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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1916)
S?n J-riM! -'Z swt -. Oii1!?.-" "mranMmWPfMi. iWTO" rAOB 10. TIW I1BXI) III'MjKTIX, IJKXI), ORE., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1010. ?Z? ,a fr, ;-, , i 'I k ! ! t I ? in j. ..I hi REPORT OF THE COUNTY AGRICULTURIST FOR 1915 (Continued from Inst wcok.) SUDAN UIIAS.4. (TiluN.) Stulnn grass 1b Konernlly conslclor- od n southern plant niul not ndnptcd to tlio cllnmto of tlio Northwest. Trlnls with this crop by tlio ABricnl tnrnl CoIIoro lino not proven It a huccoss prior to lull, nnd It was not recommended by tlio Agriculturist In 1911 although, whon wo found that soino of our funnel h wero trying It, wo watehud rusults with Intorest. Mr. John Van Allen near Hedmond met with vory promising results with this crop on a mnnll plot of ground this year, the plnnts growing to a height of sovon feet and soino of the heads maturing. In 1013 wo encouraged trials of the crop In smml pIotH In various sections of tlio county. Mr. foot. Taking this basis for the above Job: Cost of tile, $3fi (assum ing no lodticflon for carload); frolght, $22.50; haulage $17. fin (as suming sumo hnul); labor $11, total $89 or $22.23 per acre. Now as to results: Crop, 1911. four acres, 20 bushels Ilarloy or five bushels per aero; crop 1915, Tour acres, 278 bushels wheat and barley or G9,4 per aero. I'loclng a value of SO cents per biiHhol on this crop tlio result Is $222 50 minus $138.50, equals $83.90 net gnln this year from the nbovo operation. In our minds nnd from these resultB wo firmly bellovo that tile drainage Is an unqualified success. This four ncro tract wo tried only as an experiment and wo Intend to drain 10 acres more ns qulcklv ns posslblo. Thoro aro fow Investments which pay so well on al kali land. Hoping that 1910 may seo ninnv urooK county acres tuo year preceding tho fallow year or'tlllzer was applied to tlio land too early In tho spring of that year. J lato for obtaining best results tho Whoro' posslblo tho fall plowing Is tho sarno season and tho potatoes were Van Allen planted about one half ncro to tho crop and. to cur knowl- j,.,,!,,,,,!, wo ,eK to remain, vory tru- edgo, four oilier piois wero piaiuou. ,y yourHi t. c. Cram & Sons." It will ho noted by this report that All who blunted Sudan grass this year obtained a good crop, making at least ono good rutting of hay and Mr. Vnn Allen's crop grow to an nv nrago height of six feet and matur ed tho seed. This prop will b tried on n Inrger sonle not season. Tho plant Ik relished by stock either ns n liny or a pasturo. i n;i,i) I'liAs. (DemnuMi'iitioii.) Klolil Peas were proven n success ful crop for this section on tho dem onstration farms at ltedmoud and Metollus In charge of the Agricultur al college In 1912 and 191.1. A con siderable acreago of tho crop plant ed by farmers In this county In 1911 hut practically all proved n failure because of attacks by tho aphis. He cnuso of those failures, the farmers gonornlly had decided that Held peas would not prove a profitable crop but, because of the successes with the crop on tho demonstration farms nnd experiment stations, tho Agricultur ist recommended it to tho farmers or Crook county for planting In 1915. Ah a result of our recommenda tions 1200 pounds of Hold pens for seed wore purchased and planted this yenr. Tho varieties planted consisted of 800 pounds of ccinmoii Canadian, 200 pounds of San I,uls valley, 100 pounds of Carlton, no pounds of Kaiser, 30 pounds of Cossack and 10 pounds of (Iroy Winter vurletles. Tho Jack rabb'n destroyed about flvo iicros of this ni-n for fanners planting It and tho nphls destroyed u flold of ono half ncro. Tho roinnln- dor of tho wed planted produced n Eoort crop, tho Carlton nnd Cossnck varieties proving a prolllablo crop ou'ii at Mllllcan (mi tho "high des oi t"). On Irrigated lauds, nil va- rlotlcH mndo n good crop with tho Carlton, tho Kaiser, tho San I. ills Valley, tho Cossack and tho Canadian proving most profitable In tho order named. The (Iroy Winter vnrloty wiih destroyed by aphis. Tho agriculturist had advised that seed from this crop bo saved for an other year's planting nnd hnd opect ed that this would bo done but. with cno exception, tho peas wore harvest ed l.y Iiok or cut for liny. Ono doni oiiBliutni harvested tho seed but crop was planted mi lato that yields were siimll. Wo undertook tho clubbing of or ders for Held peas for seed during tho winter of 191 1-1 R but wltho t success. The sauio method will bo undertaken for obtaining seed for crop of lit 111. I)lt.l..