Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-03-27
SOIL SURVEY RESULTS
Interesting Statistics Announced
by Government.
Dwarf kafir Corn Has Proved Profit
able Farm crop-Peruvlan Alfalfa
Valuable In Warm Climates
Diseases Of Potatoes.


During the year ending June 30.
1918, an area amounting to 62,609,6Oo
acres was covered by soil surveys by
the department Of agriculture. or
this amount 21,210.SS0 acres were sur
veyed and mapped in detail. Parts
OF thirty-one states were included In
this work and all sections Of the coun-
try were represented. The remainder
of the area surveyed was covered
which took In reconnaissance sur
vey, The total area OF which SOIL
surveys have been made up to June
30, last. is 703.235 square miles.
Dwarf kafr Corn Has Proved a Prof
table Farm Crop. .s.,
The department of agriculture an
nounced that the dwarf kafir corn has
been extensively distributed through
federal states and commercial agen-
cies and has proved to be very de-
sirable and profitable farm crop.
Feterita has awakened much interest
as a desirable type of white durra.
Both faterita and dwarf kafir are
adapted to harvesting with the ordi-
nary grain header, which add greatly
% to the value as crops for extensive
farming. f.r, psH
The department has taken promi-
nent part in the campaign now being
waged for the planting Of pure and
viable broom corn seed. Experiments
with dwarf broom corn tend to prove
that this crop is usually sown too
thickly for best results.
High Value Of Sudan Grass.
Sudan grass has continued to dem.
onstrate its high value for the semi
arid regions. and even In the humid
regions has given exceedingly salts
2 factory results. Extensive expert
fnents are being made with this grass
and arrangements have been made sc
that sufficient seed will be grown fol
all demands. -'
Rhodes grass is continuing to show
Its high value for Florida and Gull
coast conditions. American.growr
seed will be produced to meet the
continued growing demands,
vetches.
Interest In the, cultivation o
vetches, especially the hairy vetch
continues to increase. and there II
probably now greater acreage grown
than ever before. In many parts o
the United States seed is now beint
grown successfully. One difficulty II
the production of hairy.vetch seed
which ordinarily must be grown will
small grain crop, has been the sep
aration of the seeds.
BY means OF the spiral seed sepa
rator. this can easily be accomplished
and these machines are now availabl
to American farmers. There is res
son to believe that within the nea
future sufficient American seed wi
be raised to meet the demands an
probably reduce the price of see
much below what is at present asked
The department has recently intrt
duced the purple vetch, which
especially promising, inasmuch as
yields as much hay and more see
per acre than the common vetch.
cowpeas. E
The cowpea investigation. especia
4 ly In breeding. has resulted in th
production of a considerable numbe
OF exceedingly promising new vari
ties. some of which. especially frol
the view point Of seed production, al
apparently superior to any OF II
~ standard varieties. qli- Hu'anS 81
j.. liai 9n'h1Alfalfa. d lbil7 u
The breeding of improved yarietit
10 OF alfalfa. especially hardy an
Il: drough-enduring strains, has deve
oped new possibilities through II
finding of forms Of yellow-fowere
Medicago falcata that produce ne
a., plants from true lateral roots. Ce
tain Of the forms that possess tn
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