The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-15
GROWING CEREALS
AGRICULTURAL ExPERT9 REPORT
ON EXPERIMENTS At NEW.
ELL, SOUTH DAKOTA.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capital City, tho Various
State Institutions and from
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.
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Newell.-Under the title of Cereal
Investigations on the Belle Fourche
Experiment Farm" specialists Of the
department of agriculture report on
experiments conducted from 1908 to
1913 at Newell, 8. d., the results of
which are believed to be applicable
In general to western South Dakota,
northeastern Wyoming and southeast,
ern Montana. The summary of the ex-
periments, which are given in detail in
this bulletin, is as follows:
The experiments were conducted on
= heavy, impervious clay soil Known
as Pierre clay. This soil is quite
typical of the locality.
The average precipitation during the
six years was 13.41 inches. The aver
age precipitation during the growing
Isl for small grains, March to
July, inclusive, was 7.76 inches. The
minimum precipitation for the grow
ing eas ard for the year was re-
corded in 1911.
On the average, satisfactory yields
were obtained from winter wheat and
fairly good yields from spring wheat.
The returns from spring oats. barley,
and emmer and from winter rye and
emmer have not been sufficient to
make these crops profitable. Total or
almost total failures of all crops were
recorded in 1911 and 1912.
The best average yields of spring
wheat have been obtained from the
durum varieties, Kubanka and Arnaut-
ka- OF the spring common wheats,
the best variety to grow appears to
be the power fife.
The best rate Of seeding for durum
wheat is from four to five pecks to the
acre and for spring common wheat
from three to four pecks.
The best varieties of winter wheat
for western South Dakota are the
Kharkof. Turkey and Crimean. These
are very similar varieties, which diff
fer only slightly in value.
Experiments to determine the best
date Of seeding for winter wheat have
A0AACu ~ cAO 0Ay QCLAlIC kO0ulSS. III
general, the date of seeding must be
determined by the seasonable condi.
tions. Medium early seeding il to be
preferred II there is sucifient moisture
to insure termination.
1t is much better to grow winter
wheat than spring wheat in the Belle
f0urche section. The average yield OF
Kharkof winter wheat for the six
years was 21.02 bushels, of the best
durum 11.8 bushels, and of the best
spring common Ill bushels.
The best average yields of oats for
the six years were obtained from the
60-day and Kherson varieties. The re-
turns from this crop were much lower
than from winter wheat and slightly
lower than from spring wheat.
The best rate Of seeding for small
kerneled early varieties of oats. such
as the 6O-day and Kherson, is about
six pecks to the acre.
The returns from barley were even
less satisfactory than those from oats.
The best average yield for the six
years was only l0.7 bushels, and for
the lve years from 1909 to 1913. only
81 bushels. The most satisfactory
varieties are those which mature early,
such as the six-rowed varieties, Cat
ami and Odessa, and the two-rowed
variety, White Smyrna.
The yields obtained from winter rye
and from winter and spring emmer
have been much lower than those from
the other cereals. These crops can
not now be recommended for western
South Dakota.
The best yield from fax in a two
year test was obtained from the select
Russian variety. It is probable that
the best results will be obtained IL
this crop Is sown as early as good
termination and growth may be ex-
pected.
The following varieties are recon-
mended for the Bellefourche section:
Winter wheat-Kharkof, Turkey,
Crimean.
Spring wheat-Kubanka durum. Ar
nautka durum, Power fife. Marquis.
Oats-Sixty-day, Kherson.
Barley-Odessa. >Gatami. White
Smyrna.
Pierre.-Secretary Rood will hold
the election registration books up to
the latest possible time for sending
them out, in anticipation Of q decision
Of the supreme court, which will def
nitely settle under which primary law
OF the state the registration is to be
made this year. It 10 presumed that
there will be q decision on that issue
In ample time to get the machinery
OF either act working before the dates
for action expire.
Brookings.-"Don't feed ergoted
grain to your live stock II you would
avoid ergot poisoning" says DR.. G. G.
Lpp. veterinarian ct the South Da-
kota State college. "There Is no treat
ment; prevention consists in avoiding
Ar9Ofed fAAd. Fad containing >p~of