The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-22
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inches. 1t was narrowed well on May
III and May 81 on thai date it was
seeded with fax at the rate of one
half bushel per acre. The yield was
11.02 bushels of actual fax per acre.
This plot was piowed October and
will beeput In corn next year,
Plot No three was i'm barley and
slower in 1908 but the clover killed out
during the dry fall. May the land
was plowed four inches deep. The
day before blowing the field was seed
sd with Canada field peas at the rate
Of one and one half bushels per acre
It was narrowed on the II of May and
the next day was seeded with one
half bushel oats per acre. This field
produced approximately two one-half
IONS OF fine hay per acre. II was cut
July 28 and the lot was plowed Aug
! Next year this field will go into
lax.
Plot number four was i'm number
t69 blue stem wheat in 1908. During
he winter the field was heavily man
lred we'll On the az II was seeded with.
0ne and one half bushels barley and
1fteen pounds OF medium red clover
seed per acre. The barley produced a
crop yielding a460 bushels per acre.
the clover done we'll and went into
winter In good condition. If 1t does
well next spring, 1t will be cut for hay
about July 1 and the second crop, will
,e left for seed.
Plot No. was in corn in 1908 The
and was not plowed but was double
aisced April ~ and narrowed once
The same day and then seeded once
'ane and one-quartsr bushels Minneso-
"a No. 1853 blue stem wheat and two
pound Of medium red clover per acre.
This field Was narrowed again May Ill
before the wheat was up. II was cut
August 10 and yielded 21.57 bushels
n wheat per acre. which was about
three bushels more than the average
n Its vicinity Next year this field
viii go into barley and clover
If the farmers OF North Dakota viii
ay on their farms I'm five equal fields
sr sections after they have laid OFF
he farmstead and pasture and begin
10 systematically rotate their crops
IN the same or similar plans used on
he demonstration farms, they can very
materially increase their yields. Sup
bose you have a three-quarter section
arm an It Ii necessary to withdraw
sighty acres of 1T for a grove, farm
ltead and pasture land, there would
hen be five eighty acre fields left.
Suppose you plan to put eighty acres
n cultivated crops and eighty acres
INTO hay or grass crops, and $40 acres
nto small grain crops consisting Of
wheat. oats, barley and fax. In most
saGar n xxySli v,rt - rs.g.A~ !. II, %t..s xv,~.
make this change complete next year.
out plan 1t out and get 1t completed
VS. soon as you can get stock enough
9 eat up the feed and to produce
snOugh manure to cover eighty acres
sEeh year, which would be about 500
Dads per annurn. Probably the best
'lace to put the manure Is ON land that
s TO go into corn or grass IL you have
but small amount put It on thinly
yer as large a part of the eighty
acres as possible, but the next season
70 not finnish manuring that eighty
but put the manure on the eighty as
Jar as IL Will go in the season itl
Mould 60 there. ri next season you
put in but third or less of the
Eighty IN cultivated crops, put that
much in the balance put lii some small
grain. Do the same way with the field
That Is to so into grass or clover. But
get 20 per cent of your titled land
Into cultivated crops 90 per cent into
yrass and clover crops, and manure
10 per cent every year. Begin right
low by mapping out your farm and
planning q rotation for years to come.
look far beyond next fall Ia your farm
operations Use the best seed grain
you can obtain: clean 1t well. remove
All the weed seeds and small light,
sTfunken and understood kernaIs: by
kills. means YOU eliminate all progeny