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Mr. and Mrs. Alba Brooks report a
very interesting trip to the States
this winter. They flew out and
back c nd from Seattle to Chicago
they made the trip in a Strata-Crui
ser which flew as high as 17,000 and
19.000 feet Mr. brooks said. This
Wes r. big ship carrying as many as
persons. On the return trip they
v." ew via Northwest direct from Min
neapolis to anchorage.
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FERTILIZER
C.HOCOT
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TRIAL
W H E A 1
WITH
An experiment has been conducted at
the Matanuslca Experiment Station on
grain to determine the effect of
fertilizer on the lodging, grain
quality and yields of straw'and
wheat. Calculated yields per acre
are based on the standard weights of
60 lbs. per bu. Marked differences
in lodging, grain quality, and yields
of straw and grain were obtained.
..ith grain yields the sharp break
was between the treated and the un
treated check plots. All but the
30-90-30 fertilizer treatment yieldec
significantly more than the check
plot. The unfertilized check plot
yielded 31,5 bushels per acre,Com
paring the-different fertilizer
treatments, none were significantly
different in grain yield. The high
est yielding treatment, 45-60-30,
averaged 43,5 bushels per acre, but
resulted in 76 percent lodging and
a test weight per bushel of only 53,£
lbs. The cneck plot was lodged 15
per cent .nd the weight per bushel
was 55,7 lbs. Most fertilizer treat
ments resulted in increased straw
yields. This in turn may have been
responsible for the heavy lodging
generally observed in the fertilized
plots.
The only fertilizer treatment which
resulted in no more lodging than the
check or was not inferior in grain
quality as indexed by test weight rer
bushel, and at the same time signi#
icantly higher in grain yield, was
the 10-29-10 treatment. It yielded
25 per cent more grain of at least
as good quality. Apparently under
the particular conditions of this
experiment the fertilizer treatment
receiving 100 pounds per acre of the
10-20-10 mixed fertilizer formula
was the best when all factors of pro
duction were considered. Such treat
ment is equivalent to a single appli
cation of about 30 pounds'of 31,5
per cent ammonium nitrate., 50 pounds
of treblesuperphosphate and 16 pounds
per acre of 60 per cent muriate of
potash.
Jntil additional information can be
cbtained to substantiate or invali
late the r.suits obtained in this
study, the treatment of 100 lbs.per
acre of a 10-20-10 fertilizer or its
equivalent appears to be the most
satisfacbOry fertilizer rccommonda
;ion which can be made for most lands
i/hich ere to bo seeded to wheat in
'he Latanuska Valley this coming sea
son, Since we'have no data to irai
sate otherwise,these same recommenda
tions can probably be extended to
>ther potential wheat producing areas
>f the Territory.Litz§nbergor,^ick
_Hodgson ’_