The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-01-13
HOW To FARM IN
BROOK|NGS COUNTY
AGRONOMiST MANLEY CHAMPLlN
OF STATE COLLEGE GIVES sUG.
GESTloNS FOR LOCALS
COVERS ALL FARMING OPERATIONS
Advises an Iowa Correspondent as to
What Varieties Of Seeds to Plant
and How to Treat the Land

The following series of questions
and answers constitute an excellent
guide for farming operations in east
ern South Dakota and is outlined by
Assistant Agronomist Manley Champ
lin OF State College in reply to an Iowa
correspondent who owns a farm in
~Brookings county:
CD What variety of corr would you
advise to grow for general crop, for
filling a silo, and an early variety for
hogging off before the main crop is
ready? Would you advise the use of
the flint variety for this purpose and if
so what variety?
We would advise growing either the
Minnesota Is or Silver King for your
general crop and Northwestern Dent
or Rainbow Flint for "hogging off"
purposes. The Rainbow Flint suckers
freely and produces long ears and the
kernels are not as hard as flint corn
usually is.
W. l'ly VI oalS i ploN-
ing the most profitable, year with
another?
Sixty Day oats are the best oats as
an average.
CD What variety of barley?
Odessa, S. d. 1872 and Manchuria, S.
d. 105 are about equal as barley var
ieties. They are very similar in APP
pearance but the Odessa is about six
days earlier in maturing than the
Manchuria.
ca What variety of rye?
The Swedish, S. d. 348 and Dean, &.
d 1T are both good varieties of rye.
60 Is speltz a profitable crop for
hog and sheep feed?
In this section speltz or emmer is
not as profitable to grow as barley or
oats.
co What variety Of potatoes will
yield best and sell best?
Our tests with potatoes have only
been conducted a few years but as
near as we can tell at present, the
Early Ohio is the best early, pink var
iety, and either the Carmen No. 3 or
the Burbank are excellent late white
varieties. The Irish Cobbler is prob
ably the best early white variety.
There is nearly always a market in
car load lots for either the Early Ohio
or the white potatoes.
CD What will produce the most
forage for cattle, horses and sheep
sorghum, millet, sudan grass or corn?
There is no crop superior to corn for
producing cattle feed and roughage,
although any Of the crops you men
toned can be grown successfully here
and are sometimes used where it is
necessary to seed late for any reason.
(8) What will make the best pas
ture on bottom land that is rather wet
to be put into crops?
A mixture of timothy, red top and
aisle clover would be best for your
DoItOil idHu pdSIult'
(9) What will make the best pas
ture for upland that is inclined to be-
too sandy to produce the best crops?
Sweet clover, alfalfa, and bronze
grass mixed would likely be best for
the upland.
(10) We have a good stand Of al
falfa, but do not get as large a crop
as we should. The soil is sandy. Does
the land probably need more lime or
manure?
A top dressing of manure would be
a benefit to the alfalfa on the upland
and you can determine next time you
visit your place whether it needs in
oculation or not by digging up some
alfalfa roots and carefully examining
them to see whether they have nodule
on them or not. Sometimes alfalfa
needs artificial incubation. In case
you find 1t needs this, let us know and
we will be glad to send you directions.
The nOdules are small punches on the
fine rootlets about the size OF B. Is.
shot. Soil as a rule is well supplied
with lime in this country. You could
have some OF the soil tested for acidity
and the amount OF limestone required
to correct 1t determined, in case the
soil proved to be acid. by sending a
sample to this department.
(11) Would you advise the sowing
of sweet clover for hay. pasture and
improving the land?
We have had excellent results with
sweet clover for hay and seed. and
consider 1t an excellent crop. but the
acreage should be small enough so