300 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ern black lands of Texas, is highly calcareous, and one of the im- 

 portant agricultural problems is the finding of suitable stocks on 

 which to grow fruit and nut trees, grapevines, and many ornamental 

 plants. The major portion of the work on the farm is carried on 

 without irrigation. Twenty acres of land are devoted to a series of 

 crop-rotation and tillage experiments on plats one-fourth acre in 

 size, and in connection with these experiments soil moisture and 

 meteorological observations are being made. 



Beij^kfoitrciie EXPERIMENT FAR.M. — The Bellefourchc experiment 

 farm, of which Mr. Beyer Aune is superintendent, is located 2 miles 

 northeast of Newell, S. Dak., on the Bellefourche project of the 

 Reclamation Service. During the year this farm has been increased 

 from 200 to 280 acres by withdrawing from entry 80 acres of land 

 adjacent to the farm on the north. The cooperative investigations 

 enumerated in the preceding report have been continued, with the 

 addition during the past 3'ear of some investigations in connection 

 with forage crops. Up to the present time no irrigation water has 

 been available on the farm. It is expected, however, that irrigation 

 water will be available early in the crop season of 1912. The present 

 year has been extremel,y dr}^ and practically no crops have been 

 produced. Notwithstanding the severe drought, however, the forest 

 trees which are being grown in cooperation with the Forest Service 

 have done remarkably well and are giving some valuable data as to 

 what may be expected from trees in this dry region. 



Klamath experiment farm. — The Klamath experiment farm, of 

 which Mr. John P. Irish, jr., was superintendent, has been operated 

 on 40 acres of reclaimed sw^amp land in the so-called Lower Klamath 

 Marsh, 14 miles southeast of Klamath Falls, Oreg. Work on this 

 farm was undertaken at the request of the Reclamation Service to 

 determine whether the reclamation of these lands for agricultural 

 purposes would be practicable. The experiments were concluded 

 early in the present crop season, and it has been decided that the 

 lands are not suitable for agricultural purposes; the work has there- 

 fore been discontinued. 



Huntley experiment farm. — The Huntlej^ experiment farm, of 

 which Mr. Dan Hansen is superintendent, includes something over 

 300 acres of land in three tracts on the Huntley project of the 

 Reclamation Service, near the town of Osborn, Mont. Up to the 

 present time only about 100 acres of land have been put into crop. 

 Cooperative work with cereals, forage crops, sugar beets, and orchard 

 fruits has been undertaken with offices in the Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustr3\ The Montana Agricultural Experiment Station is cooper- 

 ating directly in the operation of this farm and is paying a portion 

 of the operating expenses. The experiments with sugar beets form 

 one of the special features of the work so far undertaken. About 

 25 acres of land are being prepared for a series of experiments in 

 crop rotation and tillage methods under irrigation. It is expected 

 that during the coming season additional cooperative work will be 

 undertaken, particularly with the Office of Dry-Land Agriculture, 

 in carrying on experiments in crojD -rotation and tillage methods with- 

 out irrigation. 



