The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29

sold. The farmer in turn gets a
grain of much higher yielding power
and free from weed seeds at APP.
proximately the same price he for
merly paid for mixed and scrub
stock.
Four Year Test.
"a four years test run with the
Wisconsin corn in which 1900 men,
bers of the association took part and
where they were required to put
the best common corn in comparison
resulted in an average yield Of sixty.
one bushels Of shelled corn to the
acre--twelve bushels more than the
best corn compared against it. This
wide test covering nearly all coun.
ties of the state showed that a
yield with the high bred corn nearly
double that of the general yield of
the state could be secured.
Reports from 1920 members Of
the Experiment association who are
carrying on tests with Oderbrucker
barley in different parts of the state
show an average yield for five years
Of 36 and one-half bushels per acre,
five and one-half bushels above that
of the best varieties compared with
it.
Wisconsin has produced an aver
age OF 100000 acres OF barley an.
nually for the past five years or
a total of 3,723,G0O acres. Had this
entire acreage been sown to Oder.
brucker barley at the increased
yield there would have been pro.
duced 100000 bushels of barley
more than if the common barley had
been used. AT the average price
OF Sc cents per bushel this would
amount TO S12,000,000.0O added to
the wealth of the farmers of the
state during the past five years
The Pedigree Barley.
"The Wisconsin Pedigree barleys
which have been carried through
a course of twelve years breeding
were disseminated and tested in the
state in 1910. In 500 comparative
tests the pedigree barleys gave a
yield of SO bushel per acre above
that of the selected Oderbrucker.
Sufficient of the Pedigree barley
will be grown this year to more than
cover the entire barley acreage OF
the United States and the following
year we predict enough grown to
cover the barley acreage of the
world.
I'VE are living in an age of
seed grain improvement and our
utmost endeavors should be 10 CO.
operate and lend a helping hand
in banishing scrub seeds forever
from our country and in their place
emphasize high yielding pedigree
seeds that through tests have proven
their worth both to quality and
yield"
The program this evening is as
follows:
At 8 p. m, subject, Live Stock
and Grain Production" addresses by
+. III. Scribner of Rosendale, Wis.
Special agent department of agricul.
ture, w. +. Schilling, Mortified,
Mimi, or the state farmers insti.
tute. and DR.. NJ. B. Wood of Man.
kato, MINI. Illustrated by lantern
slides.
The program for tomorrow is:
Friday, 10 a. m., subject. Cow
Testing Associations" w. F.
Schilling and F. RI. Scribner. Or.
ganizing Cow Testing associations.
At 2 p. M, subject, "Good Seed,'
A. ID. Wilson, superintendent Agricul.
tural extension division state univer.
sity.
General discussion.
THE Best Crops and Proper Rota.
ton to Follow for Increased Produc.
ton in the Dairy" A. J. Glover.
Subject, 1.-THE State Creamery at
Albert Lea Hon. Joel =. Winkjer
state dairy and food commissioner.
Associate Editor Glover of IIoard's
Dairyman, who was scheduled to
speak this afternoon, was delayed
on account Of the Northwestern
train being three hours late in ar
riVipp in thic nity