The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-04-02

, to Investigations of three of the mos
important farm problems of south
western Idaho-soil improvement
/ feeding Of steers and lambs, AM
methods of dairy farming. The sta
ton had the slick spot" problem
, and an area of IL acres was set asid
for the purpose of locating the spot,
and eliminating them. These soil i'm
prOvement trials have consisted of ap
plication of manures and utilization
of certain rotations in which legumt
crops have a prominent part. The
soil improvement work seems to be
excellent yields from the land treated
proving effective, as indicated by the
The dairy herd consists of As head
of high grade Holstein-Friesians, in
Guiding cows, heifers, and calves
The pure bred bull that heads the
herd is supplied from the home sta
| ton herd, which ranks among the
best college Holstein herds in the
| United States. The experimental
| feeding plant has to do with the test
| ing of various combinations of Idaho
grown feeds in the fleshing of steers
and lambs for the market. The steer
feeding work recently completed had
| to do with tests on III steers and
cows, divided into IL lots, nine of
steers and COWS, fed hay along, as
compared with hay in various COM
binations with grain and with silage,
silage and grain, and silage. The re-
suits indicated some advantage of
barley as compared with corn and
showed less advantage than is ordin-
arily claimed for cutting hay and
, established for this year excellent
gains and good quality of finishing
fro oil fo1 70 lox 4
five pounds of barley daily. (Report
of these feeding tests has been pub
lished in The Idaho Farmer)
The Station at Felt
The high altitude station, consisting
of 160 acres of dry farming and 40
acres of irrigated land, is located near
Felt, at an altitude in excess of 5000
feet. Extensive experiments on the
dry farm have dealt with variety tests
of cereals, with the introduction of
new crops, such as legumes, buck
wheat and other crops not commonly
grown in the district; rate, date and
depth of seeding of wheat, and Gull
tural methods aimed at developing
the most efficient methods of hand
ling the summer fallow Results from
these Investigations have been of
great Importance to the farmers in
the district surrounding Ashton
" On August 5, 1922" says the 1921
% biennial report of the director of
the experiment station, field day
was held at the Felt substation. One
hundred farmers went over the farm
and viewed the experimental plots
These men expressed very great in
terest in the experiments underway
The results secured in investigations
q tbo OH n 1fit11do cfo
last two years promise that this would
be of great economic Importance in
the future development of the vast
dry farming area in eastern Idaho"
The Standpoint Station
The Standpoint substation was
established to deal with problems pc
culiar to cut-Over regions. With the
assistance of the various departments
of the home station the experiments
are aimed at the testing of varieties |
to find the most suitable for the once |
timbered areas; the introducing and |
trial of new crops; the study of Gull |
tural methods, dates and methods of |
seeding grains and legumes; the study |
of rotations and soil fertilization, and |
the development of a farm plan that |
will permit the use of live stock as
a means of marketing the crops of |
the cut-Over lands.
Three pieces of information of real |
have been produced by
experiments at the Standpoint station.
were introduced and
under favorable conditions have
yielded 10 tons of silage to the acre
Sweet clover has been grown success
fully on the farm and has yielded
more hay per acre than any other
ppnn1n T)nn in CT do1- h 10 |
to the work of the station in the
growing of sunflowers for silage and
sweet clover the acreage of those !:
crops has greatly increased in that n
part of the state. Other crops, such
rs roots, buckwheat, flax and arti-
;hokes, are being grown to determine
heir adaptability to the region.
We are now approving the 1928 |
,lans for the operation of the branch
stations, known as the :
FARMS" says Director Idd- I
ngs. These farms are a definite h
'art of the agriculture program of :
he college of agriculture planned to I
make that college serve in so far as
ossible the state as a whole The s
our substations band together with {
ne home station and provide means I
t getting experimental results and II
ecuring new knowledge that will be s
t great economic value to the farm I
lg interests of Idaho. Il
The Moscow farm deals with pro- :
lens of crop and animal production Z
S affecting the non-irrigated section 4
northern and central Idaho. The &
reenhouse and laboratory side of the e
-ork is also done here Every de- 4
artment of the experiment station Ii
entral office has a direct part in e
tanning the branch station work so u
lat all projects dovetail together and n
'rm the entire program Of agricul- s.
raj experimentation. y
Animal and dairy husbandmen are q
lanled through the Caldwell sub u
alton to do feeding work in a region =
at produces great quantities of U
limal feeds and not far distant from n