The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-12

. this particular farm was badly infested
with fax wilt before selected for a
demonstration farm.
There is a six year rotation on this
farm, six fields of four acres each be-
ing used. In this three marketable
grain crops are grown each year and
three feed crops, two being corn and
one oats and peas for hay. In 1911
plot No. was in Rustler's white dent
Ecorn following Macaroni wheat. The
land was plowed Aug. 80, 1910 and was
narrowed afterwards. The field was
narrowed April rs. It was seeded May
Is and was narrowed a week after
planting. This plot was cultivated
four or five times during the summer.
It was cut early in September and
yielded 5000 pounds of air dry fodder
per acre. The corn was fully ripe lit
the time OF harvest.
Next year this plot will be In wheat
The land will be disced but not plowed
| Plot No. was in wheat on oat and
pea land. This field had been plowed
Aug. IL, 1910 and was narrowed after
wards. On April % this field was har-
roWed and a couple Of days later 1t
was seeded with Arnautka Macaroni
wheat at the rate of one and one-h half
bushels per acre This field was har-
rowed the second time a week after
the wheat was planted. This wheat
was cut Aug. III and yielded ten ana
ee-fourths bushels per acre. This
| field will be, in corn next year.
| Plot No. 3. This plot was in wheat
1910 and was plowed Aug. 80. In the
In 1910. TWAS manured in the fall If
spring it was double disced on April
20 and narrowed on April rs. on April
81 1t was seeded with one and one-half
bushels of peas and one half bushel
oats per acre. This crop was cut July
| ~ and yielded 3,425 pounds of fine hay
per acre. This land was plowed i'm
i mediately afterwards. Next year It
will be in wheat.
Plot No was in Macaroni wheat an
corn ground. 1t was not plowed but
was double disced April %. narrowed
on April % and was seeded on Anril
/ ~ with one and one-half bushels Of
Macaroni wheat per acre. This plot
was cut the same time as plot No D
and it yielded fourteen bushels Of
fWheat per acre. Next year this plot
win be In oats and peas for hay.
| Plot No was in corn last wear on
iJune 1t was seeded to flax. Al very
heavy rain crusted the ground SO the
flax failed to come through. BARLEY
was then seeded and this made 4 good
crop yielding thirty-five bushels mar
acre. Next year this plot viii be but
into corn.
a small field Of one acre was seeded
with alfalfa in the summer of 1909. n
made good growth that year and
went into the winter in good condi-
ton. The year OF 1910 was very IN
favorable TO alfalfa, consequently mona
was harvested that season. The alfal-
re- lived through that year and two
crops were produced the past season.
the yield was 1900 pounds Of hay the
first cutting and 1000 pounds at the
second cutting or nearly two tons az
excellent hay per acre. The soil IN
this farm needed incubation before
alfalfa would do its best.
IA couple Of acres was planted with
medium red clover In the surinr of
1900 without nurse crop. The cIovar
did fairly we'll that season. In 1910 II
did not produce anything that wear.
i The past season the clover On this fIald
produced 500 pounds OF hayson the two
acres, or approximately one ana one
fourth tons per acre. which ii not q
i bad yield when the dryness OF the
season is considered.
The rainfall at Darlington for the
growing season In 1911 was dis follows:
April, OBS; May, 2.95; June, 2.4g; July.
Il 2.21, and August, 40 inches, total Of
12.49 inches Of rainfall for the Ave
months when the crops we're growing.