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Show AGRONOMY WORK AT THE EX- i' PERIMENT STATION. , The Department of Agronomy is . f carrying on, exclusive of the vast :; amount of arid farm work, a number &. of very important lines of work for f " the betterment of Utah agriculture. In co-operation with the Chemical Department, we arc carrying on experiments ex-periments to determine the dcvclop-i dcvclop-i ment and movements of nitrates un- Af dcr different crops and different i4 U 1 amounts of irrigation and arid conditions. condi-tions. Nitrogen is an essential plant " food but, although about 76 per cent 1 of the air is composed of this Im portant clement no plants except the ; pod bearers have the power or ability 1 1 to make use of it as it exists in the I air. It is only after it has become combined with oxygen in the soil that all plants can make use of it. The nitrogen compounds arc continually iv -Bcing formed in the soil where vegetation vege-tation is decaying. These compounds are very soluble in water and arc therefore easily washed away ', the, water which is addted to the soil. The' object of these experiments is to determine de-termine the rate of development and the movements of these nitrogen compounds com-pounds under: Corn, potatoes, oats, alu a and fallow ground. 'Each of thesu crops has four plats, to No. 1 15 inches of water b added, to No. 2 10 inches, to No. 3 5 inches and to No 4 no water. Soil samples are taken tak-en before the crops are planted, immediately im-mediately Wore irrigations, as soon I after irr '.ions as possible and every wo weeks after the irrigation period closes. These samples are taken to a. depth of 10 feet and arc subjected to "chemical analysis for their nitrogen nitro-gen compounds. 2. In co-operation with the Chemical Chemi-cal Department wc arc also carrying on an experiment to determine the effects of different amounts of irrigation irri-gation on the milling qualities of a number of the leading wheats. Wc know that irrigation has a material effect on the quality of flour and our object is to find out just what these differences and effects ar.c. Wc arc using three plots for each wheat, No. 1 receiving 15 inches of water, No. 2 7J4 inches and No. 3 no water. The wheat from these plots is subjected to milling and baking tests and thus their relative value for flour and bread making determined und'er the different conditions. The following wheats ae used: New Zealand, Minnesota Min-nesota 163, Minnesota 167, Minnesota 188, Whitington, Egyptian Spring, Kubanka-, Turiocy Red, Kofod, White Clufb, Pcllissier and Gold Coin. 3.j(Varicty tests. A number of asietics of different -crops are being tested to determine those best adopted adopt-ed to be grown in this region. Two new grasses being tried, viz., Meadow Foxtail and Meadow Fescue. Eight varieties of oats arc being grown among which is the Regenerated Swedish Select Oats. This was first put on the market last year. It has been acJected 'and bred -for a number of years by the Garton Seed Co. of Chicago. This is a promising variety. Other varieties grown are Danish, White Tartar, Sparrow Bill, Black American, Giant Yellow, Minnessota No. S7 and Kherson. Four varieties of barley arc grown: California Prolific, Pro-lific, Hullcss, Black Hullcss and Beardless. Five varieties of corn: Notrh Dakota White Flint, which is an -early dwarf variety, North Dakota Yellow Dent, Ninety Day Yellow Flint, Rustler White Dent and Kansas Kan-sas Dent. This last variety was imported im-ported from Kansas last year, is a very tall growing variety and is valuable valu-able as a- fodder corn only. The growing of potatoes is becoming a very important industry in this State, it was therefore deemed advisable to plant a few of the leading varieties to determine their relative worth. Four varieties were planted, Early Eureka, Early Bangor, Early Six Weeks and Peerless. Two varieties of field peas, the Canadian and San Luis Valley. Of these the San Luis Valley appears to bo Mic more thrifty grower, although the individual peas arc smaller. 4. A small plot of ground is devoted! de-voted! to each of the following miscellaneous mis-cellaneous crops: White Mustard, Sanfain, Buckwheat, Navy Beans, Peanuts, Hemp, Flax, Hairy Vetch, M'ilo Maize, Dwarf Essex Rape, Cow Peas, Jerusalem Corn, Lentils, Coffee Cof-fee Peas, Egyptian Clover, Yost Wheat and Splitz. These crops are grown here in .small quantities to give visitors an opportunity of observing ob-serving their growth and also to furnish fur-nish us information conocrning them. The Yost Wheat is a Poulard variety found by Mr. J. H. Gill, of Yost," Utah, growing in his fields. He considers con-siders it a first-class variety for arid land. The kernels are nearly as large again as ordinary wheat. The White Mustard was planted at the sugges tion of Hon. W. S. Hanson, who con- M sidcrs it a valuable crop in this .state. M (To be Continued.) H r H |