The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-01-22

but two plots grew macaroni wheat
On the six original farms there were
three plots Of HARD wheat and five
plots of macaroni wheat witt an aver.
age yield OF 24.16 and 27.82 bushels
per, acre respectively or 1855 bushels
per acre in favor of the macaron
wheat On the second six farms start
ed In the spring of 1907, there were five
plots of hard wheat and five plots oi
macaroni wheat with average yields
Of 19.41 and 24,7o bushels respectively
or 5,29 bushels per acre in favor OF
the macaroni in wheat.
In but one year since these farms
were started has the hard wheat out
yielded the macaroni wheat 1896 bush
els per acre, In 1908 macaron: wheat
outyielded the hard wheat 2,2S bush
els per acre and this year it outyielded
the hard wheat all along the line and
with an average of 9.61 bushels per
acre. Whether macaroni wheat is the
most profitable co grow under the
however, there is no question but what
1t is a heavier yielder in the central
and western parts of the state.
The average yield OF wheat on all
the demonstration farms was 1917,
which is approximately six bushels
per acre more than the average of the
state according to- the United States
department of agriculture's estimate
The twelve farms started before the
spring of 1909, and which had been
in operation two and three seasons
gave an average yield of 24.01 bushels
per acre or a little better than the ten
bushels over the average of the state.
You probably wish to know how these
results are obtained, which If put in
practice on every farm in North Da-
kota in two or three years would in
crease the actual wheat yield from
ten to twelve bushels per acre over
what is now harvested and at the
same time increase the net gain sew
eral fold.
Example from Page Farm.
AS an example, / will describe the
demonstration farm at Page in this
county as fair sample of what is be-
ing done in twenty different counties.
This farm was established in the
spring of 1907 with John T. Flack as
manager. The farm was laid out in
five equal fields Of four acres each.
These fields were thirty rods tong
and but eight rods wide, which was
mistake made at the beginning and
one that is now very hard to remedy.
On a field this size, corn cannot be
checkrowed satisfactorily, because of
the narrowness of the field making il
quite difficult. For this reason corn
here is sown in rows instead of in
hills. which at last is satisfactory
way The rotation on this farm of five
years duration and consists Of three
grain and two feed crops. The grain
crops are wheat, barley, and flax. The
feed, crops are medium red clover and
corn. Each of these crops is grown
each season, one on each plot Wheat
follows corn corn follows flax, the
flax follows, clover, clover follows bar
ley, and the barley follows wheat. I
will describe each plot in detail. as the
methods of cultivation and results
Plot No. l., like the balance of this farm
had been in continuous cultivation Of
small grain for over twenty years
when taken for demonstration farm
purposes. The land had baen fail
plowed and in 1907 it was put in barley
and clover. Had .he rotation been
started before, this plot would have
been in clover in 1907. During the fall
the clover killed out; because of droutfl
and because the soil needed inocula-
tion. In 1908. this field was seeded to
FAX, which produced very satisfac-
tory crop: the land was plowed six
inches deep In October and narrowed
afterward. May IL this field was har-
rowed well. On the IL of May corn
was sown in rows forty-two inches
apart and the grains six inches apart
in the row. This field was narrowed
three times after seeding. twice on
May ~ and once on June 3. This field
was cultivated six times on July 1.
8, 8, Is anc "a and August 8 respect
lively Cn August previous to the
cultivation one and three quarters
bushels per acre OF Turkey red wins
ter wheat was sown per acre in the
corn The corn was cut August 80
and yielded 1852 pounds of fodder per
acre. The winter wheat made a good
growth all fall end went into winter
in good condition This plat will be
in winter wheat next year, or If 1t falls,
1t will be put into Minnesota No. 169.
blue stem wheat This will be follow
ed with barley ard clover In 1911 and
clover In 1912, which completes the
rotation once. q. ch OF the othsr fields
have the same rotation, only It starts
one year later than its eft hand neigh
bor, The past season plot No two was
IN North Dakota station No. 155 fax
following a crop of oats and peas,
which was substituted for clover that
winter killed. The field was plowed
early In September to depth OF six