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By J. W. KALKUS, SUPERINTENDENT THE Western Washington Experiment station has been materially handicapped during the past few years in its work because on the one hand its funds which come through appropriations to the state college of Washington have been very much reduced, while on the other hand there has been an urgent demand on the part of the farmers for us to develop more and more information, and also to undertake an enlarged research and experimental program for the purpose of solving many of the perplexing problems which are continually developing in agricultural field and causing serious damage to crops and losses among livestock. In spite of this handicap, however, much information of material value to famers in Western Washington has been developed at this station during the past year. The whole station program, of course, is designed for the purpose of attemting to solve as many as possible the more important regionals problems affecting agriculture in the whole of Western Washington. Since some of these are of local character, no doubt readers of this paper will be intersted in reading some of the brief summarized reports which follow and which concern some of the more important projects in the various departments of the station. Worked on Logged Land The agronomy department has secured some outstanding results in seeding burned-over lands. Trials of various grasses and legumes on burns, show that some are well adapted to seeding of this type, while others are unable to maintain themselves. Orchard grass has been the outstanding crop in out trials while Alsike clover, Red clover, Timothy and Kentucky bluegrass are fairly successful. Pasture irrigation continues to be one of the most important projects of the agronomy department. Pasture irrigation is without doubt one of the most promising management practices that has been given Western Washington farmers. Results show that most out pastures suffer a severe decline in production during the dry summer months, and it is only by applying irrigation water to supplement natural rainfall, that a satisfactory production can be maintained on many of our pastures. Research in dairy cattle breeding, feeding and management problems is designed to study the comparative nutritive value of home grown feeds fed in the form of pasture, hay and silage, the extent to which the practical dairyman can depend upon his farm as a source of feed nutrients for his herd. Study Nutrition. A study of the nutrient requirements of producing animals of protein, energy, minerals and vitamins and the influence of the ration on the nutritive qualities of the milk produced by cows on all roughage rations, is another phase of the research program. Experiments have been conducted to compare the efficiency of various ways of harvesting and storing forages for winter feeding and to determine how this can best be done with a minimum of loss of nutritive value and at the least expense. A comprehensive breeding experiment is in progress with its objective being to develop a herd of cows possessing superior plasm for high production. In western Washington several important insect specimens have been introduced the past few years. Of these the pea moth has caused damage and threatened the continuation of growing peas in Skagit and Whatcom counties. Experimetns for the control of this pest have been conducted the past three years in that section. The larvae of this insect feed inside the pods, making the seed unfit to use. The experiments have shown a relationship between the growth of dried peas and an increase of pea moth population. A program was instigated in 1936 segregation the dry and canning pea industries of Western Washington.
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Full-Text | By J. W. KALKUS, SUPERINTENDENT THE Western Washington Experiment station has been materially handicapped during the past few years in its work because on the one hand its funds which come through appropriations to the state college of Washington have been very much reduced, while on the other hand there has been an urgent demand on the part of the farmers for us to develop more and more information, and also to undertake an enlarged research and experimental program for the purpose of solving many of the perplexing problems which are continually developing in agricultural field and causing serious damage to crops and losses among livestock. In spite of this handicap, however, much information of material value to famers in Western Washington has been developed at this station during the past year. The whole station program, of course, is designed for the purpose of attemting to solve as many as possible the more important regionals problems affecting agriculture in the whole of Western Washington. Since some of these are of local character, no doubt readers of this paper will be intersted in reading some of the brief summarized reports which follow and which concern some of the more important projects in the various departments of the station. Worked on Logged Land The agronomy department has secured some outstanding results in seeding burned-over lands. Trials of various grasses and legumes on burns, show that some are well adapted to seeding of this type, while others are unable to maintain themselves. Orchard grass has been the outstanding crop in out trials while Alsike clover, Red clover, Timothy and Kentucky bluegrass are fairly successful. Pasture irrigation continues to be one of the most important projects of the agronomy department. Pasture irrigation is without doubt one of the most promising management practices that has been given Western Washington farmers. Results show that most out pastures suffer a severe decline in production during the dry summer months, and it is only by applying irrigation water to supplement natural rainfall, that a satisfactory production can be maintained on many of our pastures. Research in dairy cattle breeding, feeding and management problems is designed to study the comparative nutritive value of home grown feeds fed in the form of pasture, hay and silage, the extent to which the practical dairyman can depend upon his farm as a source of feed nutrients for his herd. Study Nutrition. A study of the nutrient requirements of producing animals of protein, energy, minerals and vitamins and the influence of the ration on the nutritive qualities of the milk produced by cows on all roughage rations, is another phase of the research program. Experiments have been conducted to compare the efficiency of various ways of harvesting and storing forages for winter feeding and to determine how this can best be done with a minimum of loss of nutritive value and at the least expense. A comprehensive breeding experiment is in progress with its objective being to develop a herd of cows possessing superior plasm for high production. In western Washington several important insect specimens have been introduced the past few years. Of these the pea moth has caused damage and threatened the continuation of growing peas in Skagit and Whatcom counties. Experimetns for the control of this pest have been conducted the past three years in that section. The larvae of this insect feed inside the pods, making the seed unfit to use. The experiments have shown a relationship between the growth of dried peas and an increase of pea moth population. A program was instigated in 1936 segregation the dry and canning pea industries of Western Washington. |
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