Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14
MARSHALL COUNTY FARMERS
TO CONDUCT CROP Elk.
pERIMENrs.
TEST OF iowAR OATS ONE
OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE
Now Variety Produced at Expert
mont Station Said to Guarantee
Greater Production Than Famous
Iowa 103--soy Bean Seed Tests
May Prove Profitable.

Marshall county farmers. first in
progressive farming. are taking the
lead in experimental work looking to
better farm crops and production Of
new varieties of grain. The expert
ment association Of Iowa State COL
lege is cooperating with farmers Of
Iowa In carrying out system OF
simple but important experiments
along the lines OF field agriculture.
The experiment station supplies the
seed and other materials for these
experiments. with instruction sheets
and report forms, and for some Of the
more difficult experiments personal
assistance Is given by experiment
bureau men. The farmers conduct the
experiments on their own farms and
submit reports to the station.
The experiments include the trying
out of new and superior varieties of
farm crops, which have been original
ed at the experiment station, as well
as other good varieties which may
come to light from time to time; the
testing OF new kinds Of crops. such as
Sudan grass, soy beans. sorghum.
ETC.; the determining of the best
methods of preparing land and seed
ing alfalfa, sweet clover, ETC.; the use
of smother crops in the eradication of
weeds. and other problems that can
not be fully solved at thesexperiment
station because they depend to a
greater or lesser extent on local con-
ditions Of soil and climate.
Marshall County Farmers Respond.
Eight important experiments will
be tried this year by Iowa farmers
and Marshall county agriculturalists
are the first to the field in the work.
Application already has been made by
Marshall county farmers for supplies
to aid in the tests.
In every experiment the whole Of
the crop grown becomes the property
of the experimenter. The eight exper-
iments for the year are with 1owar
oats, barley VS. oats. soy beans for
seed, soy beans with corn for hogging
down, Sudan grass, sorghum, alfalfa
and Annual Winter sweet clover,
Marshall county farmers are more
especially interested in the tests Of
the new Iowar oats, soy beans for
seed, alfalfa and annual white sweet
clover. The experiment with soy
beans for hogglng down has been
successfully tried in this county,
which lead the state last year in pro-
ductlon with 1900 acres.
Oats Test Of First Importance.
The test Of the 1owar oats is the
test Of first Importance locally, The
experiment requires two plots, of one
acre each. One plot is to be sown
with three bushels Of Iowar oats, the
new variety produced at the expert
ment station, and the other with an
equal quantity of any variety now
grown on the farm. The purpose Of
the test is to determine the value Of
the new variety, which the expert
ment station declares to be superior
in production to the famed Iowa 1o3.
It ia claimed for Iowar that 1t will
average 5.2s bushels to the acre more
than Iowa 1913, now the best produc-
ton oats known. The new variety
grows few inches taller and is four
or five days later in maturing.
The experiment station will furn-
Ish the seed at 81 for three bushels.
Applications from this county already
have been made to County Agent w.
A. Buchanan for the seed. If other
farmers desire to apply they should
do SO at once as the supply at the ex-
pertinent station is very limited. APP
plication blanks may be had at the
county agents office.
Soy Beans For Seed.
Soy beans for seed now are selling
at $3.50 bushel, an unusual price.
The yield in this county has run
from Is to 20 and IN extreme cases
above 80 bushels to tho acre. Farmers