| Show BT Best Crops For Alkali Soil Dr F. F S S. S IF Harris director and l I agronomist of or th Luh dL nt star sta op 01 c LM- LM of or t Hit it foremost fore fore- foremost most authorities on alkali and related related re re- work in the country today loday has just made another valuable contribution to this subject Ho was assisted in his recent investigations by D. D W. W rittman Pittman assistant agronomist The work just completed was Vas conducted to determine the relative resistance of various crops to alkali The general conclusions arrived at by Dr Harris and Mr PIttman are that for alkali land the cereals aro are the best of the crops investigated and the grasses the poorest Of the forage orage crops vetches cowpeas al alfalfa alfalfa al- al falfa aIra and sweet clover are superior to the grasses Timothy and alsike clover which are recognized as good crops for wet land are shown to be relatively resistant non-resistant and probably should not be Included among the the forage crops for alkali land that thatis is very wet The experiments were begun In 1917 and extended over a period of two years The results of this work in detail have been published published pub pub- by the station in bulletin form and will be ready for free distribution distribution distribution tion b by mail mall to the people of the state within the next few days according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to Director Harris |
