Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-04-17

size OF piece, and cultivation have al
so been considered. sls III III s5
Results From Potato Experiments.
With clean seed, and clean soil, no
beneficial effects were noted from
treating. Plants from treated seed
seemed less subject to the Fusarium'
blight or stem rot than those I'M.
treated. Scabby seed untreated the.
past season produced 81 per cent mar
ketable tubers, IS per cent scabby
and 3 per cent culls, while treated
seed under the same conditions had
only trace Of scab at digging time.
One pound Of formalin in so gallons
Of water was used in all cases and
the seed was soaked for two hours.
Increased yields have been obtained
from spraying with Bordeaux Mix
ture, using the $3.50 mixture. The
potatoes were sprayed three times, at
intervals of 2 and 8 weeks, beginning
when the plants were 8 inches high.
a sprayed plant of sorted Early Ohio
seed yielded at the rate Of l425 BUSH
els per acre as compared with 100
bushels secured on the check plat, 100
bushels per acre on a plat to field run
seed. Sprayed plats of Carmen No. l
yielded at the rate of 164 and 1859
bushels per acre as compared with
100 and lis on the check plat. @&
Results From Selected Seed. Seed
selected from the hill and from the
cellar gave good enough results last
season to indicate that it is profitable
to select in this way. Early Ohio seed
taken from high Weddings hills yielded
at the rate of 226 bushels per acre as
compared with 1856 in case of common
seed. Seed selected from the cellar
for type, yielded 236 bushels as com
pared with 1856 from the check plat.
VEGETABLE GARDENING.
Prior to 1911, accurate records were
not kept of the vegetable grown on
the farm. During the past two years
variety tests have been made of the
common garden vegetables. From two
to ten varieties. of each kind of veg
etable have been grown. Careful notes
and accurate yield records have been
kept. The policy followed in grow
ing vegetables on the farm is to
grow chiefly those vegetables that
can be consumed by the school dur
ing the summer or can be stored in
the root cellar for winter use in the
school dining hall. Some vegetables
were canned during the past season
with a home canning outfit but only
a start was made in this phase of the
work. ri.
FUTURE PLANS AND NEEDS.
The experimental work which has
been started is to be continued along
the general lines outlined during the
last two years. The work in potato
spraying, rotation, breeding and selec-
ton is to be continued for at least
five years-preferably ten years. 49,.
An increase in the size and efficiency
of the small nursery is planned. The
experiment station nursery will be
expected to supply the major portion
of the planting stock for the station
and eventually to supply stock for CO.
operative planting among farmers Of
this district.
The work with small fruits and
trees is to be continued and increased
in volume from year to year. Especial
emphasis will be placed on the harder
types Of fruits adapted to this region.
Permanent improvements in beauti-
flying the campus and grounds are to
be made according TO- the land ape
plan of the school as fast as the re-
sources permit s.
The need Of greenhouse is espe-
cially felt. It will be impossible to
propagate plants for vegetable grow