The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-07-12
NEW wheat TYPE
SEEMS Smut PROOF
ATTRACTS ATTENTION AT VS.. Z.
FIELD DAY-INTEREST1N
CROP EXPERIMENTS

Dean E. j. ldQ1ngS OF CHe college, VI
agriculture at the University OF Ida
ho; o. s. Fletcher, Latah county agri-
cultural agent; Professor H. w. HUI
bert and R. E. Everley, of the college
of agriculture, and Robert Whittier of
the Moscow State bank, attended the
fifth annual field day of the Wash
ington State college experiment sta
tion, at Pullman, Wednesday.
There was large attendance of
farmers and people interested in
agriculture, and there were many In
teresting exhibits and demonstra-
tions. Dean Iddings stated.
An acre of smut-proof wheat, with
scarcely smutty head in the entire
plot, although the seed had not been
treated before planting, and 1ndlcat-
ing, to the experienced eyes of the
farmers, a yield of approximately 40
bushels an acre, was the outstanding
attraction.
The big crowd was divided into
groups for the tour Of inspection OF
the experiment station, with about 40
cars to a group. Each Of the expert
mental projects was explained by a
station expert.
IIlId2G EApeIlDCitS GApiuiiSu
The first stop was at the Splllman
plots, where rotation and t1llage ex-
periments were started by DR.. w. }.
Spillman more than rs years ago.
Other experiments showed the re-
suits of treatments for smut. Last
year, on these plots, untreated wheat
which was smutted before planting,
produced more than so per cent smut.
Wheat treated with formaldehyde,
26.6 per cent smut; bluestone treat
ment, one pound to five gallons of
water, 1913 per cent; copper carbonate
treatment, two ounces to the bushel,
1913 per cant; copper carbonate, three
ounces to the bushel, 10.7 per cent.
and copper carbonate, four ounces to
the bushel, 1876 per cent.
Next came the potato plots, show
ing mosaic, potato calico, leaf curl
and other diseases peculiar to pota-
toes, the experiments proving that
unless the mosaic diseased plants are
removed as soon as the disease shows
itself, the entire tract will become in
fected, with bugs as the transmit
ters. The variety plots showed
scores of IA acre plots to determine
weld of different varieties of wheat,
oats, and barley
August 16 Wheat Paintings Best
Plots to determine the most salts
factory seeding date showed early
sown fall wheat badly lodged, while
the later sowings were in good con-
dition. Virtually all varieties showed
heavy loss by lodging up to October
two paintings. There will be little
difference in the yield because of the
exceptionally good growing season,
but six-year averages show the Au-
gust 16 paintings to be the best
yielders, with September l paintings |
averaging one bushel less. October
| paintings show the most smut in
Red Russian wheat, indicating that
The early seedlings produce the best /
Yields and the middle season plant
ngs the greatest amount of smut.
Rotation experiments prove that
winter wheat in three-year rota-
ion, including legume, is as good
as winter wheat after summer fallow,
he station experts pointing 10 their
to prove that summer
ALLOW is not needed in the Palouse
unless possibly as a weed
controller. Alfalfa, they pointed out,
S Just as efficient weed controller
Is summer fallow. Plots growing
all wheat the first year after clover
Indicate 40-bushel yield; those
wheat the second year after
dover look like a 30-bushel crop,
While wheat the third continuous
ear after clover indicates yield of
5 bushels or less.