(;i: OI-' AMU I.I I.A.VI) 0 lleiiiiinslratlon.) Many otherwise fertile Holds along tho Crooked river and Ochoco bot tom lauds are mado unprofitable and In soino Instances absolutely worth less because of the piosenco of black alkali In tho soil. An effort was made by County Agriculturist dur ing tho year 1911 to Interest owners of these lauds In the drainage for Im proving their soils. In January. 1915 wo received a leiiuest from II, C. the absolute cost of tlio In less than cnrload late Is Hgured. If a largo amount of tlio wero used nnd It could ho shipped In carload lots tho not gain would be $222.10 minus $89, or $133. '10. which equals u profit of $-11.10 above tho cost of the tile for four acres or an Increased profit above tho cost of tho tlio nnd of the crop grown tho provlous year or $28.10 for four acres, or $7.10 per ncro. It will bo noted that tho freight hill from tho denier to tho purchnsor equaled considerably moro than tho first cost of tho tlio nnd If the tlio could bo purchnscd In cnr load lots thin cxponso would still ho greater than this first cost of tho tile. Whon results of this kind can be obtained through n demonstration on tho ground, it Is unnecessary to spend n grent deal of time In writing concerning tho ndvnntngo of dralnngo for soils of this character. In our opinion, the drain tlio ohotild bo Inld at least three to four feet deep and lines not more thnn 40 feet apart. On Inrger tracts, It will or courso ho necessary to Increase tho size of tho tlio an lines become longer nnd lat erals converge and, In ovory enso, tho Iuvo'h should ho run nnd plans for the ontlro dralnngo system complet ed Woro any of tho tlio Is laid. An effort Is being mndo to discover clay deposits for tho mnuufneturo of drain tlio within Crook county, which discovery niul manufacture would re duce tho cost or this tlio nt least ono hnlf. Kl'MMEIt IWM.OWIXfJ LAND. Tlio average total rainfall for Crook county In 1911 was fili Inches. Tho sntuo total for 1915 wns seven Inches, lloth of theso totals aro bo low tho normal amount for this section but tho maximum niiuunl rainfall for samo, according to nil Iniormntlon which wo can obtain, Is below 1 1 Inch nnd, undor theso conditions, It Is unneccpsnry to stato Hint summer fallowing Is required for growth of crops on tho dry hinds of the county. Tho purpose of tho sum mer fallow In this section Is to store nr.d coimervo tho moisture of tho fal low for tho two of tho crop tho crip ytnr. N'lnety por cent of tho minimi pretlpltntlou occurs between October tb nnd May 1st. So-called summer fallowing of the laud Is practiced by nil farmers on uulirlgiited lauds In Creel; oou.ity, evcoptlng pofslhly n few who hnvo cultivated tracts along tho river bot toms which nro suh-lrrlgntcd. How ever, In tho majority of cases, al though a crop Is grown on tlio laud only alternate years, tho methods used In tho preparation and cultiva tion or theso lands between crops do not servo tho purpose or a rnllow In the matter or moisture conservation. A very largo percentage or tho sum mer rnllow In plowed lato In tho spring or tlurlng the stimmur or tho fallow year. Usually cultivation of theso fallow Holds consists In more- Crnm &. Sons of l'rlnevlllo, locatud )v harrowing the hind from ono to nhoiit four miles enst on the Ochoco (i,n.0 or four times with n spike river bottoms, to visit their farm mil , tooth harrow, A rail grain crop Is suggest meaiiH Mr correcting Ihelr j pliuittul tho same koasnn that tho hlnck ulkall soils. Dralnngo or these, ,,0Xl B ,lono or 8,,rK cro,, ,,0 lnnds wan