Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-07-15
DISPOSAL or SURPLUS
SERIOUS FARM PROBLEM
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way on the cOitege Idftn. very ltttIe
attention will be given today, there
fore. to the problems that are being
studied in connection with the pro-
duction of beef cattle or dairy cattle,
the problems of the fruit grower or
the investigational work under way
in chemistry or in the prevention of
animal and plant diseases. but most
OF the time will be devoted to an
inspection of the more than 1900
plots in the farm crops and soils
work on the college farm
You will have an opportunity to
see the results of the cropping sys
tens and tillage methods that have
been practiced on % plots known as
the Spillman field, laid out over 20
years ago. You will have opportun-
ity to see the 90 plots in the rotation
field, where a study was commenced
three years ago of the crop rotations
and large number of other rota-
tions which may or may not prove
practical in years to come You will
see the % hundredth-acre plots used
in the study of the date of seeding
winter wheat. You will review the
1876 one-fortieth-acre plots devoted
to study of the varieties Of small
grains and the SAB plots and rows
devoted to a study of the varieties
of forage crops You will also have
an opportunity to inspect the eight
one-quarter-acre plots devoted to the
growing of silage. the Is plots to the
growing of sunflowers and a study
of the rate of seeding and the spac-
ing the 2S one-eightieth-acre plots
devoted to red clover. sweet clover
and alfalfa and the 1928 single rows
of pure lines and hybrids in the ex-
tensiye cereal breeding and selection
work. Out of all this work | want
to bring to your attention, as ex-
amples, one or two results thus far
obtained in the cereal breeding work
In the state at the present time
five wheats are outstanding name
ly: Hybrid 1913. Turkey. Forty Fold
Red Russian, and Jones Winter Fife
OF these, Hybrid 1913. variety de-
veloped here is grown on larger
acreage and produces more bushels
per year than any other Washing
1t has out-yielded other varieties
ton wheat
in careful tests with farmers at the
rate of 10 bushels per acre over a
series of years and at the experiment
station here has done much better
than that, It is conservatively esti-
mated that this variety is increasing
the annual wealth of this state by
more than 5000 600 over what the
income had been had this va
riety not been developed The
parents of this variety were
Jones Winter Fife and Little
Club, the cross being made in
1899 Five generations, that is five
years work with this wheat was re-
CURED to fix the type; in other
words, to develop a type which could
be depended upon to come true each
year. When this had been done, it
was tested for three years in field
tests to determine its yielding quail
ties as compared with other wheats
In use and to furnish a supply and
give time for the necessary milling
and baking tests. Having been found
to be good wheat. out-yielding 9th
er varieties and of fine quality for
milling and baking, a small quantity
was distributed to farmers in 1907
and little larger quantity each year
for the next few years. until at the
present time it has reached its place
of prominence in this state. II.
therefore, took just eight years of
careful work on the part of trained
men to develop this wheat and to get
it ready for distribution to farmers.
Triplett wheat is another notable
variety developed here It's parents
are two crosses. Jones Winter Fife
on Little Club by Jones Winter Fife
on Turkey. Our records show that
this double cross was probably made
in 1904. 1t took five generations or
until 1909, to fix the type and it
took seven generations to establish
the fact that it is winter hardy and
that it compares in yield favorably
with the best known varieties. 1t
was distributed to farmers in small
amounts first in 1917 Thus it took
II years to develop this wheat from
the time the cross was made until it
was distributed to farmers. It re-
CURED men trained in plant breeding,
the handling of thousands upon thou
sands Of individual plants. the care
full keeping of records. field tests in