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Show VALUE OF SUMMER TILLING Yield of Wre.it Has Betn Doubled by Thig Method of Preparing Seed Ced Best Varieties U: V. A IH'IINK'IT. Mr.-itnr of Ne biasl.it An iltnral Kxpertiiietil Million.) Tin N'i 1 raska vporlmont station dan Just bailed bulletin No. 11S on 'Hi owing Crops In Western Nebraska" Nebras-ka" Tills hullollll gives the result (if crop ir.il mi Ion nt the North Platta substation during ( ho past rcvcn a t h, together with tho rocurd of past ,'!C years, and h (iiHOiitihlou of methods of fiiriuiiiK for dry land. Cousldcrnl li' space Im given to show-liiK show-liiK the rcMilts secured liy summt r tilling till-ing laud, l lm yield of vi Inter wlioat I. as In I'll doubled 1 1 y tlil in' thud of preparing Iho seed bed. Thu average yield of plot properly prepared und seeded has been (, bushels per iu re during tlu pant live years. Tho yield from these plats In l'.HO, viht-n tho precipitation pre-cipitation (or tho year was only 10.7 Inches, was 3.'i lo .'!7 bushels jut acre. Summer tilling md n ml old land for winter ln al la strongly advocated. The records show that summer lining also Increased the yields of spring grains. Imt lint to so gnat nn extent as the winter wheat. Whether sum-nn sum-nn i' tiling fur spring rralns In profit-; profit-; li'e In Mill nn opi n ipicstlon, though It would prove tin' tnoi.t profitable practice during cnr IlKo I'JIO. The ttu-ls show that I ho prey drill Increases tho yield of grain Ml ItllleU beyond the yields secured ty Kiwlng broadcast that the farmer cannot nf-(oid nf-(oid to sow grain broadcast, iih the tll!T. rotieo In tho yield on a rather i mall In Id w lil ny for I ho drill. Tho variety lords Indicate that tho following nio Mipeilor to or as good as any other varieties tiled: Turkey lied winter wheat, Durum i-prlng wht at, Kin ri on oats, common Mix-row Mix-row ed I alley, and Substation Calico corn. Among tht forage crops, cano (sorghum) (sor-ghum) ranks first an mi annual and alfalln lit h t an a perennial, on bench, land. Alfalfa on tho table land (lid not produce forai'o or feed In 1310. Tho climatic i coords show that Ih iiveiio'e anneal pi eelplta'lon for tho past ,",t'i years Is IS :l Inches, mid for 1 '.i t o, 10 7 Im Iu h, lfip) was tho driest year duties the "ti yearn, yet lair crops were produced by proper ineln-oils ineln-oils of Ullage. This bulletin may bo had froo of cost by residents of Nebraska upon a I plication to the N'l raska agricultural agricul-tural ( X pertinent station, I.lil.oln. |