The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-08-14
SOUTH STATE CROPS
ARE GOOD SAYS dean
SEES LARGE UNIVERSITY EN-
ROLLMENT FROM THAT
SECTION

"The prospects for a large attend
ance at the University of Idaho this
fall from the districts Of south Idaho
are excellent" says Dean E. J. Id
dings, of the school of agriculture,
tour Of the state in the interest of
university extension service work.
Friends of the university have TAX
en- a great amount of interest in the
housing program that have been work
mer and there is no doubt that the
program has strengthened the enroll
ment from that section"
Dean Iddings visited the expert
mental work on the peat bogs of the
northern part of the state at Sand
point, attended farm bureau and
Grange picnics and inspected various
agricultural enterprises in the south
part of the state.
He epOrts that as result of his
tour he finds thee rops of the southern
section of the state in excellent con-
-dition in both dry land and irrigated
regions. AS to the experimental work
at the various substations he visited
he declares himself we'll pleased with
the results obtained and feels that a
great deal of good to the aricultural
pursuits of the state will accrue from
the experiments.
Strike Harms Growers
'The railroad situation will work
considerable harm to the growers OF
perishable crops in south Idaho," said
the dean. unless the shortage of
transportation facilities is alleviated
SOON"
The dean made the trip back to Mos
COW by train and says that the train
service is especially poor owing to
the tie-up on the roads. Cali trains
are late and uncertain Even the
special of Vice President Coolidge
was several hours behind schedule up
the Southern Pacific road"
In regard to his trip he says in
part
II first visited the experiment sub
station at Standpoint to look over the
experiments being carried on in
the peat bogs in the northern section
of Idaho under the supervision of G.
R. McDo1e, soil technicologist of the
university experiment station.
"The experiments Of Mr. McDole in
dicate that the -bogs which have hith-
erto been low in productivity can be
made very fruitful at reasonable
outlay of expense. Experiments car
ried on at the university greenhouses
at Moscow for the past two years, in
which samples of peat soil were given
a large number of treatments in an
effort to find a suitable method of
handling the bogs for agricultural
puposes corroborate the experimental
results at Standpoint.
although the peat bogs have long
been considered more or less worth
less for agricultural purposes, the
results Of all experiments lead us to
believe that large acregaes of peat
formerly not under cultivation can be
made very productive.
"On the third of August, L attend
ed a farm bureau picnic at Warm
River in Fremont county at which a
large number of the farmers of the
upper Snake river section were pres
ent for recreation and agricultural
educational purposes.
High Altitude Farming
Despite heavy rain, field day at
the high altitude experiment substa-
tion at Felt was attended by about
hundred farmers They were very
much interested in the experimental
work under way there Some Of the
men who were active in locating the
station at Felt expressed great sur
prise at the extent and variability of
the experimental work and the prac-
tical application to the problems of |
high altitude farming.
s'The farmers were very much in
terested in the experiments on dates
of fall seeding being carried on. On
single variety the experiments re-
garding dates for planting covered
from July Is to October 15 Results
show that fall seeding in September
gave the best results This is con-
siderably later than winter wheat is
generally planted in that section and
has a vital bearing on the agriculture
OF the district
"All present at the field day ex-
hibits were surprised and concerned
in the large variety Of crops grow
ing side by side on the experimental
farm. This gave them an opportunity
to compare the relative yields of the
different kinds of wheat and the other
qualities of the varieties.
"In addition to wheat, barley and
oats, special crops such as buckwheat,
corn, clovers, a1falfas and root crops
are grown on the farm.
II had the privilege Of driving two i,
hundred miles by auto through the
dry and irrigated sections Of eastern
idaho The crops on the dry land
farms in that section are better than
they have been in recent years. :
1.-THE wheat on the Rexburg bench I
Is especially good And the district I
from Ashton to briggs is also showing '
up we'll. Irrigated crops, such as
beets, potatoes, wheat and hay are ex- /
cellent a
t'I spent one day on dairy tour in Q
with Governor Davis, visit il
Ing dairymen from the east and other
prominent citizens of the state.
''The last four days of last week I
spent attending Pomona Grange pic I
1ics The picnics were held at Nampa d