. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. THE WORK OF THE BELLE FOURCHE EXPERIMENT FARM IN By Beyer Aune, Farm Superintendent, Office of Western Irrigation Agriculture. INTRODUCTION. The work of the Belle Fourche Experiment Farm consists of a large variety of field experiments, both with and without irrigation. From 1907 to 1911 all the experiments were conducted on dry hind, but DRY LAND 0AT5 BELLE FOURCHE EXPERIMENT FARM 4> SUMMER FALLOW E. TIME OF BREAKING LXPT5 D. Fig. 1. -Diagram of the Belle "Fourche Experiment Farm, showing the arrangement of the Melds and th
. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. THE WORK OF THE BELLE FOURCHE EXPERIMENT FARM IN By Beyer Aune, Farm Superintendent, Office of Western Irrigation Agriculture. INTRODUCTION. The work of the Belle Fourche Experiment Farm consists of a large variety of field experiments, both with and without irrigation. From 1907 to 1911 all the experiments were conducted on dry hind, but DRY LAND 0AT5 BELLE FOURCHE EXPERIMENT FARM 4> SUMMER FALLOW E. TIME OF BREAKING LXPT5 D. Fig. 1. -Diagram of the Belle "Fourche Experiment Farm, showing the arrangement of the Melds and the location of the crop experiments in 1912. when water was brought to the farm hi 1912 experiments under irri- gation were inaugurated. The work of the farm includes field tests with grains, forage crops, vegetables, orchard and shade trees, and a number of rotation and tillage experiments. (Fig. 1.) i Issued Mar. 29, 1913. The Belle Fourche Experiment Farm consists of 280 acres of land on the Belle Fourche (S. Dak.) Reclama- tion Project, of which 100 acres were set aside by Executive order and 120 acres were withdrawn from entry by the Department of the Interior for use as an experiment farm. Operations were commenced in 1907. The farm is operated by the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, and is in charge of the Office of Western Irrigation Agriculture. A farm superintendent, detailed by that office, has general supervision of the experiments. [Cir. 119] 15. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry
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