382 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 

 ALFALFA SOWN IN ROWS. 



With the object in view of raising seed and also of ascertaining whether it would 

 be possible to increase the yield on non-irrigated land by this means if an abnormally 

 dry season were met with, a little over an acre was sown in drills 28 inches apart 

 on June 10. The same kind of seed was usted as in the previous experiment and the 

 soil was all inoculated. During the sxunmer the space between the rows was cultivated 

 to kill weeds and also to stimulal^e the growth of the alfalfa. As would be expected, 

 the cix)p made a much more vigorous growth than that made in*the plots sown in the 

 usual way. For* a fuller discussion of the question of inoculation, see Part U. 



CLOVERS. 



Small plots of one-fiftieth acre each were sown with Red, Alsike and White clover. 

 'Good stands were obtained. 



GRASSES. 



On June 10, a half-acre each was sown with Western Rye Grass and with Brome 

 Grass and a quarter acre with Timothy, at the rate of six pounds per acre in each case. 

 A good stand of Timothy was obtained but the other two grasses were thin. 



APPLE ORCHARDS. 



Three orchards were set out with the trees placed 15 feet apart each way. The 

 first contains cross-bred varieties and 54 were set out. The second contaiins seed- 

 lings of the cross-bred varieties and 66 were set out. The third consists of standard 

 varieties and 110 were set out. The majority of these established themselves fairly 

 ■well. 



A windbreak was planted on the north, west and south sides of the block contain- 

 ing these three orchards. It consisted of a row of Caraganas two feet apart and four 

 feet inside of these was planted a row of eottonwoods set four feet apart in the row. 

 A space of thirty feet was left between the cottonwoods and the first row of apples. 



RHITBARB. 



Nineteen varieties of rhubarb were set out on one side of the orchard. For a 

 list of these see under this heading in Part II. 



PART II.— THE IRRIGATED FARM. 



PREPARATION OF SOIL. 



The preparation of the soil for this season's crops on the irrigated portion of 

 ■the farm was the same as on the non-irrigated, except that the backsetting was done 

 later in the previous season when the ground was somewhat dryer, so that, when the 

 crops were sown in the spring, the soil was more loose and in not quite so good a con- 

 dition as was the non-irrigated farm. The raw prairie was broken during May and 

 June in 1907, and the backsetting was done in September and October of the same 

 year. 



