SEE EXPERIMENTS
ON COLLEGE FARM
County Agent and Party At-
tend Session of Wheat
Growers at Pullman.
The rush of hay harvest last week
prevented a large number of our farmers going to Pullman on the auto
tour to be the guest of the college
and to have the opportunity to see the
experimental plots with then wonderful
ful educational value. The Livestock
and domestic science departments also
presented valuable object lessons
which were explained in detail and
questions answered by guides who
were in charge of mall groups of vis-
iters, who followed from one depart-
ment to the other, gathering ideas
for their farm homes.
County Agent Lewis reports that, it
is very unfortunate that a large num-
ber of Columbia county farmers were
prevented from going this year, be-
cause they missed things of utmost interest and value to them. However,
plans will be made next year so that hay harvest will not interfere with a
big crowd going on the Pullman excursion.
The people at the college can be de-
pended on to do their part by setting
aside a day to be known as Columbia
County Day, and will furnish enter-
tainment and a feast and will expect
a big representation. The roads will be
in much better shape next year, too.
A great many of our farmers have
never been to Pullman and little realize the value of a trip to the experiment station, but when they see it
once, will plan to go each year because
they will readily see that it means dollars in their pockets to do so.
The experimental plots contain six
hundred different farm crop varieties
and selections, which are worthy of
study for eastern Washington conditions.
Mr. Lewis says that the twenty-
two different farm crop rotations are
being watched with a great deal of
interest by the farmers of the Palouse
country. This one thing, the County
Agent says, will not only become more
valuable with each succeeding year, but us now proving itself if immense value to men who strive to farm efficiently. The plots showing the value and cost of various cultural plta are clearly demonstrated by the growing crops. The time of planting with its relation to yiels and amount of smut is also clearly demonstrated with the varieties of wheat grown in Columbia county. The value of the various legumes with their relation to small grain and live stock farming is clearly shown and indicated the way for most profitable farming in eastern Washington. Lack of space prevents even mentioning a list of all the valuable object lessons which the W.S.C experiment Station has in store for Columbia county farm. So it would be wise of you to plan to go to Pullman ion Columbia county next year.