WORK OF TRUCKEE-CAESON EXPERIMENT FARM IN 1912. 21 



I^lotted and. so far as possible, the variety name of each tree inserted. 

 The results of the horticultural Avork have been published separately.^ 



TESTS OF VEGETABLES. 



For several years variety tests have been made with a number of 

 vegetables. Good results have been obtained with asparagus, beans, 

 table beets, carrots, sweet corn, cucumbers, kohl-rabi, melons, onions, 

 peas, potatoes, pumpkins, rutabagas, squashes, tomatoes, and turnips. 

 The results of this work up to and including the season of 1912 have 

 recently been published in detail, together with directions applicable 

 to each crop.^ 



COOPERATIVE WORK WITH FARMERS. 



Since the soil of the experiment farm is not yet in suitable condi- 

 tion for experimental crop work, it has seemed advisable to conduct 

 some of the more urgent crop tests on adjacent older farms, where the 

 soil is better adapted to this work. The greater part of the coop- 

 erative work in 1912 was done with potatoes, onions, and strawberries. 



POTATOES. 



Arrangements were made in 1912 with J. W. Ferguson, Fallon 

 district; W. Vanvoorhis, Stillwater district; Dr. Richards, Island 

 district; and J. W. Rawles, Fernley district, for conducting experi- 

 ments with fertilizers on potatoes. Seed potatoes from a northern 

 State Avere used, to avoid danger of introducing eelworms. A variety 

 known as Colorado Pearl, or ^Vh\te Pearl, was purchased from a 

 seed firm in Utah. It was found, after planting, that the germination 

 of this seed was poor, and consequently a poor stand resulted on all 

 the farms, so that at harvest time the fertilizer effect could not be 

 determined. 



ONIONS. 



A piece of land was selected on the farm of A. E. Merritt as suit- 

 able for the onion test. The land had previously been in clover 

 pasture for three years and was manured with well-rotted stable 

 manure during the winter prior to planting. 



One hundred and ten rows of onions were planted, with varying 

 quantities and kinds of fertilizers. At the end of the season each 

 row was harvested and weighed separately. It was found that the 



1 U. S. Department of Agr/cuUni-e, Bureau of Plant Industry, Circular 118, p. 17-28, 

 1913. Fruit growing on the Truckee-Carson Project, by F. B. Headley and Vincent 

 Fulkerson. 



2 Bureau of Plant Industry, Circular IIM. p. UI-lT), l!ti:{. Agriculture on the Truckee- 

 Carson Project: Vegetables for the home garden; and Circular ll."!, p. 13-2L', 1913. 

 Commercial truck crops on the Trucke«-Carson I'roject. 



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