The Dickinson press., 1911-12-16
FARMING METHODS TALKED
AT STATE CONVENTION

Stark county, the first year, 500. 900,
and even more in subsequent years.
Our training of the young, said Pres.
Worst, has been wrong The people
generally do not understand science.
However, he believed that within five
years there would not be a school in the
state where the general science of agri-
culture would not be taught.
The great prosperity of Holland is due
to the system of showing the farmers
how to do things. Experienced men are
given districts in which it is their duty
to instruct individual farmers-point
out to them the best crops for certain
kind of land, the right rotation of crops,
etc.
Denmark is another country where the
farmers are aroused to their opportuni-
ties
EXPERIMENT STATION EXHIBIT
One of the interesting sights at the
Dry Farming Congress was the exhibit
made by the local experiment station.
Bundles of grain were arranged upon an
upright frame and upon table in front
of this were displayed bottles of grain,
fruits, etc.
The bundles of grain were selected to
show the effect of different rotations
upon yield for the year 1911. Five bun
dies of wheat were displayed, each
coming from square yard of ground.
Two tall heavy bundles came from land
that had been summer fallowed in 1910.
The yields for these two plats averaged
24.6 bushels per acre. The next bundle
was much smaller and was from plat
of wheat after wheat on spring plow-
ing. The yield amounted to ST. BUSH
els per acre. The next bundle came
from a plat where wheat had been
grown in 1910 and also in 1911, with a
yield of ia bushels per acre. The fifth
bundle was the smallest and was from
a plat that grew oats in 1910. The
yield of this was but O.8 bushels per
acre.
Three bundles of oats were sown from
three plats lying side by side. The first
and largest bundle grew on land that
was summer fallowed in 1910. The
yield of this in 1911 amounted to 26.1
bushels per acre. The next bundle was
smaller and lighter and came from
plat that grew oats in 1910. and again
in 1911. This land was spring plowed.
The yield of oats was 6.6 bushels per
acre. The third bundle came from a
plat that grew oats in 1910 and again
in 1911. This was grown on fall plow-
ed land and the 1911 yield amounted to
1.6 bushels per acre.
The bundles and posters showed very
clearly the effect of the previous crop
upon yield. Had considerable portion
of the Stark county crop of 1911 been
grown upon properly prepared summer
fallowed land the total wheat crop of
Stark county for this year would have
BEEN much above the average.
A sweet clover plant was shown with
the roots attached. Sweet clover is not
grown in this section but the indica-
tions are that it will prove to be a
very favorable crop for short rotations.
The plant makes an excellent hay when
the stock once becomes accustomed to
it, and when cut before blossoming.
An alfalfa plant with roots was also
shown.
Upon the table were a collection of
bottled grains of different kinds. The
most interesting feature was probably
the display of fruit. Samples Of Cheney
and Desoto plums were shown, which
are occasionally successful here. Of
more interest and importance was the
exhibit of sand cherries. A portion of
the bush was on exhibit, some of the
canned fruit, and some of the picked
fruit as attached to the limb. The
sand cherry is native of North Da-
kota and is particularly common in the
western part Of the state. The expert
ment station picked five or six bushels
of this fruit in 1911, nearly all of it of
excellent quality. Many Of the sand
cherries are good to eat out of hand.
They are particularly valuable for cook
ing. Desserts made from sand cherries
are excellent and they make excellent
sauce.
Sand cherry plants grown upon butte,
too small to be noticed by the unframed
eye. will, when set out and given care,
attain relat lively enormous proportions
in the course of a few years and produce
excellent fruit. The sand cherry should
be extensively grown in this state.
Two new fruits were exhibited.
known as sand plums, the Opata and
Eyami. These were originated by Pro-
fessor N. E. Hansen of South Dakota.
and are hybrid fruits. One of the par
ents in each case is our native sand
cherry and the other parent is a ,Japan-