White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-07-03

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golf and kitty ball will be finished in
afternoon.
TO HOLD FIELD DAY
There will be something Of interest
Branch Experiment Station at Prosser,
July 10th, is the opinion of r. P. Bean,
Superintendent of the Station. The 200
acre farm was cleared of sage brush
and put in crop in 1919 and 1920. Some
experimental work with field crops and
SOILS was begun in 1921 upon the ap-
Pertinent of H. P. Singleton DIS agro-
nonist for the Station. Irrigation and
alkali studies in cooperation with the
U. S. Department of Agriculture were
started in 1922 by C.. C. Wright, spec
ialist in Irrigation Investigations. The
experiments in horticulture which were
begun in 1922 are now being carried on
by Harry ]. Jensen. the station horti-
culturist. WinteIA feeding experiments
with lambs and steers begun in 1921,
and the dairy herd, hogs and poultry
are handled by the superintendent.
Each of these men work in close CO.
operation with the staff of the main
Agricultural Experiment Station at
Pullman, the,.eby securing valuable sug-
gestions and directions for the expert
mental program at Prosser.
According to previous announce
ments for Field Day, all visitors are in
vited to meet in the beautiful shady
park in Prosser at noon and to bring
their basket lunches for picnic dinner.
The Prosser Community Club will fur
nish hot coffee and iced tea. County
Agent Lovett of Yakima and T. J..
Stockdale of Prosser are arranging to
settle the championship of the Upper
and Lower; Valleys in barnyard golf.
An undefeatcd indoor baseball team is
understood to be looking for worthy
rival with whom to cross the bats be-
fore the grand stand at noon on this
date. Dean Edw. c. johnson, Director
Of the Agricultural Experiment Station,
and Professor E. G. Schafer, head of
the Division of Farm rops at Pullman,
/ will give short talks. President E. o.
Holland and the Board of Regents of
the State College have been invited to
be with us.
An inspection of the Experiment Sta
ton farm, fouh miles northeast of
Prosser, will be made following a
short program during the noon hour.
Transportation will be furnished for
those who come by train. Visitors will
be conducted to the various expert
mental plots on the farm by the sta
ton specialists who will discuss the
work under way there. Questions and
free discussion are invited at this
time, that each faitner may understand
how results from the experiments may
be made useful to him and that the
Experiment Station men may gain ad-
ditional viewpoints for their work.
! The following itinerary will be fol-
lowed at the station: Visitors will first
cross the mixed grass pastuse and on
to the sweet clover pasture. Pasture
carrying capacity and milk production
data will be discussed. The seven al
falfa varieties are close by, four COM
plete years yields have been recorded.
The 20 varieties of sweet potatoes and
five methods Of irrigating this crop
will be next, followed by the Irish
potato spacing and irrigation expert
rnent. The route is to the orchard
cove. crop plots where seven crops
are growing on shaded and unshaded
ground. This area is beside the four
year old apple orchard where four
methods of soil management and four
systems of pruning are being catried
on. The nursery of miscellaneous for
age and legurne crops lies just east of
the orchard and the corn acclimatiza-
ton experiment beside it.
The course will pass an automatic
weir register where pencil records the
amount of water delivered day and
night. Sulphur has been applied to al
falfa for three years nearby. The next
stop will be to watch submerged
orifice meter record acre feet of water
on dial. Besides this installation are
the field peas and cereals variety trials.
The fall riga ion Of slfalfa experiment
fall and spring irrigation of co.tl land.
and the corn variety plots will be next
in order.
Border irrigation is being praciced
on six acres of alfalfa. The interval be-
tween irrigations and duty OF water
studies are under way on this area.
Water will be running to demonstrate
the border method of irrigation. AL
falfa seed production plots are next on
the patch which passes the water hold
ing capacity checks where the relation
Of water and soil is under observation.
The field to the south contains the be-
ginn'ngs Of carefully planned crop ro-
tations which will be continued for
many years
The nitrogen fertilizer plots, corn
cultivation and seed corn production
studies ase next. The corn crop is of
increasing importance in irrigation
farming particularly in livestock farms.
In time the station will be able to serve
as a source of good seed corn and
grains. The pasture experiments with
varieties of sweet clover and ladino clo-
yer, the forage grass and clover garden,
and the time Of cutting alfalfa plots,
are at the end of the itinerary. Those
VINO desire to look at the poult y plant,
the dairy herd and barn, and the hogs
will then be given an opportunity to
talk shop as long as they desire.