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Show I SUMMER FALLOW IS FAVORED e . r- Evidence Derived From Tests st No d brasks Testing Station 8how Ds-elded Ds-elded Advsntags In Method. II The directors of the North Platts 1- fNeb ) agricultural experiment station have been carrying on some expert mental work along the line of cereal a production which should be of practical practi-cal value to dry farmers In other sco - tl,,,,.. On the fortylght plots devoted to growing wheat in a sesaon following follow-ing summer fallowing an average yield was secured of 30 2 bushels per acra It was found that plote which bad been aown at the rate of two pecks per acrs yielded ss well ss those on which flv pks were sowed-ln fact, ths two smallest returns were from plots on which five pecks had been used. Ths lowest returns obtained from growing small grain were on land which had la alfalfa the preceding year Five to tlx bushels of oatt were se-rured se-rured following brome grsss, on corn land from ten to twenty bushels and on land summer fallowed thirty bush els The evidence derived from th above tests teemt to ihow a decide.! advantage In favor of tummer fallow Ing over ony other tyttem of bandllni under the eonditlone which prevail ti western Nebratka. |