80 EEPOET OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



SOME NOTEWORTHY RESULTS OF STATION WORK. 



The increase in the fnnd of knowledge and its application as a 

 result of the stations' work grows rapidly from year to year. New 

 facts are brought out which help the investigator to a clearer under- 

 standing of his problems and bring him nearer to a solution ; and a 

 vast amount of experimental evidence is accumulated to assist prac- 

 tical men in improving their methods and overcoming natural 

 difficulties. 



Xo other business or profession has such an organized and aggres- 

 sive system working for its advancement in both theory and practice. 

 The outcome in every branch of agriculture is enormous, and it is 

 only possible to cite a few of the results to indicate the nature and 

 scope of the j^rogress. 



The development of new varieties and their distribution among the 

 farmers of the States continued during the year with much success. 

 A new variety of winter wheat developed at the Minnesota station, 

 known as Minnesota No. 529, and three varieties of oats, Minnesota 

 Xos. 261, 281, and 295, which outyielded the ordinary grains by 15 to 

 25 per cent, were distributed. Minnesota No. 169 wheat. No. 26 oats, 

 No. 13 corn, and No. 25 flax have become commercially known and 

 are now quite widely grown in Minnesota and the adjoining States. 

 It is estimated that the increased value of farm crops in Minnesota, 

 on account of the use of varieties of grain developed at the station, 

 has reached the sum of $6,500,000 annually. 



The pedigreed strains of corn developed by the Ohio station are 

 thus far yielding 5 to 14 bushels per acre more than the original 

 Tarieties from which the}^ were selected and bred. Pedigreed strains 

 of oats and wheat are yielding 3 to 6 bushels in advance of the original 

 stock, and improved strains of soy beans 2-|- to 6 bushels. 



The North Dakota station has also achieved success in establish- 

 ing new varieties of field crops and distributing them throughout the 

 State. In corn-breeding work, the ear-to-row corn yields have been 

 very outstanding, ranging from 96 bushels per acre to 37.7 bushels 

 for the different ear rows. Golden Dent No. 950 seed corn has been 

 widely distributed through sales direct from the institution, through 

 the demonstration farms, and the school children's contests. It has 

 proved very popular through the State and has added greatly to the 

 corn area. 



No. 316 blue-stem wheat was put out through the medium of the 

 demonstration farms the past year. It is the result of 17 years' work. 

 The yield of this new wheat during the very dry season of 1910 was 

 '27^ bushels per acre on a field plat of over 5 acres in size. The winter 

 rye developed by the station is proving hardy and a better yielder 

 than the common varieties. 



