The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-05
Farm.
t(Supt. W. Il. pogter.)

ton farms estaDllsu,rl III tue slaLe. /
was established Wy the Great North
ern railroad IN the sprlng OF 1906 neal
ROSS under the supervision Of the
experiment station a. Farso, A dve
year rotation Is usea on this farm
consisting OF Wnea., max, corn, oats
and clover. THIS is the fourth sea-
son rnls farm has been run and con-
sequently the rotation Is now nearly
completed once on each plot. This
farm should now begin to show some
good results from the treatme.l il
has resolved. At the present time,
June 25th, it would be hard to find
any field that give promise of a VI =
ger crop than those on the dem onstra-
ton farm with me exception y the
corn plot. All the fields ON this farm
were fall ploWed about the middle OF
October and later they were thor
oughly harvested. 49,
Plot No. 5 was narrowed we'll this
spring and was seeded with Macaroni
wheat at the rate OF IL bushels per
acre as soon as the land was fit to
seed. Later clover Vi ..s seeded by
hand at the rate OF Is pounds per
acre and it was narrowed. in after
the wheat was up two inches. This
dragging, also killed a great many
weeds tnat were just up. The wheat
is a very fine even stand twenty in
ches high (June 25l. The clover is
also making very fine growth 1t is
now four inches high with several
leaves. In the past the clover as al
ways dried from lack of moisture in
the late summer and autumn. Wheth-
er this happens this year or not re-
mains to be seen.
Plot No, is in flax this year. Last
year corn was seeded on this plot,
but it failed to grow so the land was
summer fallowed. It was dragged
early in the spring 1t was disced
and dragged before seeding The flax
was seeded May II at the rate OF 20
quarts per acre. This is little too
thick to expect the best. crop. 1t was
the intention to seed but IL quarts Der
acre but the drill seeded quarts
more than the operator intended. The
flax is now 4 inches high and is a
very even stand and will doubtless
make a very good crop Of the wealth
er is favorable.
Plot No. 3 is in corn on land that
was In oats last year. The land was
Thoroughly dragged in April and
again before seeding on May Al. The
variety used n Mercer flint. 1t ger.
we'll. 1t was planted in
rows 3 Ia feet apart with an ordin-
airy grain drill by closing up six cups
out Of seven. 1t has been narrowed
several times after seeding and it
has been cultivated once. 1t has not
made very good growth yet as the
weather has been too cool, particular
ly at night.
Plot No. is in oats following q
crop of oats before the land received
the same treatment as plot No. was
seeded at the same time with white
oats at the rate of bushels
per acre. This land was also drag
ged fter the oats Wee up. The crop
is now very fine the stand, could not
be better or more even. Plot No, !
should have been IN clover this year
but it all killed out during the very
hot dry weather last summer. The
NIacaroni wheat which was used as
nurse crop took all the water from
under the clover roots so it was all
dead at harvest time. This year a
crop of oats and peas were seeded
as early as the land could be worked
at the rate Of three pecks oats and
one one-haN bushel peas per acre.
This crop is making excellent prog
ress and should yield at least two
;ons of hay per acre the latter part Of
July.
There is quite a lot Of French weed
n this plot where it came from no
body knows. There is also a great |
leal of it in fields all around Ross
md is giving the farmers quite a lot
# tFolrble., While this weed Is not
learly as bad as yellow mustard yet
t Is an exceedingly hard weed to ex-
erminate. If a small patch appears |
he best thing to do is to pull 1t by !
land. If it is thick in the growing |
,rain over large acres it can be de-
'troyed by means of spraying with |
ron sulphate. 1t is very readily de-
troyed in the spring If the harrow or
veeder is used every ten days until
he wheat on other grain is six in
hes high. If this practice is follow
d in the spring better crop OF grain