Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-29
FARM BULLETINS AND BOOKS
Second Annual Report Of Dickinson
eub-Experlment Station Out-AIso
Several Pamphlets.

The second annual report Of tn
Dickinson sub-experiment station II
Just from the press. It shows up thu
possibilities OF the western part o.
the state when properly handled. II
reports yields Of wheat Of over forty
bushels per acre and potatoes yield
Ing over 800 bushels per acre. The
largest experiment with alfalfa that
10 conducted in this country is at Dick
lnson, where 217 strains are being
tried. The Grimm alfalfa has proven
the hardest; it has gone through the
winters with practically no winter
killing. The innoculated alfalfa not
only grew more vigorously, but it was
not affected by the early frosts as was
that not treated.
OF the tame grasses slender wheat
grass gave the highest yield, ~ tons,
with timothy and bromus close Sec
onds. OF the annual hay crops Ger
man millet gave yield of 3k tons.
Eighteen varieties of wheat were
tried. OF the drums Kubanka No. 8
gave the highest yield, AN bushele.
OF the flies, Rystings was the highest
yielder, 1874; and of the blue stems
No. 299 gave a yield Of 800 bushels.
In the four-year test the average for
the durums was 27.3 bushels; for the
dfes, PA, and for the blue stems, 1913.
Twenty-six varieties of oats were
tried; of these the Early Mountain
yielded 1876, Banner S79 and several
others with nearly as high yield.
OF the II varieties of barley the
Hannchen yielded 1877 and the hulless
1874. The Yaroslov Emmer gave the
highest yield, u bushels (40 pounds
per busheD.
OF corn, Wills Dakota gave a yield
Of so bushels.
twenty-five varieties Of potatoes
were In the trials. Early Bird led with
yield of 334.5 bushels, with quite
number with yields of over 300 bush.
els.
The Prize-Winner rutabaga yielded
7S6 bushels per acre. The Monarch
rutabaga 6b4. Yellow globe mangel
1874 bushels. Mastodon carrot 1876.
Spring blowing gave a better yield
Of wheat, oats, corn and barley than
did the fall blowing. Both wheat and
oats gave q heavier yield after corn
than on the summer fallow. While
wheat yielded 40 per cent. more on
the summer fallow than wheat, wheat
was grown continuously. Yet the corn
that followed the wheat on tho sum.
msr fallow yielded bushels less than
corn on ground grown to wheat con-
tinuously, which would seem to indi.
cite that the increased yield on the
sumner fallow Is at the expense Of
succeeding crops.
Data is also given in regard to tree
planting, fruit growing, soil moisture
work, length Of season. The average
number Of days between frost was 103
The work was conducted by Supt. L.
R. Waldron. Oliver Grace, John Thy:
sell and Chas. Cloak under the direc.
ton Of Dean J. H. Shepperd and in Co |
operation with the United States de-
partment Of agriculture. This bull.
letin can be had by writing to the
college at Fargo.
THE Farmers Veterinarian" BY
Burkett, Is one Of the best treatisea
on the diseases Of the farm animals.
It Is thoroughly practical and written
for the man who is not familiar with
terms used by the medical profession.
It gives a short review Of the physi'
ology Of animals. takes up symptoms
and examinations for soundness and
disease. 1t also gives some attention
to tho moro common medicines and
their action. This book will bs valu.
able for preventing disease and also
when an animal is diseased.
The fourth bi-annual report Of the
state agricultural and geological sur
vsy Is from the press. 1t gives -
port Of the work done during the
years 1907 and 1908 under tho dirsc.
ton Of Daniel Willard. It gives mapa
Of all the soil surveys that have been
made In the state. d.. w. B. Bell
biologist to tho survey and In the
biology department Of the agricultural
college, contributes several papers on
the biology Of the state. II can be had
by sending ton cents to the aSricul
tural college at Fargo.
"The Management and Feeding Of
Cattle" 10 the title Of book from the
pen Of Thomas Shaw, one Of the best
known authorities on this important
subject. In these days Of high priced
foods It IL important that they be fed
judiciously. Professor Shaw writes
from the practical standpoint and II
terms that the average farmer can IN
derstand. The Information in thii
book will help the farmer convert high
priced foods into high priced animate
1t q profit
Superintendent Stewart Of the Lang
don sub station has cent out his nrst
annual report. It gives an outline d
ne work that has been started and Il
nov. boinG- caxE1A4> an,
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