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Small Grain Variety Trials In South Dakota 1952-1956, South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station
Small Grain Variety Trials In South Dakota 1952-1956, South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station
Agricultural Experiment Station Agronomy Pamphlets (1944-1969)
The annual publication of the results of the small grain variety tests conducted at the South Dakota Experiment Station has become one of the accepted services provided by the Institution to the state's Agriculture, earlier pamphlets in this series have developed the reasons and aims of this testing program. The program is a continuous one, testing the varieties of the past against those of the present, and those of the immediate future. If such a program is to be meaningful, the information it furnishes must reach the farmer through the channels of agricultural extension. The user of the information must …
South Dakota Fertilizer Experiments 1956, South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station
South Dakota Fertilizer Experiments 1956, South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station
Agricultural Experiment Station Agronomy Pamphlets (1944-1969)
The fertilizer experiments reported in this summary were performed on representative soil types in the major crop areas of the state. The growing season in 1956 was characterized by the occurrence of drought in the spring and early summer. The drought associated with high temperatures, in early June seriously reduced small grain yields. The above normal rainfall in the early part of August was very favorable for the development of the corn crop, the southeast corner of the state did not receive these rains and the drought continued through the summer.