The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-25
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Valuable Information to Pacific North
wost lnqurers.


station received the following inqulr
from w. l.. R., who resides in Seattle
. ~ wish some practical suggestion
from you relative to the best grasse
or grains to SOW on upland in Kitsa
County, ON sandy loan, which dries GU
D too early in dry seasons to produce mos
| crops. After having been cleared of
this land was allowed to grow up wit
, young FIR and ferns. Sowing rye in tn
, fall, and blowing the rye under in tn
spring TO plant potatoes has been rec
commended to me, but ,o far as / know
little experimenting has been done il
, Kitsap County on upland soil. There
arc beds of muck near the land. Would
it be advisable to pile and dry this mucl
and later use it as dressing for straw
berry plants, small fruits, and in start
ing spple trees7''
Professor Elliott replied: ~ believe
that the best grass for the region you
menion is orchard grass, although
have found Italian rye grass doing quite
we'll. The land is much benefited by
the application of land plaster, or gyp.
sum. / doubt very much if you could
use muck as fertilizer, unless it was
worked over quite thoroughly before
/ AANoi oOllo dIc III y CON
| dition that we call inert; that is, they
are dead so far as practical crop grow
| ing is concerned, and need first to be
acted upon by the weather and sunshine
and bacteria, which are efficient in re-
deeming land. Much Of tho land in
| Kitsap County, IS well as swamp lands,
are in this condition. You will find the
application of barnyard manure very
80 Gata =. ~ 4 k.I,
way Is to treat the land with lime and
land plaster then follow with clover
and such other crops as may be de.
sired. "
A, G. T., residing near Cove, Wash,
| writes: Can you give me any inlor-
nation as to whether chicken manure is
too strong, and will thus burn and in
jure strawberry plants, If put directly
on the crown of the plantf In this re-
gion very little livestock is kept, so
that manure for fertilizing purposes is
rather scarce.
Another point I wish to bring up is
the care of COW before calving, where
milk fever is suspected. | lost one
good animal from milk fever last fall,
and do not wish to take any more
chances, if I can help it,"
The station replied; In using chicken
manure as fertilizer it is better to
apply it in liquid form. This form OF
fertilizer is very high in it's nitrogen
content, and also contains consider
able quantity of potash. Put the ma
nure ina barrel or trough, then throw
water on it, later applying the liquid
to the ground about the plants Do not |
touch the plants with the liquid. This |
would give you better results than if !
used in the dry form.
AS preventive of milk fever, we
advise a reduction in the amount of |
grain feed, and an increase in food of
nucculent nature. Roots, grasses, or
dlage would all be good, but too much
grain food might induce milk fever
You had better make a study Of the
means of checking milk fever by the in
jection Of oxygen with small syringe. +"
"Dodder is destroying my clover"
writes j. o. c., from Rochester. How
may / check iti"
Professor Elliott replied: "Dodder
is usually planted with clover, and after
becoming established in the soil, fas-
tens it's tendrils to the clover, or other
plants which may be growing. Finally
it ,oses it's attachment to the plant,
and becomes true, parasitic plant. 1t !
saps the life of the host plant upon {
which it lives, and If it becomes very '
strong in its growth, will eventually {
destroy the host. To control it, cut |
cut tho patches of clover where it APP |
pears, early in the season, before Ii has t
formed seed. Rake this cut clover up, t
md burn it before it becomes dry. BY :
his means the seed is prevented from a
eeding, and as the plant itself is de- 9
troyed, there is little probability Of the $
Iodded growing the following season. /" a
E. f. s., of Walla Wslla, wants to d
Inow how to kill the "morning glory G
yeed." He was informed that: y
tThs determination Of this weed is
he hardest weed problem that the ex-
eriment station has faced. The plant o
; one of the most difficult weeds to b
ill, but its redeeming feature is that r.
does not spread rapidly. 1t stays Il
there it gets its first start Smother n
ig by heavy applications of straw, or e.
anure, is fairly successful method, Il
ut cutting 1t off only makes it grow CO
lore rapidly II is probable that a Il
ltting before the application of the m
iulch would be advantageous. al
Milo M. Hastings, physiological II
lemist Of Christians School of Ap- q,
lied Food Chemistry, of New York d.
ity. writes as follows; n,
~ am collaborating with Professor in
uzuki, of the Agriculture Department II
Japan, with the view of furtherinQ W
lie introduction of the soy bean into
lis country. | wish to obtain the
ost reliable and latest data as to the ~
suits thus far obtained in soy bean :
ilture in the States. Will you refer y
le following questions to the member a
your staff who is best posted upon b
lis topiei a
"(l) Have soy beans been grown at ia
lie Washington station or by the farm IN
$ Of the stated (2) If so, with what ST
iceessi (S) What do you estimate 10
"a cost of production per busheli az !.
o what uses have the beans been put, :
Id with what SUGGEST (5) Do you %
low of any Investigations that have st
zen made in this country on the sub OF
ct of soy bean products as human B,