Show UTAH utan experiment STATION COMPLETES IMPORTANT experiment 1 l v rom karu kurej new news the utah experiment station at logan has just lat completed sin n extensive experiment to determine ile the depth at which seeds should be sown in order to produce the best results under vader the direction of dr F S ham daret ayr and agronomist of the station 11 F at gha assisted in the work the crops under test were wheat oat oats corn bar alfalfa heip beet beans and sorg sorghum bum A total of ao 80 determinations were made lo 10 the experiment the work was so arranged that at the end of each d 10 and 20 day periods from the time of planting the number of seeds germinated the leneth length of the roots th the length of the tops and aud the height above the ground could be deter mired and recorded la in summarizing the work the authors state the plant usually gro grows wa faster when the seeds wert sown from one to two inches deep thia thi rapid growth was especially noticed meth the roots and is no doubt one of the primary reasons or a larger yield from froin seeding in general the height of the plants above the soil decreased emed as the depth of the ceding Jn increased creased the barreit growth of the plants above ground never occurred from seeds sown deeper than inches small seeds sown below three inches failed to t each cach the surface tn in twedt d anyone wishing the results of this in detail can get it free by bi writing the experiment station at logan and asking ashing for bulletin no about this time or of year the last crop of jane june brides are coding coming down to la in the morning wearing caring greasy kimonos tind and with their hair wadded into door knoub on the backe backs of their beads |