Show TREES SURVIVE DROUTH A ATTACK TT ACK Intensive Cultivation Success as Substitute for Irrigation ROCK SPRINGS Wyo Wyo Intensive cultivation successfully replaced gatlon gatIon in the raising of trees at the Wyoming experimental farm in Eden Valley it w was disclosed at the annual field day held at the farm Wednesday Wednes Wednes- da day and was attended by several sev sev- eral ral hundred people from western Wyoming A new planting of ot 25 varieties of I trees rees planted the last spring thrived while old plantings made good growths growth Due to the shortage in water wa wa- ter cr the usual amount of iiri irrigation was vas not possible so that S. S D. D Martin station tation manager started tion ion with intensive cultivation to conserve con con- serve the moisture in the ground H His efforts were highly successful the tr trees es remaining i in good condition when trees nearby In the valley were starting to turn yellow from lack o of 01 Water Most Moat Varieties Survive In the new planting of 25 varieties only the n native tive birch and hackberry trees failed to survive the planting 23 varieties surviving despite the extremely extremely ex ex- ex- ex dry conditions condition These varieties vane varie- ties tics arc are Colorado spruce western red cedar Ponderosa pine lumber pine native maple buffalo berry Russian Rusian n olive crabapple wild plum green ash honey locust American elm Chinese Chi nese nose elm pussy willow salix alix willow wit wll low ow willow black willow Missouri river cottonwood black cottonwood cot cot- onwood cottonwood Si SI- berian benian 1 poplar Northwest poplar balm of ot Gilead and Missouri cottonwood o of the old plantings made especially good growth this year due to the 1 cultivation method d employed Last Las years year's p plantings a of boxelder Car agana allana and cottonwood poplar sur sun the winter to make a remarkable remarkable remark remark- able growth Experiments Experiment Successful ep experiments are also being be be- ing conducted in an effort to find fruit trees tree which will successfully successful successfully stand the rigorous winters of this re re- re glon gIon Duchess Okabena Meyer and Roberts apple trees DeSota Wanita and K Kaga plums anc and Sudduth pear trees planted a year ago have made a good growth this thI year Other fruits being tested for tor to the region include Chief ChIc and Otah raspberries Red Lake and Cherry currants and Carrie Como Comb and Jocelyn g gooseberries I Oats variety tests viewed included I an on unidentified d local seed Victory Colorado 37 registered Wisconsin Wis Wis- colUin No 5 Idaho and Markton being be be- ing observed for lor growth hardiness maturing period and yield The 1934 rain crop has not yet ben bean cut and ami threshed but grain will be obtained from rota all plots d despite the drouth Several rotation plots arranged 50 so O that the comparative growths may be bel easily reco recognizable upon viewing them Pare are being conducted with four lour year three r rotations and three e c six six- year rotations The rhe year six rotations compare barley barley with manure added and oats alfalfa being harvested harvest harvest- ed three e years yeAr and grain harvested three years CarE These tests not yet completed completed com corn are to determine methods of ol holding holdin crop yields to a high level without draining Ii soil |