leconuneiided iib the hext , following snrlng. In 1915. b.m. method for their Improvement, hut heciiuso of the extremely high cost of drain tlio, wo suggested the trial of this method on a small Hold as n demonstration. Our recommenda tions wero followed nnd Hiilllcleut tile for draining four ncres wero procured nnd placed In the Held. Mr, Cram's report of this demonstration In writ lug shows very clearly tho results obtained, nnd Is as follows: "As per your request wo nro send ing you tlio following1 report on four acres of land which wo tlio drained this oor: Cost of 1500 ft. 3 Inch tile. $35; Freight l'ortlnud to Hod inoud, $72 (split car rate); haulage, Hedmond to ranch, $17 50; labor 7 dnys at fi, $11; Total cash. $18S 50 or $31.03 per ncro. Tho tile wns laid 00 feet npart, thjoo foot deep, nnd easily drained this space nt Hint depth. A system- laid four reet deep would hnvo drained 80 foot between Hues, Increasing tho nrea drained by this amount to a llttlo ovor 5 ncres. Wo woro unabln to got tho latter depth owing to dllllculty for securing outlet for that level. Another Item which would bo materially roduced is tho freight. Taking a carload lot or 30,000 pounds minimum weight, tho rate would ho $109 to Hedmond, or about ono nnd ono half cents per of tho high cost of wheat, a Inrgo number of fanners on dry laud plnnt ed spring wheat without summer fal low and In only ono Instance wua any grain harvested and In this case, tho yield did not prove prolllablo. Vory llttlo demonstration work on summer fallowing of laud wns start ed In 1DH by the Agriculturist. Ten fields In various sections or the coun ty wero stnrted ns demonstrations In 1915. Those demonstrations must necessarily cover nt least two yours so that results from tho ones thus tnr started In the county will not bo available until harvests or 1910 and 1917 Ono demonstration In tho cnl- tlvntlon or tho summer rallowed laud was howovor, already proven or val ue. Tho demonstrntor. Mr. A. S. 1'ogg, living near Hampton on tho "high desert." cultivated u plot or twv acres with a common liny rake, tho remainder or tho same Held be ing cultivated with a spike tooth har row, itpon examination In Soptom ber wo found tho moist earth two Inches nearer tho Biirrnco or tho Hold and moro molsturo deeper In tho soil on tlio demonstration plot than on tho remainder or tho Hold. Dry land farmers nro advised ns follows? Land should be plowed for summer fallow In tho fall of tho better of tho two. Tho use of a Bub surrnco packer Immediately following tho plow hns proven of valuo and la necessary for obtaining best results on spring l lowing. On full plowing, laud should bo loft ridged as tho packer leavoc It until spring when. It should ho harrowed. On spring plowing, land should be harrowed after packer. Cultivation thereafter must bo made with tools which will best dcstioy the weeds nnd leave u slightly coarse earth mulch covering tho surface of from ono to two in ches deep, uso to bo mado of these tools when weeds appear, after each rain or whenever tho surfneo of tho Held tends to pack. The tools gener ally used in this cultivation nro tho spike tooth harrow or tho spring tooth harrow but wo have found that on tho majority of the lnnds which nro of a sandy nature theso tools nro too sovero and leave n deep, pulver ized mulch which causes tho loss or moisture. Tho tool known ns n "weed or" Is much to bo preferred for this cultivation and, whero this tool Is not nvallnblc, tho hay ral;o usually doe,'better work than will nny of tho harrows. IIXPEKIMENT WITH COMMKIIOIAI. KEItTIMZKR OX POTATOES. Tilal of t lilini Meat Company's "Heaver liiimd E" I'eitlliei- In ('took Comity, 11)1,'. Tho farmers genernlly In Crook county, most especially on Irrigated lands, are of thu opinion that their lauds need an application of some commercial fertilizer for obtaining best yields of crops grown. In ordor to provo tho valuo of n commercial fertilizer an experiment wns under taken during tho Benson of 1915 to determine tho amount of Incrcaso In yield of potatoes which might ho ob tained front