The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-02-21

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, bought II seed is to be grown an
, the first pasture grade should be pun
3 chased for pasture. The sec0n
: pasture grade contains too man
weeds and foreign seeds.
Red Clover Seed
The farm bureau office is listing
the red clover seed, which is for sal
: at the present time If you hav
: any seed for sale kindly let us know
Corn
Last spring we distributed
quantity of Rustlers White Dent see(
corn over Bingham county, which W,
received from the Aberdeen Expert
ment Station and was recommended
by the station. Growers found it tt
be a good yielding corn, which ma
tured in this climate. Practically al
these growers plan on increasing
their acreage next year. Corn is sc
desira BILE in practically all grain ra-
lions that we urge you to at least
plant small trial plot.
Dent corn is soft and is higher in
food value than the flint. 1t may be
fed to hogs on the cob or may be
harvested in the field by sheep, hogs
and cattle. Those desiring to try
Minnesota 13, which is yellow dent
variety, may buy certified, field
selected seed thru this office from
Colorado. 1t is hoped that yellow
dent will be developed or acclimated
in this county.
| White Flint corn is early maturing
and makes an excellent yield in this
county, but is not as desirable as
dent. Good white flint seed can be
secured at the asylum. This strain
has been built up at the asylum for
number of years till it has become
very high yielding, early maturing
strain.
Idamine Oats
The Aberdeen Experiment Station
uses hundreds of varieties of oats
in the experimental plots, but is still
recommending Idamine oats as a
leading oat for our section. Some
times we run across varieties and
mixtures that are thought at the
time to be a real find by the pro-
Queer, but on closer examination
proves to be lacking in some essen
tial quality. 1t should be remem-
bered that 1t is not the bulk that
counts, but the total yield in pounds
Of digestible food that is produced.
Often times large bulky oats are
heavy hulled, so do not yield the
feed that they appear to produce.
Idamine oats should be grown
more extensively for feed and in a
few cases for seed purposes.
Trebi Barley for Seed
We need concentrated grains high
In carbohydrates, such as barley, to
balance alfalfa hay, which Is high In
protein, in our ration for dairy cows,
hogs, sheep and chickens. For fat
tening hogs, barley is almost as good
as corn and in fact takes it's place. |
Every farm should grow some barley
or corn to be consumed on the farm
and marketed thru livestock and
livestock products.
Idaho has an Increasing demand |
for Trebi seed since 1t Is recognized |
as leading variety, yields best, and |
has taken numerous premiums at |
both the state seed shows and ma
tional hay and grain show in |
Chicago. For the above reasons good
seed farmers should include this
grain in their list of seed crops for
Why Grow Federation Wheat
Federation wheat should be grown
by Bingham county farmers for the
following reasons: Federation has
Yielded 81 bushels more on a five
year experiment station test at
Aberdeen than Dickiow; Federation
las a sitter straw and does not
odge on rich ground like Dicklow; II
natures one to two weeks earlier; is
IN excellent milling wheat and
makes. a good loaf. The only pos
ible objection to Federation is the
act that it does not produce a flour
hat is quite as white as Dicklow,
tut it is believed that this objection
viii be overcome by q chance in the
Milling process.
This year the average tests OF Fed
ration against Dicklow yielded ten
ushel to the acre in favor of the
federation. In Bingham county
everal acre test plots were grown
o compare these two wheats and
very grower is very enthusiastic
yer the Federation.
There is a good future for this
rain as seed crop, since 1t is prob
Bile that it will be generally adopted
l the irrigated sections of Idaho
nd adjoining states. This would be
n excellent crop for club and Smith
hughes boys to grow. Experiment
-ation seed will be sold to growers
commended by the county agent.
Red Glover Seed
Due to our distance from market
is necessary that most of our
roducts be in concentrated form and
Ugh in value. Red clover seed pos
,sses these qualifications. Red
over for seed is legume and adds
nitrogen and humus to the SOIL 1t
finishes early and late pastures or
light hay crop, and pasture. An
crop of 400 pounds of seed
the acre valued at from SIS to $40
,r hundred is grown. 1t also leaves
chaff pile that is valuable for win
ring stock.
Last year Bingham county grew
700 acres of red clover for seed, an
reage that will probably double
Is year. Last year one buying
ncern alone could have handled
ON thirty to forty cars of seed II
, had produced 1t.
Eastern concerns mix northern
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