The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-06-17

sown. This completes the rotation
and in 1914 the rotation would be-
gin again with clover as hay crop
instead of oats and peas sown this
lyear.
Plot No. was narrowed May 6
and it was narrowed again on the 49,
On the 10 it was narrowed a third
time and then seeded with barley and
clover at the rate of l 1-2 bushels
barley and Is pounds of clover seed
per acre. Barley ia the nurse crop
used with clover because it does not
offer such heavy shade as oats or
wheat, it also comes of the ground
quicker and does not take up so
much moisture from the soil when
it natures. All these things favor
the clover during tie first season..
The barley is also, sown al little light
q 1-2) bushels in order to accom-
plish the same result. This field
will be in clover next year and fol-
low exactly the same rotation that
Plot No. does. In short, the same
rotation is used on the five fields but
each field on plot at different year
in the rotation thus the form pro-
duces a crop of hay, corn, barley,
and two crops or two fields of wheat
each year.
This year plots No: 3 and 5 are
both in fife wheat aid both will re-
ceive exactly the same treatment this
season. They were narrowed twice
May 6 and seeded with wheat at the
rate of l IA bushels and 2 pounds
of clover seed per acre. They were
narrowed again on May ~. A, small
amount of clover is seeded with the
wheat so as to gradually inoculate the
land so that clover can be grown
successfully on this land when it is
seeded to clover lots in rotation. Plot
No. 3 will be MANFRED this fall then
plowed about 6 inches seep and drag
ged to pack the soil. Next season
it will be seeded to barley and clover.
Plot No. 5 will be fall plowed and
dragged it will be put into corn next
year. . ~
Plot No. was narrowed on May 6
and -, on the II it was narrowed
twice and on the 10 It was seeded to
Mercer flint corn in rows 1-2 feet
apart each way, or grains to a
hill This land will be narrowed
once every week until the corn is six
to eight inches high. After the corn
is too big to drag, it will be cult
waited every week all summer because
frequent cultivation preserves soil
liberates plant food, de-
stroys weeds and forces the corn
right along so it will make higher
crop and an earlier crop. Early next
season the corn ground will be
double disced, narrowed down fine
and seeded to wheat.
A rain and snow gauge will be put
in also maximum and minimum
in order that the rain |
fall will be known, the temperature !,
will be taken and the number of
clear, partly clear and cloudy days :
throughout the growing season will !.
be recorded, in this way the influ- |
ence of the rainfall and weather con-
1itions on the crops grown on this !
farm will be studied from season to :,
season. "
The object of this demonstration
farm is to show what good seed
good cultivation and good rotation.
under practical conditions will do in
producing paying crops and at the )
same time. conserve tho fertility of
the soil of Pierce county. This farm
is not an experiment station but is
designed to demonstrate to the farm
ers of Pierce county wat through !
seed and a simple COM
mon sense rotation of crops together
would do on their own farms. This
form aims to use what has been
found best and most practical by the
station in exactly the
same manner as a practical farmer i
might use them.