The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-06-24
FARMERS DAY
AT GOODING
Four Hundred Persons Par
take of Free Feed

Tuesday. June 18th was Farmers
Day at the Cooling Experiment farm.
About four hundred people visited the
farm; were shown over the place and
partook of a free lunch.
While this crowd is not as large as
have had we feel repaid for our eff
forts in preparing for their instrae-
ton and entertainment.
In order that good many people
who were unable to be present on this
occasion may learn of the work of the
farm we shall attempt here to give
brief outline Of some of the most
important features.
AS is well known the principle phase
of our work is irrigation Investigations.
along this line we are studying the
piled to the various farm crops, the
time it should be applied and the
methods of application.
The station is well known for the
work it has done along this line. This
work has all been carefully written
up and published as Bulletin No. 70
of the Idaho Experiment station. This
bulletin is free to all who wish it.
Our work in mixed grass pastures
is probably the most popular thing
we have done. Ten different varieties
- fo1x
for variety comparison and several
different mixtures are grown for pas
ture purposes. The acre devoted to
dairy COW pasture has produced an
average of 1900 pounds of milk during
the past four seasons maintaining two
ordinary cows all the season and three
part of that time. Another acre is
being used for beef pasture. During
the-1914 pasture season this acre pro-
dueed $50 pounds of beef. The diff
ferent times Of seeding and methods
grasses to use are being tested. This
work has lately been published as
Bulletin No 80, Idaho Experiment sta
ton The call for this bulletin has
been heavy but some are still left for
those who wish them.
Along this line we are starting a new
line OF investigation this season. We
have fine herd of Duroc Jersey pigs
on alfalfa pasture supplemented with
rolled barley Later in the summer
half of the herd will be pastured on
field peas and the other half on a mix
ture of field peas and wheat Care
full weight records are being kept and
at the close of the work we shall be
able to advise our farmers definitely
concerning this type of farm manage
ment.
The work in grain varieties is giving
excellent results. Three years ago we
had 50 varieties of barley. These
have been culled down to %. In Sc
lecting our varieties for 1915 planting
we discarded everything that fell be-
low Is bushels per acre. Some ex-
ceptionally good types are being de-
veloped and the seed of these best
types is distributed to Idaho farmers
each spring. The work with wheat
and oats is being conducted on the
same plan. We have 20 varieties of
oats that have performance record
Of better than 95 bushels per acre.
Ten varieties of field peas are grown
md some excellent ones are being dis
covered
In fact the Gooding Experiment sta
ion is working with practically all of
he problems with which the irrigation
armer in South Idaho has to deal
We haven't space here to mention al
# the various experiment and tests
It is your station, use it. Write US
or pure seed Of the new varieties ask
is questions regarding your irriga-
ion farming and better than that come
nd see the farm for yourself We
hail be glad to take time to show you
that we are doing and help you where
re can on your own problems
J. L. WEIGH. supt