The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-06-18
he Formers Meeting.


terms of their reception and what they
saw and hope it will be repeated next
year. So many of our country people
failed TO get in on account of the
rainy day and are asking what was
done we copy parts of the description
from the Stockton Record, which gives
one of the best accounts:
'BAYs City TRIP
At 7:1O on June 7, twelve auto loads
of 'Kansas fsrmers' left Stockton for
Hays to attend the first agricultural
meet at the Hays Experiment Station.
The roads were in excellent condition
for Kansas and at 800 the lire arrived
at PlainvilIe where it was Increased to
| twenty machines and at $40 left for
Hays. At 9:15 the advanced cars were
met north of the city by the official re-
ception car. sent out by the Mayor of
the city, the blue racer with DR.. Marty
at the wheel and the Free Press flag as
guide and was escorted through the
city to the station which is south of
Hays and is situated on the old reser-
walton. The men climbed out of the
cars and were escorted to the wheat
fields by Supt. Ten Eyck. He called
our attention first to the excellent con-
dition of the large fields, each of which
should make forty bushels per acre,
and encouraged the farmers to deep
plowing and packing. Then he ex-
planned plant breeding and showed Us
lis rows of wheat, each row the crop
of one heaT of either Kharkof or Turi
key wheat, and showed US how each
year the best was picked out and
planted in larger plats until in the
fourth year fve-acre tracts resulted.
Just beyond this head-row test was
the variety test, thirtY-four A-acre
patches of as many different varieties
OF wheat from almost every wheat
growing country in the world. He had
much hope for bear Hess variety from
Russia which resembles mnch the Tur-
key strain.
Also we were shown the soil prepar-
alton test, deep, medium and shallow
plowing, disking. listing, packing, sub
soiling, narrowing and early, medium
and late sowing. These experiments
tended to approve early sowing on
deep blowing which had been packed
or rolled. The favored sowing depth is
two ard ope-half inches and three pecks
of seed.
He also called our attention to a
winter barley which had been partly
winter killed but which he believed
would be of great value when accli-
mated, and to the seventeen varieties
Of oats, most of which was in excellent
condition He said they were trying
out hfty-seven varieties of corn and
every class of cultivation, seed plant
ing and seed bed preparation. They
also have 230 acres of thirty three
varieties of alfalfa secured from all
parts of the globe
The farm supports four herds OF
twenty head each OF Shorthorn,
Angus, Galloway and Hereford cattle,
and herd of 300 Duroc Jersey hogs
and about sixty head of excellent
horses and mules.
At noon we repaired to headquarters
and enjoyed an excellent barbecue din
ner- We were served with buns and
meat, then moved up a notch and got
vegetables, then another notch fol-
more buns and coffee, and if not salts
fled were invited to go back and do il
over again Plenty of everything fol-
everybody" was the slogan at the
meal. After dinner some of the crowd
were frightened at the heavy mist
which had been falling all morning and
left, but most of the party spent few
hours looking over the town and taking
in the old fort and the Normal build.
ings.
AT 200 p. m. we repaired again tc
field headquarters and listened to able
addresses by the State Forester, Pres.
Waters, K S. A. u; Hon. C. C. Gun
ningham and Supt. A. N. TenEyck OF
Hays. These men confirmed the ex.
periments with figures for several
years and with these experiments In
different lines. They encouraged bet.
ter seed selection and seed bed prepar-
alton. as well as deep blowing and dry
land farming. The state forester told
US that the state was about to establish
a great park along the river at Hays
and would soon have nursery of over
l 100000 trees there. He defined the
needs of Kansas for trees, for shade,
: fruit, wind breaks and fence posts
He assured Us of his cooperation ir
forming county or city parks, and of.
fered to give his advice on trees to any
one desiring same. A committee was
appointed early in the meeting anC
plans for a permanent organization
made, which plans were carried out tbs
next day Those who staid to the
evening entertainment were very en-
thusiastic over the reception and mu
sic- The next day the same program
: was carried out and everybody who at
, tended are anxious and sure to go agair
: next year for it was instructive ant
woil ranoid So g.