The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-13
PROGRESS AT BuUNSESPERIMENTFARM
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and bids fair to make n good
crop. The end rows, where an
ally way Of some three or more
feet is left between each variety,
show much better as these rows
haye an opportunity to draw
moisture from tins source, thus
an advantage is gained. The
same is demonstrated on tn
other crops, such as field peas,
alfalfa. potatoes and other vege-
tables.
Supt. Breithaupt has started
the lawn around the dwellings
and has a variety of garden vege'
tables started near the house
which he is giving care. The
vegetables are given a similar
test to the field crops and are
varied as to kind and methods
Of planting and cultivation.
1t is very interesting to 60
over the work with Mr.. Breith-
aupt and get first handed eXper-
ience. He will prove even this
year that certain varieties are
better adapted to conditions here
and how and when they should
be planted. This is valuable In
formation to the farmers of the
county and will prove of great
advantage this year. 1t will not
be long until the demonstration
farm will be the center of at
traction in this country and our
farmers realize what a great
thing it will do toward the de-
velopment of this bly, territory.
IN THE GARDEN
No. of varieties: Turnips 4,
Satisfy 2, Radishes 8, Parsnips 4,
Onions 6, Lettuce, 3, Kohl Rabi 2,
Kale 2, Carrots 5, Cabbage 9,
Sugar Beets 2, Mangels 3, Red
Beets 3, Sweet Corn |. Field
Corn 2. Potatoes 6, Artichokes l,
Rutabagas 3, Field Peas 4, Grain
l6, Flax |, Garden Peas 5.
Oats: Shadeland Challenge,
Shadeland Climax, Sixty Day,
Swedish Select, Burt.
Barley :Oderbrucker, Wiscor-
sin 9, Hanchen, G. |. 1875.
Emmer Emmer, sometimes
called Speltz.)
Wheat: Kubana, "a good
spring wheat B. p. |. 250S-l.
B. P. |. 2501-I. Yellow Garno-
vka, Little Club, Golgalos.
Field Peas -: San Louis Valley.
Early Britain, BADLY damaged
by rabbits, } Prussian Blue, Can
excellent crop for the country, }
Yellow Canada.
Alfalfa -: Martins Acclimat-
lied, Baltic, Dakota Diamond,
Grimm, Turkestan No. /. Turk
estan, No. 2.
Potatoes :Geer's Favorite "a
dry land variety by Mr.. Geer. }
Rural New Yorker, White Ohio,
Gold Coin, Early Dakota, Early
Ohio. (All the early potatoes
were frozen down once but COM
ing good, except the Early Ohio. }
Artichokes, Manchu Brown
Kowliang, Flax, Broom Corn
Millet (Red and White) Prose-,
BLACK and White) Hurst, SorRo,
(White) Durra. (White.)
Corn: Minnesota %, Mime
sofa 13, and five other varieties.
Notes by Supt. Breithaupt on
general conditions and future de-
velopments are given as follows:
The precipitation was sufficient
to wet the soil down to a depth
of about two feet where the sum-
mer fallow methods were used.
The land under summer fallow
is generally wet to a depth of
two feet-in some places it is
even wet all the way on account
Of the capillary rise Of moisture
from below-under which is a
layer of dry soil varying in thick
ness from a few inches to sever
al feet, and under this layer of
dry soil, wet soil is to be again
found.
There is good chance that,
where the summer fallow is kept
well mulched, by next spring,
there will be no underlying layer
of dry soil. The moisture that
will come this next winter, added
to that being held in the soil by
the summer fallow, will probably
be sufficient to drive the top
moisture down to the lower mois-
ture.
Where the summer fallow is