Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-07-22
Demonstration Farm Methods
Are Thoroughly indicated
Annual Demonstration Farm Meeting at Darlington Unde
Auspices Of Superntendent4W Nv. r. Porter
Is Convincing asF
! supT. w. II. PORTER.

as%sN ssE9y IA r&s%ASSE
III "a y n oN SuPT. !
yOn satnrday. July 1.-THE annua.
Demonstration Farm meeting was
held on the farm o. Mr. Joe McCrea-
2ry, near harrington, n. y. Quite !
nuiibsr of, the business mon and
farmers near z lSEtngts4We vent over
the diffeyent Glnlelnstiation Farm
plots. . 4
Aftsls1
on this farm there IL approximate
" one and . half acres sown 70
Grimm alfalfa III rows. This alfalfa
was sown in the spring OF 1912. Last
year q good crop gof hay was cut the
Sd OF July and . heavy crop OF seed
was harvested In September. This
year, Z heavy crop of hay Was taken
on the latter part OF Jane, and an
other crop ID almost ready to cut.
All through, between the rows. new
alfalfa ID growing from seed which
fell last year. This ID being left ITO
zee II the field VIII grow into ! solid
field Of alfalfa.
VoluDtIt, sssdlna. /.
II Is quite pO440le that alfalfa will
do better Ssown I'm rows, vet It Ii q
interest TO know whether . field that
was originally sown In rows can he
completely filled IN or not. by snch
Q very cheap method q letting the
volunteer iced all In the rows.
number Of plants were dug up and
found to he thoroughly inoculated.,
One farmer was heard to remark that
he had seen alfalfa many times, but
that he had no idea that the alfalfa
had such large and tough roots.
six-Ysar Rotation.
On this farm there Is q six-year TO-
tation, consisting Of the followine
crops, in the order named: Wheat,
corn, wheat, corn, wheat, and oats
and peas. In other words. half this
farm Is In wheat, the other half -
In feed crops. The wheat follows
the corn and the oats and peas.
this rotation was established
In the spring Of 1907. It was believed
that wheat would do very much bet.
ter In rotation with these other crops
than II the wheat was grown alone
continuously, as had been the habit
Of the farmers It that time. It wan
believed that corn would do well ana
that 1t would produce an abundance
Of feed for live stock. Oats and peas
were then believed to be the hes.
feed that could he grown, as alfalfa
was not seriously considered at that
time.
Yields Increased.
All of these crops have proved.
thoroughly practical on the Caring
ton farm. Yields have been greatly
increased, weeds have been destroy
ed TO . great extent, and the soil II
In very good condition. When this
rotation was commenced, the land
was thoroughly infested with wild
oats and with yellow mustard. Vel
low mustard Is not yet entirely elim-
mated, but It Is not nearly as thick
as It was, and the wild oats are
nearly all gone. Farmers were heard
to remark that there were no finer or
better looking fields OF wheat any
where In the country than those
growing on the Denomination Farm.
II was fully headed and was from
four to Ave feet IN height, the stand
being very thick.
Whits Flint Corn.
Plot No. 2 this year ID In White
Flint corn. Some farmers were heard
to say that they had very much lsrg-
corn 1t home, but when they found
that this was q small variety Of corn,