The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-01
CLOVER GREAT SUCCESS
Crop Grown This Year AZ Penbina De-
mcnstration Farm Shows What
Can Be Done.

Bathgate Pink Paper: supt. w. r.
Porter of the state demonstration
farms was in the city on Saturday
looking after the fiscal results Of the
station at this point.
There were six fields in the Bathgate
station, two OF wheat, which were on
corn land clover sod. The former on
corn ground yielded 10 bushels per
acre and the latter which suffered
much more severely from the heavy
rains of June and July, during one
storm the precipitation being 4 inches
ia "a hours and in spite of this handi-
cap this field yielded n bushels per
acre, which clearly demonstrates the
wonderful ability Of clover to build
up the depleted and worn out soil,
Another remarkable thing about this
field is The fact that a great deal Of
volunteer clover came up this year
and at the present time IL entirely
obscures the stubble and is In full
bloom, fully is inches high. The clover
not only added to the fertility Of the
soil last year but this season this vol
unteer crop will undoubtedly add more
Il tAtsAl iACAA IMAM NAAO 80 pNSAA-
els OF wheat removed from 1t.
Plat No. / was insoats this year; the
yield was very satisfactory, being over
forty bushels per acre, Lot No 3 was
put in barley, following !, wheat and
with 1T was sewn lis pounds Of clover
seed per acre. The heavy rains of the
summer nearly drowned out the barley
which resulted in a rather unsatisfact-
ory crop, the yield being about 1T
bushels per acre The clover, however,
has made avery fine growth, particul-
| arly on the east side of the field, be-
cause that side Of the field lay next to
lplat No 2 (which was in clover last
year. Any one visiting this farm at
| the present time can very clearly see
how the soil is.inoculated by means OF
the winds blowing dust from clover
felds. If any one in this part of the
county doubts whether clover can be
raised successfully such doubts can be
speedily removed. by visit TO the
Pembina demonstration farm, 3 miles
northeast OF Bathgate. Plat No. was
in oats and peas, the yield was rather
unsatisfactory, as the peas were near
ly all destroyed BY the floods Of the
summer. This was cut for hay and
the land plowed Immediately after. The
first of the present month 1t was seed
4 ed with winter rye which is now
1inches & high and looking very fine
This crop should be cut about the mid
Tale of next July and the land win ther
Ibe plowed and kept cultivated durine
1.-THE remainder OF the season. These
crops are grown in this way to eradi-
/ cate Canada thistles, and at the same
time produce paying crops from the
/ land,
Plat No. was in barley and clover
last year and should have been IL
clover this season. It. came through
the winter in good shape but the dr.
freezing weather Of last spring, to-
gether with a coating of two inches o
dust destroyed II to such an extern
that 1t would not make crop. l
was plowed and seeded to millet which
was in turn destroyed by rain. Al
soon ais the land was firm it was cul
tivated and seeded to barley. Tni
was on July 2,And no expectation wa
hadfof maturing d crop Of barley. Blu
the fine weather OF this fall made
bumper crop Of 1t, but it has not We
been threshed. Taken on the whole
the crops on the demonstration farm
have been very satisfactory this sea
son when the adverse weather condi
tons are taken into consideration.