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THIRD ANNUAL SESSIONS 



Winter Wheats. 



"We have also shown that the Turkey red and Kharkov winter wheats 

 give profitable returns. On a well conducted farm, it is highly probable 

 that either of these will give larger yields than any kind of spring 

 wheat. 



Oats, Barley, Emmer. 



"The varieties of oats introduced have given very much larger re- 

 turns than those formerly grown in the locality. The Kherson oat gives 

 the highest yield. Barley and emmer have been grown each season, with 

 good results. 



Hog Fattening. 



"By growing and feeding hogs, we have shown how these grains 

 and corn can be sold through the stock at a price considerable above 

 that obtainable on the market. Even with corn at 50 cents per bushel 

 and hogs at $5.50 per cwt., the hogs gave nearly 50 per cent, profit on 

 the com. 



Summer Fallow. 



"The rusults show conclusively that summer tillage stores up mois- 

 ture and produces large yields. Winter wheat seems especially fitted for 

 summer tilled land. In this way, winter wheat is made our safest crop. 

 In 1907 iV2 acres of winter wheat on summer tilled land gave an average 

 of 59 bushels per acre, while land cropped the year previous gave 24.4 

 bushels per acre. In 1908, an eighty-acre field of winter wheat, on sum- 

 mer tilled land, gave an average of 57 bushels per acre. This contained 

 16 one-half acre plats of varying rate of seeding, time of seeding, and 

 tests of varieties. The lowest yreld was 53 bushels per acre, while an 

 adjoining field that averaged 59 bushels in 1907 after summer tillage, 

 yielded 20.85 in 1908. 



Moisture Tests. 



"The relation of the moisture content of the soil and crop yields is 

 being studied carefully at the Experimental Sub-Station, North Platte, 

 Nebraska. 



Precipitation. 



"The average annual rainfall for the past thirty-four years, as rec- 

 orded at the government weather station at North Platte, is 18.86 inches. 

 There is a very great fluctuation in the amount of rainfall in different 

 years, and also in different times of the year. But the larger part of 

 the rainfall comes during the growing season. 

 Soil Experiments. 



"The soil is of the loose formation, a fine sandy loam of considerable 

 depth. It is very uniform in character and therefore very smtable for 

 experimental purposes. The soil is quite fertile and will yield abundantly 

 when there is sufficient moisture. The two main questions in crop pro- 

 duction at the present time are suitable varieties and the maintenance 



