The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-01-30

County Experiment Farm purchased
"a new Indiana slio. SKIS feet In diam
oter. in place OF the one bought and
erected the previous ear on the old
station The new silo was put up and
later nlied with corn, kahr and milo
ensilage on tho 18th aud 18th of Sep
TENDER IL IL planned to feed this en-
Ailage out after The holidays In % feed
ina experiment
on the 2oth of september the first
picking OF cotton was made Because
OF the hail ~ June and cold spring.
the cotton vs. quite DIT later In
opening thnn IN 1912.
Practlcail all the crops were har-
vested Ia september.
ON October 9 Ave plats OF winter
wheat were planted ia the &. G. and
rotation plats. owing 90 the lack of
moisture tao produce a good genera
ton. planting was delayed until The
above date.
on october Is threshiug of the
crops was commenced, and was COM
pleted by the 20th OF the month. Az
ter throshiul was finished. the fod-
Ger from che various crops was hauled
In and shredded The shredded fod-
der was stacked away in the barn and
viii be fed Co the station stock dur
ing the winter.
SUMMING the results FOR the year.
Il might De- stated that while the
fields from The dinercn, crops were
not large th.v were good for tho con
ditions that existed. The land where
the crops were crown was new. raw
land. and had 20 be prepared while
mostly iu a dry condition. Conse-
q%uontly. part Of the hand was In 90.
condition Ard part OF Sc was not, Also
no advantage could Doe gained from
moisture loft over IN the subsoil from
the previous year.
The spring rains. coming late. pro-
hlbited the proper preparation of the
land before planting. owing 10 the
cool weather that prevailed during the
fore part OF June. ana the hail storm
that came on the night ui the 18th. a
number OF The crupF had to be re-
planted, which made them later than
usual.
Yield OF Principal CrOps Grown ON
station In 1913.
Dwarf milo, 1873 bushels. 1866
pounds fodder.
iNHti hAhfs - y gV@t
pounds fodder.
White amber sorghum. 26 bushels;
l,t1T pounds fodder.
Black amber sorghum. s bushels;
1875 pounds fodder
Red and amoer sorghum, s bushels;
ESQ pounds fodder.
Feteria, las bushels 2,i75 pounds
fodder.
Dwarf broom corn. 1859 pounds
fodder; 2i5 pounds brush.
Whipporwill cowpoas, 2,s0O pounds
hay.
Early King cotton. asa pounds seed.
Mexican June corn. i.57s pounds
fodder.
German mlllet. i.040 pounds hay.
Sudan grdsE, l.0g2 pounds hay.
Common mlllet. $40 pounds hay.
White prose- or hog millet, 52o
pounds hay.
Mexican beans. 9 bushels. sac
pounds hay.
Early black hull kaGr. as bushels;
2.t3O pounds fodder.
standard milo, SIS bushels. Life
pounds fodder.
Notc-lucluding the above crops 75
dimerent varieties were planted and
tested on the station IN 1918. ;
Rainfall for Tacumcari, y. ".
January. .2s; February. 81, March.
ia; April, A5i; May. III; June. $50;
July, Az august, III; september,
"a; October, 81.
Number of rains from April LET to
October ist. a7 average for each
rain, 81; averaee hourly wind veloc-
iiy from April lat q October iat. 6.4
miles. Total evaporation from April
I 10 October I. 5fGS inches. average
for each month. 9.ii inches. Mean
air Temperature from April 10 Octo-
Der A. 70.
The above shows that d very heavy