Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-09-23
FARM BULLETINS AND BOOKS
Second Annual Report Of Dickinson
sub-Experment Station out-AIso
Several Pamphlets.


Dickinson sub-experiment station is
just from the press. 1t shows up the
possibilities of the western part of
the state when properly handled. 1t
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 2l7 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 1t was
not affected by the early frosts as was
that not treated.
OF the tame grasses slender wheat
grass gave the highest yield, TX tons.
with timothy and bromus close sec.
ends. 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. 421a bushels.
OF the flies, Rystings was the highest
yielder. 33.4; and OF the blue stems
No. 299 gave yield Of 800 bushels.
IN the four-year test the average for
the durums was 27.3 bushels; for the
nfes, 24.4, and for the blue stems, 223.
Twenty-six varieties of oats were
tried; of these the Early Mountain
yielded $685. Banner SO and several
others with nearly as high yield.
OF the II varieties of barley the
Hannchen yielded 4S7 and the hulless
1874. The Yaroslov Emmer gave the
highest yield, y bushels Gao pounds
per busheN.
OF corn, Willis Dakota gave yield
of so bushels.
| twenty-five varieties of potatoes
were in the trials. Early Bird led with
! yield of 3345 bushels, with quite a
number with yields of over 800 bush
els
The PrizeWinner rutabaga yielded
7S6 bushels per acre. The Monarch
rutabaga 554. Yellow globe mangel
1,644 bushels. Mastodon carrot 435.
Spring blowing gave better yield
Of wheat, oats, corn and barley than
did the fall blowing Both wheat and
pats gave 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 the sum.
mer fallow yielded 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 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 1903
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 bul
letin can be had by writing to the
agricultural college at Fargo.
1.-The Farmers Veterinarian" b!
Burkett, is one Of the best treatise!
on the diseases of the farm animals
1t Is thoroughly practical and writer
for the man who is not familiar Will
terms used by the medical profession
It gives short review of the physi
ology of animals, takes up symptom
and examinations for soundness an,
disease. 1t also gives some attention
to the more common medicines an
their action. This book will be Walt
able for preventing disease and ais
when an animal is diseased.
The fourth hi-annual report of tn
state agricultural and geological SUI
vey is from the press. 1t gives a RI
port of the work done during tn
years 1907 and 1908 under the dire,
ton of Daniel Willard. 1t gives map
of all the soil surveys that have bee
. made in the state. DR.. w. B. Bel
biologist to the survey and in tn
biology department Of the agriculture
\ college, contributes several papers o
the biology of the state. 1t can be ha
} by sending ten cents to the agricu
tural college at Fargo.
The Management and Feeding
i Cattle" is the title of book from til
pen of Thomas Shaw, one Of the hes
known authorities on this importal
!. subject. In these days of high price
:. foods it is important that they be fe
judiciously. Professor Shaw write
from the practical standpoint and
terms that the average farmer can III
derstand. The information in tn
(. book will help the farmer convert hie
priced foods into high priced ANNA
at profit.
. Superintendent Stewart of the Ian
don sub-station has sent out his fir
u annual report. 1t gives an outline
the work that has been started and
now being carried out
> Value of Grading Tomatoes.
h Grading must not be neglecte