Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-18
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT RESULTS

The News is in receipt Of Bulletin No. 283,
from the Bureau OF Plant Industry. United States
Department of Agriculture. bearing title OF Ger
cal Experiments in the Texas Panhandle. he
bulletin is prepared by John +. Ross. Supernten-
dent Of the Amarillo Experiment Farm, and a
II. Leidigh, formerly scientific assistant, office Of
cereal Investigations.
The bulletin traces the experiment work at
Amarillo, since the farm was sci aside for such use
by the Chamber of Commerce, and presents in
teresting data. showing results OF experiments
conducted during the past five years. It is well
worth close study by all who are Interested in the
agricultural development of the Amarillo country
From it. the following with reference to i'm
portant grain crops is taken:
Experiments were begun at Amarillo in 1908
and transferred to tho new farm at that place IN
1909. Very extensive experiments, partly coop
erative with other offices, have been conducted
since the latter date.
Hard red wheats Of the Turkey group and
hard sorts of the Mediterranean group
have proved best adapted. giving yields OF 75 to
l0.5 bushels per acre for the six year period end
ed in 1911. The bcs, varieties OF winter spelt
and cmmer have yielded Is and 1910 bushels. res
pectively. in the same period.
Tennessee Winter barley gave an average
yield in the six year period Of 90 bushels, and
the best winter rye 9 bushels, but no varieties Of
winter oats have proved sufficiently winter hardy
Experiments in dates and rates OF seeding of
winter wheat show tina, 3 pecks per acre sown
between October IS and 80 gave the best aver
age results. Cultural experiments indicate that
best results will be obtained when the land is
plowed at least q inches deep from 90 to 80 days
before seeding. When the land can not be pre-
pared until nearly seeding time dlskIng has given
better results than blowing.
Spring wheats have been somewhat, lower in
yield than winter wheats. The best varieties were
the common wheats. Fretes and Galgalos, yielding
90 bushels on the average. and the durum whea,s,
Marouani. Saragolla, and kubanka, yielding 8I
50 and ~ bushels per acre in the order named
Experiments indicate that I peoks per acre
Tor the common spring wheats and , peoks per
acre for durum wheats are the best average rates
Of seeding. subject to variation with varying wca-
ther and soil conditions. The best date OF seed
ing varies from the last OF FEBRUARY to the mlddel
ing varies from the last OF February to the middle
soil moisture.
The spring GA, varieties, Red Algerian and
Red Rustproof. have yielded 1913 and lS bushels
while different strains Of Sixiy-Day. kherson. and
Burt have varied between l3.6 and IIb bushels
for the SIX years from 1906 to 1911. Results OF
rate of seeding tests have been contradictory. in
dicating that the proper rate is governed by wea-
Their and soil conditions. However. } pecks Is
probably the best rate for average conditions
Early or medium early seeding Is usually to be
recommended. Fall blowing for spring oats has
been found most desirable. and home grown seed
has gwen better results than seed OF the same va
ueiy brought from a distance.
Spring barley has not given profitable yields.
The best variety being the White Hooded, yielding
from 5 to ! bushels in the six year average.
Prose- (broom-corn millett) varieties have
produced average yields Of lO.7 to IS bushels per
acre in tests lasting from four to six years.
The results in tests OF corn during the six-year
period show il not to be adapted to the Panhan-
die country. The best variety. a June corn. yield
ed lls bushels. and only three varieties exceeded