Morris tribune., 1922-06-30
EXPERIMENTAL PLOTS
OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Work Being Carried On At Ag School
Brings Out Many Interesting
Features

Farmers of Stevens county and this
section of the state have an excel
lent opportunity in the short while
between now and the time the grains
are cut to visit and inspect the ex-
perimental plots at the West Central
School of Agriculture and see under
the best conditions the results of this
years experimental work in small
grains. Some exceptionally interest
ing results are shown in the
work with rye, winter and spring
wheat and oats. The grains are
headed out and will be cut in a short
while but just now show wherein
the various varieties excel and also
the results obtained by rotation and
fertilizing
The experiments with winter
wheat and winter rye across the road
and east of he campus show some
especially interesting results OBJ
tanned. The plots that are of more
than passing interest in the expert
ments with winter rye are those
showing the paintings of September
1st and every ten days thereafter up
to and including October 10. From
experiments conducted during the
past few years and from the pres
ent stand of the grain, rye planted
on September 1st seems to lead by far
in number of bushels per acre and
stand. Minnesota No. 2 has proven
the best rye for this section with a
two-year average of PAL bushels per
acre during the past two years when
planted September 1st.
Experiments in winter wheat show
that the Minhardi, Turkey, Turkey
Selection, Minturka and Crimean
varieties are the most hardy. The
Turkey produced the greatest yield.
which was 1879 bushels per acre.
The experiments with these Wheats
have also been made and the stands
may be seen of the paintings of
September 1st to October TO- at inter
walls of 10 days. Last year tn pro-
duction was 17.2 bushels for that
planted the first of September with
the planting of the tenth 1873
bushels.
Alfalfa experiments at the school
are also of special interest and show
that the Baltic and Grimm varieties
are the most hardy for this section
of the state. They prove to be the
best out of some 40 strains that are
being experimental with at the
school. These plots have been in
since 1914 and show the perform
ance of eight years, the hardness and
yield.
The experiments in early varieties
of oats have shown some interesting
facts and have proven that the early
varieties have a decided advantage
over the later varieties. Minnesota
so day pedigreed has proven the best
variety in the experiments. It has
been considerably improved by selec-
tion and breeding and is outyielding
every other variety. Last year,
which was a bad year for oats, it
went 48.7 bushels to the acre on the
experimental plots. The Iowar is
also very good variety and went As
bushels last year. This variety is be-
ing increased at the school for dis
tributiOn next year. 1t is an early
grain and escapes the rust and heat.
West of the school are the spring
wheat plots which are being bred for
non-rusting qualities. At it's present
stage it is we'll headed out with no
rust apparent and looking in the best
of condition. The Red Saskatche-
wan, a Canadian wheat, is probably
the best for an early wheat according
to the experiments. 1t is very
early, has long heads and ought al
ways to escape the rust. 1t is a
week earlier than the Marquis and is
now out of danger of rust. The
Rubyvariety is also one of the best
at the school. These two are the
most promising spring wheats under
observation at the school and are
we'll worth being looked over by the
grain farmer.
One of the most interesting expert
ments at the school is that of the
crop rotation without fertilizer, with
manure, with manure and acid phos-
phate and acid phosphate The ap-
plication of the latter has proven to
be about the best for the crops. The
rotation is with corn, wheat, oats and
clover and illustrates the various
stands of the four crops in their
course Of rotation. Considerable ex-
perimental work is also being done
with soy beans.
A visit to the experimental plots
during the coming week should
prove of unusual interest to the
farmers of the county and also bring
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