Show statistics ON RESULTS OF WWW experiment FARM binnick B knicl report of agricultural col co lege gives gics data on tests at local station As most everyone in those paita Is ested inthe in the experiments being carried carried A in ut ane san juan experiment station we print herewith some extracts from the ilie deport 31 the agricultural college referring refe leftri ing to the work that has been accomplished at the san juan citation work on this project is divided int into 0 5 six ix divisions 1 alfalfa seed production 2 testing forage and root crops 3 winter and spring cereal arf als 4 rotation of wheat with inter tilled crops 5 crops and tests and 6 cooperative cooperii ve tests with farmers in san juan county because one of thoi the main purposes in the establishment of the san juan substation was wag to eat cat alfalfa seed growing the be major portion of jt lt is limited to this problem acre acie yields this past year varied from 1 to 4 bushels because because of damaging frosts and too much vegetative growth acre y yields will of alfalfa seed during the past two seasons have not been especially promising of the outstanding forage and root crops in 1028 1928 carrots produced over 8 tons to the ac acre re corn 2600 pounds pound aniber amber sorghum 2000 2900 pounds in 1929 white flint corn produced 55 6 5 tons of fodder minnesota 13 corn 45 tons carrots 4 tons and yellow sweet clover produced 2299 p pounds to the are ar carrots sweet clover corn and all caven havea definite place in the feid feed arl ing program of san juan county of ight eight winter cheats under test in 1928 black hull with an acree yield of bushels stood first followed by montana 36 with 43 bushels fan 1929 turkey a nephi pure line ine selection produced the highest yield bushels bush elsi blackbull Black hull followed fo with bushels spring cheats J lit were low in n plat pit a cl ds eig recorded for hard fe federation d and Baart of 13 and 12 bushels bushel el respectively the general average I 1 is lower than this however in 1929 aota a spring wheat produced 26 bushels followed by baart witti with bushels kubanka yielded bush ks oats in 1928 failed iwhite boat a barley produced an average of bol bushels and 9 bu bushels sheli fields of 1929 were similar to those of 1928 altho although select oats produced bushels and phearson Kh earson bushels data for the last two seasons indi indicate cati that winter wheat is much better adapted to san juan conditions than aie are the spring va orle unties ties in tests of rotation of wheat with inter tilled props crops wheat after fallow jn n 1927 yielded fielded 38 bushels while whit at follo following wink inter tilled crops yielded 10 bushels peas yielded 53 bushels s and nd potatoes 60 60 bushels in 1929 there was slight between betwee nw wheat eat after fallow ha as compared to wheat ater inter tilled crops were high however potatoes yielded 97 bus bushels beig peas 21 bushels and corn coin pounds of fodder odder under miscellaneous crops and tests 2 to 3 peeks pecks of wheat are found to be sufficient for seeding cinter wheat field peas peak in 1928 yielded 66 bushels in 1929 1029 the carleton variety produced bushels and canadian ID 19 bushels beans in 1928 were a complete failure because of frost in 1929 mexican reds produced pounds mexican pintos po pounds holinds linds and navy navi pounds low yields in 1929 were du due c to frost da damage mag e with more fa krable dav climatic conditions yields of to 1000 pounds may be expected since eventually this area will he be come one of the most important agricultural sections sect inns of tb the state better tillage practices and crop adaptations are necessary therefore because ol of the marked variations in soils and climate in san juan county it is s planned to conduct cooperative tests on about eight farms distributed over this section these the c tests to include varie marieal at trials of cereals peas beans corn and potatoes tillage tests test swill will also be |