the use of a commercial fertilizer. Results obtained from the uso or Sulphate or Potash on tho Demonstration Knrm at Hedmond In 1912 proved this fertilizer beneficial on alfalfa and analysis of tho soils in this section show thorn to bo soino what deficient in potash nnd phos phorous. Ilecnuso of tho high price of pot ash In 1915 Is was not practicable to uso this fertilizer on nny of tho crops. The co-operntlon of tho Un ion Mont Compnny of North Port land, Oregon, wns obtained In a trlnl of n commercial fertilizer rich In pot ash nnd phosphorts nnd ns tho po tato ylolds of lands In this section nro comparatively small, this crop wns chosen for tho experiment. Tho Union Meat Compnny furnished 200 pounds of tholr Heaver llrnnd "B" fertilizer whoso porcentngo analysis Is as follows: nuimnuln (nnlmnl) 3.04, nitrogen, 2.50, phosphoric ncld (nvnllablo) 5.00, phosphoric acid (In solublo) 5,52, phosphoric ncld (to tal) 10.52 nnd potnsh (parol K 2 O cqunls 12.00. Mr. S. D. Mustnrd, a Winer nnd siiccessrul potato grower In tho Powell Uutte district, used this rortlllzor under direction or tho County Agriculturist nnd his assis tance In tho experiment could not bo Improved upon In any wny, ho taking grent Interest and pains throughout. Data In detail regnrdlng this ex periment nro ns folhws: Now land wan first irrigated then plowed Mny 1st, furrow's wero opened nnd fertil izer dropped in hills nnd covered with small amount of earth after which potatoes wero dropped In snmo hills nnd covered with small amount or earth nftor which potatoes woro d-iipped hi snmo hills and covered. Potatoes wero planted .lure 1st, tho variety planted was tho Cold Coin. Two hundred pounds or fertilizer were used on ono sixth ncro with un fortlllzod potatoes on each sldo of fertilized plot nud full ncro of pota toes Included fertilized plot wns on uniform soil, wns planted on snmo date and recolvod wuno attention, In cluding tho application or Irrigation water throughout tho season. Pota toes on fertilized plot and ono sixth ncro unfertilized ndjolulng wero dug, sacked nud weighed on November G with tho following results: Weight of fertilized plot of ono sixth acre, 2371 pounds. Weight or unfertilized plot of ono sixth ncro, 2 ISO pounds. An Increased yield from ubo or rortlllzor on ono sixth ncro 185 pounds or 1110 pounds per ncro. Tho results obtained from the uso of this fertilizer under tho clrcumstnncos ns round this yenr would not warrant the use of this fertilizer on potatoes nt tho prlco for which It soils. The experiment Is, howovor, considered Incomplete nnd not Indicative of tho valuo which might bo obtained through Its uso on potatoes undor more favorable conditions. Tho fer- planted later thnn Is common In this section. Increased yields of succeed ing crops on this plot may bo expected. After careful study of this experi ment and soils In Crook county gen-1 orally, It Is tho opinion of tho County i Agriculturist thnt ono of tho first I requirements for our soils Is humus 1 which Is lacking In tho upland soils. I Ily planting nny clovers or other green manures this humus may bo added to tho soil nnd results than , obtained from tho uso of fertilizer will undoubtedly bo much moro pro-f nounced. j This plot will bo watched for re-' suits In yields of grain which will bo planted next season and It is hoped that rurther experiments may bo car ried on with commercial fertilizer ott tho various crops. Lots at Half the Price. Xet Week: Crop Notations Brail' Icatlon of Juck Itubblt.s as a I'nnii Pest, Btc. (Continued next week.) lilt Ago Agalnit Him. "I am 52 years old and I have ben troubled with kidneys nnd blndsdr for n good mnny years," writes Arthur Jones, Allen, Knns. "My ago Is against mo to ovor get cured, but Foley KIdnoy Pills do mo more good than nnythlng I over tried " Hhou mntlsm, nchlng back, Bhooting pnlns, Btlrf Joints, Irregular action, nil hnvo been relieved. Sold Everywhere, ndv. When you buy a enck of outside flour vou hinder tho development of Central Oregon's rfnrm resources. 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