there are 80 many
conditions that may enter into the
securing Of those figures. The yield
this year show some surprising things
but IL will take several years work
70 give them any more than a sug-
eestlve value. For instance the
cheapest kind Of farming We did
gave us some OF the best yields while
Campbell system and which takes a
great deal more work gave compar-
atively poor yields. We are trying
all kinds of methods and culture
tests with various methods under all
conditions, This ground | spoke of
that gave the larger yields was listed
last year after harvest and then har-
rowed down smooth, and then plant.
ed, The ground was not even plowed
but that ground gave us some of the
largest yields. That result may be
verified in other years and It may
ont. This year It came, | think from
the fact that grain planted on that
ground was held back more than tho
other was and so escaped the late
spring freeze which seriously in
iured grain on other ground.
After this year we can go into
culture tests more extensively than
we have before this because we have
been getting rid OF large number
of unsuccessful varieties and next
year we will not have to devote our
attention 10 so many different spe-
cies. After this we can take the
varieties that have shown the most
favorable results and work with them
To find the most successful time of
planting, means of cultivation, and
soil treatment"