The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-01-17

ton, recently submitted by the Di
rector to President Upham, presents
In summarized form a statement o
some of the Stations more importan
accomplishments in recent years.
portion of the report is as follows
The work Of the Agricultural Elk
pertinent Station has been character
| lied by numerous substantial contri
buttons to the progress and success
| of the agriculture of Idaho. 1t has
pointed the way to practices thai
have made farming more successful
and profitable; it has developed anG
warding off insect pests, plant di-
seases and other destructive agents
it has raised the farmers average
expectation of yields from crops and
animals by the introduction of new
varieties and new methods, and it has
served as the connecting link between
the farmer of Idaho and the helpful
agencies of modern science. 1t has
created and will continue to create
new knowledge invaluable in the
states agricultural progress.
Brief reference will be made to a
few of the more important under
takings and accomplishments Of the
Idaho Station.
/. The Station has made extensive
feeding tests Of Idaho grown feeds in
the finishing Of steers and lambs for
market. These experiments have
been concerned with the relative
value of commonly grown grains, the
value Of silage as supplement, the
advantage OF cutting and grinding
alfalfa hay, and the cost of finishing
steers and lambs for market. In 1922
two cars of lambs were taken to Chi
cago by representatives of the Sta
tion for the purpose of getting the
shrinkage, marketing costs, and
slaughter data.
g. Field. tests with sweet clover
have indicated it's very high value for
both hay and pasture in the nom
irrigated sections The advantage of
sweet clover for hay is particularly
marked in the cut-over regions as
indicated by tests on the Standpoint
Satisfaction.
3. Various silage crops have been
under investigation. These expert
ments have dealt with cultural prac
tees, relative yields, chemical COM
position at various stages of growth
and during SLIDING, and relative value
of the various Stages for animal
feeding. Sunflower silage has been
found to have certain special advan-
tages for the cut-over lands.
a. Members of the Station staff /
have pointed out the great import
ance of the slick spots" problem to
the farmers of southwestern Idaho
and now have under way extensive
tests aimed at solution.
s. At the Aberdeen Satisfaction,
Dicklow wheat was tested in compari
son with other varieties and recon-
nended for the irrigated regions of
he state
6. Trebi barley was found in the
Aberdeen experiments to be super
or variety for Idaho, and is now
crown largely to the exclusion of
'ther barleys on irrigated farms.
T. The Idamine oat, another Aber-
leen product, is making marked s
Roadway in competition with other
varieties. a
g. A new wheat, Federation, indi- S
ates, as result OF five years of 4
tests at Aberdeen, that
, is superior to any wheat now grown |
n the irrigated farms.
g. Exhaustive duty of water ex-
eriments at Gooding gave reliable i
alta regarding the proper use of wa
sr to secure maximum yields.
10. Experiments in Twin Falls
0unty have revealed the life history
the clover aphis and have yielded !.
ontrol measures. !,
IL. A new method Of alfalfa weevil !
ontrol, killing with poison in the =
rm of dust, has been introduced, !,
Id material improvement made in !,
echanical devices used in busting.
alton officials have called the at -,
ntion of the federal Bureau of En-
mology to the seriousness of the
falfa weevil problem in Idaho and :.
I've urged the fastening of measures
r the importation of European in =
ct enemies. There is prospect of !
e early Importation into the United
ates Of parasites of the alfalfa
eevil and their introduction to the
falfa growing regions of Idaho. y
II. Means have been found of in
easing to marked degree the pro- :
lctiyity of the peat soils of Idaho. =