The Dickinson press., 1910-11-05
BULLETINS AND BOOKS
second Annual Report Of Dickinson
sub.Expsrlment station out-Also
Several Pamphlets.

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The second annual report Of the
Dickinson sub-experiment station u
Just from the press. II shows M th&
Possibilities Of tho western part q
The state when properly handled. Il
reports yislds Of wheat Of Over forty
bushels PER aofe and potatoes yiss6.
ing over 800 bushels Per aere. The
largest experiment With alfalfa that
10 conducted in this country 10 at Dick.
inson. where TT strains are beiug
tried. The Grimm alfalfa has proven
the hardest; 1t has gone through the
winters with practically mo winter
killing. Tho innoculated alfalfa not
only grew more vigorously. but It WAS
not affected by tho early frosts 90 was
that not treated.
OF the tame grasses slender wheat
grass gave the highest yield, TX tons,
with timothy and bromus close Sec
onds. OF the annual hay crops Ger.
man millet gave a yield of 81 tons.
Eighteen varieties of wheat were
tried. OF the durums Kubanka No. 8
gave the highest yield, AN bushels.
OF the afes, 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
flies, pa, and for the blue stems, 22.3.
Twenty.six varieties of oats were
tried; of these the Early Mountain
yielded 1876, Banner $40 and several
others with nearly as high a yield.
OF the II varieties of barley the
Hannchen yielded 4s.7 and the hulless
1874. The Yaroslov Emmer gave the
highest yield. ~ bushels (40 pounds
Per bushel).
OF corn, Willis Dakota gave a yield
of so bushels.
twenty-five varieties Of potatoes
were in the trials. Early Bird led with
a yield of 334.5 bushels, with quite a
number with yields of over 800 bush.
els.
The Price Winner rutabaga yielded
7S6 bushels per acre. The Monarch
rutabaga 654. Yellow globe mangel
1874 bushels. Mastodon carrot 435.
+ Spring blowing gave a better yield
OF wheat, oats, corn and barley than
did the fall blowing. Both wheat and
oats gave a heavier yield after corr
than on the summer fallow. While
wheat yielded 40 per cent. more on
the summer fallow than wheat, wheat
was grown continuously. Yet the corr
that followed the wheat on the sum.
mel fallow yielded 6 bushels less than
corn on ground grown to wheat con.
%tinuously, which would seem to indi.
cate that the increased yield on the
summer fallow 10 at the expense Of
succeeding crops.
Data 10 also given in regard to tree
planting. fruit growing, soil moisture
work, length Of season. The avsrage
number Of days between frost was 10Al
The work was conducted BIZ Stunt 4
r. Waldron. Oliver Grace, John ThTl
sell and Chas. Cloak under tho dfroo|
ton Of Dean J. n. shsppsrd and IN Qo|
operation with the United States do|
,partmsnt Of agriculture. This bull
letin ~ be had BY writing to til
agricultural college at Fargo.
''The Farmers Veterinarian" BY
Burkett. Is one Of the best treatisei
on the diseases Of the farm animals,
It 10 thoroughly practical and written
for the man who is not familiar witt
terms used by the medical profession
1t gives a short review Of the physt
ology Of animals. takes up symphonic
and examinations for soundness and
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. It gives a re
port Of the work done during the
years 1907 and 1908 under the direc
ton Of Daniel Willard. It gives maps
Of all the soil surveys that have beer
made In the state. DR.. w. B. Bell
biologist to the survey and in thu
biology department, of the agricultural
college, contributes several papers on
the biology Of the state. It can be had
by sending ten cents to the agricul
tural college at Fargo.
"The Management and Feeding Of
Cattle" is the title of a 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 Is important that they be fed
judiciously. 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
ut q profit.
Superintendent Stewart Of the Lang
don sub-station has sent out his first
annual report. It gives an outline Of
the work that has been started and II
now being carried out.
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