The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-28
N. D. Agricultural College


the press. 1t gives an analysis OF a
number of foods, has an article on
Iadulterating turpentine and shows up
| the methods that some dealers out
side of the state use in trying to
evade the North Dakota pure food
| laws There is also an article on
the bleaching flour controversy, which
brings out very clearly the harmful
effects of bleaching flour the best au-
thorities on nutrition reporting that
the bleaching reduces the digestibility
of flour in some cases one-half. 1t also
contains an article on drinking water.
discusses sanitary inspection and vari-
Gus subjects Of general interest.
Citizens Lyceum league have ar
ranged for a lecture course to be held
next fall and winter. They have so
far secured Maud Darlington Booth,
Judge Ben Lindsey, The Clark and
Passmore Trio and the Mountain Ash
Male Chorus of wales. These num-
bers will all be given at the Agricul-
tural college auditorium.
DR.. Morris l.. Dolt, VINO Is IN charge
of the industrial and organic chemis-
y ",
has accepted position in the chemi-
cal department OF the college here.
Supt. w. E. Hoover of the Fargo
schools will speak to the class in
Elocution at II o'clock Thursday, June
2, on The Elimination of Pulls From
the Schools. Superintendent Hoover
has gathered some valuable informa-
ton on this subject.
Supt. s. T. Hoverstad spent Fri
day in Bismarck.
Report of the Dickinson Sub Station.
."""' "~n''al report of the
Dickinson sub-station is just from
,.-. ,l.s-. Ans report ID particu-
larly valuable, as it gives the results
of trials conducted in the drier part
of the state and on a large scale;
for instance, 217 strains of alfalfa
are being tested, which is the larg-
est experiment with alfalfa carried
on in the United States. The Grimm
alfalfa has been found to be the
hardest of these, scarcely any of it
winter killing. The next hardest is
the Turkestan alfalfa from South Da-
kota. The inoculated alfalfa was not
effected by early frosts, though the
other was. The inoculated also grew
much more vigorously. 1t was also
found that this was good place to
grow alfalfa seed. Yields of over
five bushels per acre were secured.
Glover was mostly winter killed, so
there is not much of report on this.
Trials were also made with tame
grasses; slender wheat grass giving
the hardest yields, with timothy and
bronze grass close seconds. OF the
annual hay crops, German millet gave
a yield of three and one-half tons:
Besler oats one and three-quarter
tons; Siberian millet one and two
third tons.
Eighteen varieties Of wheat were
tried out OF the Durums Kukanka
No. yielded AN bushels; Nicaragua
37.9 busels; Arnautka So bushels;
Wild Goose 35. OF the Flies Rvs
tangs yielded. 33.4; Bowman 1926
bushels, Oh the Blue Stems, No. 299
gave a yield of 800 bushels, while
Haynes gave a yield of 30.5. In a
four year test, the average for the
Durum wheat was 27.3 bushels; Fife
24.4; Blue Stem 22.3. The largest
difference in favor of the Durums
coming in the dry years.
Twenty-six varieties of oats were
tried. OF these Early Mountain gave
a yield of S8.5; Banner 87.9; Victory
873; Golden Rain S6.3; American
Beauty SOL Several others gave
yields nearly as high, the lowest yield
being Black Bell G. l. No. 496, 56.6
bushels.
Eleven varieties of barley were
tested out. OF these the Hannchen
gave yield of 4S.7; Swan Neck 1858.
The lowest yield being Hullness, which
averaged 1874 The highest yield of
Emmer was 70 bushels Gao pounds
per busheD Yaroslav.
Experiments were also carried on
with corn. Wills Dakota gave
yield Of so bushels.
Twenty-Five varieties of potatoes
were tried. OF these, Early Bird gave
yield Of 334.5 bushels; Irish Cobbler
1912. Several other varieties yiel-
ed over 300 bushels.
The prize winning rutabaga gave
yield of 1856 bushels per acre; the
Monarch rutabaga 554. yellow Globe
mangle 644. Mastodon carrot 435.
The heaviest yield of wheat, oats
and barley were secured on spring
blowing. 1t is also interesting to note
that while the summer fallow increas-
ed the yield of wheat 40 per cent
over a plat that had wheat grown
continuously, yet the corn crop that
followed the wheat after the fallow
yielded six bushels less than the corn
on ground that had grown wheat con-
tinuously. Both wheat and oats gave
heavier yield after corn than on
summer fallow.
Experiments were tried in with
| trees; Cottonwood and the Box Elder
having made the most rapid growth.
The Green Ash does well, but is a
slow grower The experiments with
evergreens have not been carried on
| long enough to have definite results.
Fruit has been experimental with.
JPlums have done fairly we'll, and
Sand cherries have given the best re-
suits.
| Data is also given concerning soil
moisture work, rainfall, and length of
frost being 1913. The work has been
conducted by Supt L. R. Waldron,
Oliver Grace, John Thysell and Chas.
H. Clark under the direction of Dean
j. H. Shepperd and in cooperation
with the U. S. department of agricul-
ture. This bulletin car be had at the
Agricultural college. Fargo.
Trail County at Agricultural College.
The farmers of Trail county are
realizing the Importance of handling