The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-09-22
FARM BULLETINS AND BOOK !
Second Annual Report Of Dickinson
eub'8xpsrlnnsnt Station Out-AIso
Several Pamphlets.


Several Pamphlets.
The second annual report Of the
Dickinson sub-experiment station is
Just from the press It shows up the
possibilities of the western part of
the state whom properly handled It
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
1s conducted In this country ia ut Dick.
1nson, where 217 strains arc being
tried. The Grimm alfalfa has proven
the hardest; 1t has gone through tho
winters with practically no winter
killing. The innoculatsd alfalfa not
only grew more vigorously, but II was
not affected by the early frosts 90 was
that not treated.
or the tame grasses slender wheat
grass gave the highest y1sld, TX tons.
with timothy and bromus close sec.
onds. OF the annual hay crops Ger.
man millet gave yield of ~ tons.
Eighteen varieties Of wheat were
tried: OF the durums Kubanka No. 8
gave tho highest yield, AN bushels.
OF the nfes, Rystinss was the highest
1islder, 3S.2; and Of ths blue stems
No. 200 gave a yield Of 800 bushels.
In the fouy-year test the average for
the durums was 27.3 bushsHJ for the
ffes, 24.4, and for the blue stems, 1913.
Twenty-six varieties Of oats were
tried; Of these the Early Mountain
yielded 1875, Banner s7.e and several
others with nearly as high . yield.
OF the II varieties OF barley the
Hannchen yielded 48.7 and tho hulless
1874. The Yaroslov Dmmsr gave the
highest yish, n bushels go pounds
per bushels.
OF corn, wills DAKOTA g.vs q yield
Of 50 bushels.
Twenty-Five varieties Of potatoea
were In tho trials. Eariy Bid led with
= yield Of a84.S bushels, wftb quite Z
number With yislds Of over 100 bush.
ols.
The psiseARanner yntabasA Yielded
7So bushels pr ACRE. The Monarch
rutabaeA 81. Yellow g1obs manga1
1874 bushels. Mastodon carrot 486.
Spring blowing gave . better yield
Of wheat, oatB. corn and barley than
did the tail paowinE. Both wheat and
oats gave Q heavier yield after corn
than on tho summer fallow. While
wheat yielded 10 per cent. moro on
the summer fallow than wheat. wheat
was grown continuously. Yet the corn
that followed tho wheat on the sum.
msr fallow yielded bushels less than
corn on ground grown to wheat oon'
tinuously, which would seem to indi'
cate thst the increased yield On the
summer fallow IL 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 day. between frost was lob
The work vas conducted by Supt. L
r. Waldron. Oliver Grace, John Thy
sell and Ohas. Cloak under the direc
ton d Dean J. H. sheppsrd and in 90
operation with the United States de
partmsnt OF agriculture. This bull
letin can be had by writing 70 the
agricultural college at Fargo
The Farmers Veterinarian" by
Burkett, is one Of the best treatises
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
1t gives a short review Of the physi
ology of animals, takes up symptoms
disease It also gives some attention
to the more common medicines and
their action. This book will be valu
able for preventing disease and also
when an animal is diseased.
The fourth bi-annual report Of the
state agricultural and geological sur
vey is from the press. 1t gives re-
port Of the work done during the
years 1907 and 1908 under tho direc
ton of Daniel Willard. 1t gives mapa
Of all the soil surveys that have been
made in the state. DR.. w. B. Bell
biologist to the survey and in the
biology department of the agricultural
college, contributes several papers on
the biology Of the state. n can be had
by sending ton cents to the agricul'
tural college at Fargo.
1.-THE Management and Feeding Of
Cattle" is 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 1t 10 important that they be fed
1udiciously Professor Shaw writes
from the practical standpoint and In
terms that the average farmer can un.
derstand. The information in this
book will help the farmer convert high
priced foods into high priced animals
at a profit.
superintendent Stewart Of the Lang
don sub-station has sent out his first
annual report. 1t gives an outline Of
the work that has been started and Is
now being carried out