The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-07
AM 70 BEGIN WITHIN NEXT
wonn WEEKS BUT REQUIRE 10
w YEARS TO COMPLETE.
EXPANSION OF U. 7. VOAk
.a Will be Improved, orcharos
1ransplanted and ARRANGEMENTS
m.aa cor Demonstrating Modern
Farming Methods.
Knoxville Sentinel.)

,,s;,os and other improvements
a. new 65O-acre experiment sta-
inn at Columbia, Middle Tennessee
riu begin within about two weeks
,,roupces Prof. C. A. Mooers, OF the
university of Tennessee, college, u
.rricu,ture, under whose supervision
NO work will be done. Prof. n. a
vorcar and others of the university
s,or,tv will help Prof Mooers TO pan
the work. -,
~The Middle Tennessee station VIII
- somawhat larger than the west
Tennessee station at Jackson says
Prof Mooers. 1.-THE farm will contain
s5O acres, a few more than are con-
t.inod IN the Jackson station, and the
hui,ding will be more improved ana
better equipped.
Marry county paid for the 1arh
and donated it to the state. 1t con-
o,sts Of lot of small farms thrown
+ogether, The state will equip II ana
viii snend about 100000 on such
aouipment. About ten years Will oe
reouired to arrange the station as
completely as we want it. Much oi
the land will have to be lmpro'eu
orchards will have to be transplant
ed and much other work WIZ Ut
done"
This station is merely an expan
sion of the work done by the eA'eii
son division of the university Whlci
is under the direction OF the unite'
States department Of agriculture. Al
ready a number Of small stations ar
in oneration in different sections o
the state. Besides the WORK
Knoxville on the university laril
and some smaller experiment wor
carried on south of the river aooo
five miles, stations are maintained
CrossvHle, McMinnville, CooKe'iii
Tullahoma, Clarksvile, Murfreespor'
st. Andrews, Decherd, Dickson MA
tin and Jackson. Many KINDS OF Z
oeriments are carried on at eacn
these places. Adaptability OF crol
to that particular section.
Knoxville Experiments.
number of very successful
periments have recently developed
tho University of Tennessee farm
Knoxville. A beardless barley n
bean developed, the result OF viii
mas made it possible to use oarl
for a hay crop. "Beards iorn'o'
were the greatest objection i'ia
farmers had to the growing OF d
ley" says Prof. Mooers. "TAey ma
work of handling the crop most pa
ful AND very announcement, ana
this reason many farmers wouio
, p,ant the crop. The new oearai'
variety has eliminated this trout
also makes sohho"
Weld. il has a larger head.
The beard)ess barley is the res
OF selection. After much seifchi
found a head OF harley on 'one
our plot which had no beards'
saved the seed from that aead'
the bea, dless barley evolved from
We have also evolved bearo'
millet by the same plan.
New Winter Oats
"A variety of winter oats has
been evolved for rich land. IL @
from the Culberson oats. Tne
strain has shorter straw, and SO
what of a bigger head. The orig
Culberson variety is splendio
Queer. except on very rich land
this type Of soil it produces
much straw, and too little 81
heavy straw making it inconven
to handle. I found a stuooy
among the variety one day, saved
seed from it. and q new variety
oats was the results. II has .
shortar stray, therefore tnstea'