American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-08-05
BARBER & JONES, Publishers

many objects being sought. For In
stance one series Of plats OF oats are
grown with the sole purpose In view
Of ascertaining which variety will do
the best from the standpoint OF yield
and In this connection no variety ia
preserved and further developed which
does not stand up to a yield OF %
bushels per acre, and maintaining a
weight OF 3S pounds. Again other
duty OF water. Some are irrigated by
flood method, while others are irrI-
gated by the corrugation plan. On
all OF these tracts records are care
fully kept showing the time, the
method and the amount OF water used.
Further on in this work. the yield is
noted and still later a chemical anaIy-
sis Is made and recorded by the de-
partment of chemistry, showing the
relative food values of the grain as
produced on each tract under each
condition. ] I'm OF tho opinion that II
would be folly for me to attempt to
itomize on each variety OF oats, for
instance. being grown. Let the read
er remember this important fact in
this connection that the department,
at the proper time, malls out care
fully prepared bulletins on all these
subjects and they are yours for the
asking. And better yet, IL you can
possibly do so, make the farm n visit
and you will always find the superln-
tendent there ready and anxious TO
show and tell you about II. Never
nave we visited a farm Of this kind
where every tract showed such n
splendid uniform growth. this act be-
Ing "A strong demonstration In favor OF
soiling crops. Remember that the
average Idaho farm soil IL very SINH
lar to this and that from the demon
STATIONS and experiments being car-
ried on here you can get some good.
II Is being done for your individual
benefit, you are paying for II and you
are doing yourself an injustice when
you do not take advantage OF It's OPP
p%ortunlties.
A Pasture Demonstration.
Superintendent Welch is carrying
On n pasture demonstration which ia
proving of inestimable value and we
trust that we can make II plain to our
readers. Three tracts. each compris-
ing %one-third of an acre. are devoted
to pasture on which are kept two
cows constantly and part OF the time
a third COW IL added to keep the grass
eaten down. These tracts are seeded
on new land with n pasture grass
mixture. the formula OF which may be
obtained from him. The cows are 70,
tated on these tracts-that liz. they
spend eight to ten days on each one
80 that two of the tracts are always
resting and growing n new crop OF
grass. This pasture has been In us,
four years now and the COWS have
produced 4s00 pounds OF milk an
nually. The points sought In this dem
onstration are: The value of This
particular mixture OF seed: its valu,
from a food standpoint; tho effect o.
irrigation, The grass In irrigated
lightly and frequently during the to,
days before and after the time IN,
cows are on the tract, but at no tim,
during the time on which they are fec,
ing ON It. 1t is Immediately apparen
to the observer that any farmer ca
follow the plan on n larger scale an,
immediately improve the value of hi
pasture land. The small farmer ca
reap a wonderful benefit by adoptin
this plan where his pasture area |
limited.
"The point about this" explains MI
WEIGH, rs that the leaf surface Is full
; as important to the growth OF gras
! Ms is the root. The grass breathe
through It's leaves or blades and =
II will be readily seen that grass tw
. inches high will grow. according to on
extensive observations. at least fou
times as much In a day as will gras
n inch high. simply because 1t ha
more breathing surface. And ther,
by m the benefit Of segregate,
: rotated pasture tracts"
Testing individual Types Of Corn.
One OF the most interesting trac
on the farm this year is the one Q
which a demonstration Is being ca
ried on with corn. In which tw
; things are being sought-.to test Il
n individual strength OF seed col
grown on the farm last year. and
develop from that a seed corn tn,
may be considered a thoroughly a
climated and tested seed and v
might add also. to prove to the col
growers OF this section. the extren
Il importance OF carefully selected nj
b tested seed. Superintendent Well
IT last year secured some White De
corn OF an unknown variety ne
a Bliss. II was planted on the 10
Of May and from that crop he 9
cured 60 ear Of fully matur'
corn. This year each Of these ca
Ia planted In it's own separate TO
ID no attention being paid to the Gu
le Ing OF grains other than the shellil