Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-08-19
GRAIN AND PASTURES.
Practical Results OF What Can Re
Accomplished under Scientific
Farming.

Scientific farming IL not necessar-
lily confined to the experimental
farms. as any farmer is capable OF
adopting this method II he will de-
vote a little time to the study OF his
soil conditions and more especially
TO irrigation, to ascertain Just at
what time and In what quantities wa
ter should be applied to the crops. In
fact some farmers who have made a
study OF these matters have produced
better results on large fields than Is
reported from some OF the expert
mental farms where only small units
are cultivated.
A report from Gooding states that
conditions at the state experiment
farm indicate that this will be ban
ner year OF achievement In many
ways Superintendent Welch is carry
ing along demonstration work that
will be OF great value to the farmers
OF southern Idaho II they take ad-
vantage OF the information thus
made available. For instance, in the
grain division. Mr. Welch has found
that the length OF the straw and the
weight of the grain per bushel are
largely controlled by the particular
period OF growth at which water is
applied and has ascertained at just
what periods irrigation should take
place to accomplish these results.
Twenty-Five varieties OF barley are
being grown on the farm. the seed
coming from all parts OF the world,
including perfectly black variety
from Africa Mr. WEIGH started with
A. varieties. and had but 20 grains
OF each, and last spring had sufficient
seed for field tests. BY a system Of
elimination those varieties that yield
ed less than 20 bushels per acre
or were shown to be unsuitable in
other respects. were dropped out.
until the number had been reduced
to %. Some OF these have produced
Yields OF over 100 bushels per acre.
AT the conclusion OF these tests 1t
will be shown just what varieties Will
produce the best results under the
conditions existing here.
Mr. Welch has just harvested a
four-acre field OF winter barley that
, will yield over 20 bushels per acre.
The advantage OF this crop Is that II
can be harvested early in July, In
time to seed the ground to alfalfa or
pasture. and II requires but very lit
tie water. producing a better yield
with but one irrigation than with
two
There are many plats OF OATS and
wheat and the experiments In these
grains will produce some interesting
results both as to varieties and Il
methods OF irrigation. Samples o
. each variety OF wheat grown are sen
10 the state university for analysi
and bread Is baked from each sample
and the relative values OF the ysrie
ties are thus clearly shown.
Experiments in red clover seed ar
being conducted to determine an Ell
fective method for escaping the chal
els fly pest. also with alfalfa to de
termine the best method OF handlinI
the crop for seed.
In the way OF pasture experiment
:. Mr. Welch is pasturing "a youn
shoats on one acre OF alfalfa and tn
alfalfa grows SO much faster tina
they can eat II that 1t will be neces
sary to NOW IT, These pigs receiv
two pounds OF rolled barley per da
10 each 100 pounds weight. Severa
verieties OF field peas are bein
grown to prove the best variety 10
"hogging down" and also mixture
OF peas and grain. and experiment
are also being carried on In corn.