Forage Crops for the Sand-Hill Section of Nebraska (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: H. N. Vinall
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266881599
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 26

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Excerpt from Forage Crops for the Sand-Hill Section of Nebraska The passage of the Kinkaid homestead law 1 caused a considerable influx of settlers into the sand-hill section of Nebraska. Many of those who filed claims on tracts of 640 acres of this land were entirely unacquainted with agricultural practices and besides, lacked the funds properly to stock and equip their farms. -the result has been that a number were forced to abandon their homesteads before obtaining title, while a great many others stayed only long enough to secure a deed to the land so they could sell it; then they, too, gave up the struggle. Not only were the settlers themselves unacquainted with the agricultural conditions in the sand hills, but there was practically no source from which information was available. It was with a'view of obtaining a basis for recommendations in connection with'the growing of forage crops that investigations con sisting of cooperative experiments and a study of, the practices of the more successful farmers were inaugurated. In the Spring of 1908 a series of tests of forage crops was started in cooperation with farmers located under various conditions that were typical of the cand-hill section. These experiments were arranged not only to determine the comparative adaptability and value of various crops, but also to determine the best methods of culture. In the dry-valley region alfalfa (including several varieties), sweet clover, awnless brome - grass, slender wheat - grass, western wheat-grass, orchard grass, tall oat-grass, millet, and sorghum were tested extensively. Alfalfa, sweet clover, red clover, alsike clover, awnless brome-grass, timothy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.