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Show PROPER DEPTHJOR PLANTING i Investigations of tho Exporimcnt Stations Sta-tions Frc to tho Public. flu t mIi i-h rimeiit station at Logan lis. just tiiushetl an extensive eenmeiii lo detirmiiie tho depth at Hltich vantitm sitds should be sown in order lo produce tho best result. Iho vcoik was thine under the dlref. intwrviiJon r Dr. V S. Harris, di-rtftor di-rtftor and fjniiH list i f the il it inn. H. .1. Manghan nMiMnl. The cros untler test were wheat, oats, corn, barley, altnlfa, "as. ln-eis. b(ans and sorgliiiui. A total of 17.2S0 determi-nnljoiis determi-nnljoiis were maile in the expcriincnl. The seils were planletl in galvanir 1 iron cans. The cans were fillctl with a loam soil, rrom the station's oxoriiiiciilnl 'rarm near (Iroe'ietCr 'fhroo sets or laiikt wen usetl. Part of the tanks were miiintnined nt a low moisleiuo eonlcnt, art at n nietl iim conlenl nml pnrt at a high con-lent. con-lent. The seetls were sown in the ko'I of each can at iacli of the first eight im lies. The work was so arraiiKcd that at Iho end of ouch five, leu, fit' fecu and tweiil.v tiny period from the lime tif planting the number or n-etls germiiialeil, tin Itngth of the nnil tho lemilh til the Iiijm and tho htiglu hIhivo the irniuntl totild bo determined ami reeoitlctl. The reitilta of this work have jusl leeii laiblifiheil b tho experiment stn lion at 1-offHM as ttiillctiu No. 101, en nihil "Factors Vffectintr tho Deplb of Noumir Yanoiis Crow," which will be mailed lo anv one iimhi retiiiosl. The bnllftiii eoniNins In !. plailn ttrHtdm shi.wiiHf the relative grow IS ol roolii snd iniM at the five, len, fif teen nml twoutv tlav iieriotls whn plsiilml at VHrutti.. ilepllHt in soil or vamms moioluie conlenl. In sum iimnxiug tho work the authors Main: "The plant usunlly grow faster when the weds were hiwii from one tn two inches deep. This rapid grow lb especiall.v noticed with tho roots, mid is no ilonbt one of the priinnrv rr-.i-hiiis for a larger yield from niinllou ootliiiK, III general the height nf the plants nlsive tho soil dtvroaseil as Iho depth of seeding inerened. The largo! growth of the plants abov K round never ot cur red from seeiN him ii iht per than thiee inches Smaii steiU hiwii below llnee inches fitilnl ! roach tut' Mirftcc in twentv tla.vs." |
