The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-03-06
THE REVIE WIS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
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John II. D. Gray
Editor
Live News About Crawford County
Farms and Farmers
John H. D! Gray
Editor
SEED GRAIN FOR TRIAL.

SEED GRAIN FOR TRIAL.
The state experiment station at
Ames announces that it is again dis
tributing superior seed grains for trial
as follows: S..
, Experiment No. 4, "iowa 1903" Oats.
This experiment requires two plots,
each one acre in size. One plot is to
be sown with three bushels of Iowa
1903" oats which will be furnished by
the experiment station and the other
with an equal quantity Of the variety
now being grown on the farm. The
Iowa 1903" is pedigreed' variety of
early white oats bred at Ames and dis
tributed for cooperative tests through.
out the state during the past five years.
In these tests it has averaged as
bushels per acre more than the home
varieties against which it was tested.
in some cases giving as much as 20
bushels per acre more than the home
variety.
Postal or express order for $500
must be sent with application to help
cover cost of seed. Freight or ex-
press charges to be paid by the ex.
perimenter.
Experiment No. S, "lowa 1o5" Oats.
This experiment is the same as No.
Ain all respects excepting the variety
used. Iowa 105" is a pedigreed va.
riety bred especially for use on very
rich soils where the oat crop will
usually lodge. 1t is an early yellow
oat, maturing about the same time as
Iowa 1903" II should not be sOwn
on hillsides nor on poorer soils, but
is especially recommended for the low.
er and richer lands. g ... --.,.
Postal or express order for $500
must be sent with application to help
cover cost Of seed. Freight or express
charges to be paid h$ experimenter.
Experiment No. 6, Barley W Oats.
This experiment requires two plots.
each one acre in size. One plot is to
be sown with ~ bushels Of Ont. p
barley which will be furnished by the
sown with three bushels of the variety
The soils should be as nearly as pos
sible uniform and both plots should be
prepared in the same way. The OBJ
ject is to make fair comparison OF
the yielding power of these two class
.es OF crops and the yield must be de-
termined by weight rather than by
measured bushels. In all cases both
plots are to be seeded with red clover
the time of sowing the small grain.
so as to determine the relative merits
OF barley and oats as nurse crops for
clover. ~
Postal or express order for $500
must be enclosed with application to
cover cost of the barley. Freight or
express charges to be paid by the eX.
perimenter. .u.
Seed for only one Of these expert.
ments will be furnished to each appli.
cant and in every case the whole Of
the crop grown becomes the property
of the experimenter.
Owing to bad freight conditions that
now exist shipment Of seed for expert.
ments 4, and will be made by ex
press unless the applicant requests
freight shipment. 49,. H..
If you wish to undertake one of these
experiments, fill in the following ap-
plication form and mail it at once
with necessary remittance to ]. Blu
chanan, Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion, Ames, Iowa. ~. ...>..
.z... Application. =
l hereby make. application for seed
for Experiment No.. ....... re-,
If this is all out, my second choice
is No. ...... l conscientiously agree
to conduct the test with care and &C.
curacy. according to instructions fur
iiished by the association, and to re-
port on forms supplied for that pur.
pose.
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TIA sale pavilion is built in Denis0n
1t would serve very profitable pur-
pose, as it could be used for a lot of
other things than place for holding
sales. Speaking of sales reminds me
that it would be grand place for hold
ing combination sales. There are sew.
eral breeders who do not raise enough
livestock to have sale, but il two or
more would pool their stock it would
make good sale. Each could pay his
share Of the expense of sale and assist
each other in other ways to make 1t
successful sale. If a farmers short
course is held in Denison yearly-and
1t should bet would be splendid
place to house the livestock and show
them during the lectures on livestock
feeding and judging. 1t would be
good place for holding a poultry show
and there are many other purposes for
which it could be used.
o. a. .
Along the Lincoln highway, about
one and half miles east OF Denison,
Is located the farm of VIM. Luney.
There are many large cottonwood trees
along the roadside which has been a
nuisance. but Mr.. Luney decided to
abate the nuisance. No longer will
they remain there to sap the farm land
and keep the road. muddy in certain
seasons of the year. A force s0f work
men has been busy for several weeks
past falling the trees and saving them
into lumber. Right now 10000 feet of
lumber has been cut and 1t is estimat.
ed that 10000 more feet will be cut.
The lumber will be used for making
new buildings on the farm. F. F. RAN
niger has this farm rented for period
Of five years. ~
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