The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-04-04
ADVANTAGES Of PURE SEED WHEAT
Prof. Bolley Goes Exclusively Into the Subject in
the Latest Bulletin of the Experiment Station.

North Dakota agricultural expert
sment station Press Bulletin No. 2;
on seed wheat, by H. L. Bolley, says:
Just now every n seems to be much
interested in the question whether
there Is to be a Wisconsin inspection
dor North. Dakota wheat or not. One
thing isfplainS even with all u care
aessness in farming, the quality Of the
North Dakota wheat Is recognized as
superior to that Of all other spring
wheat countries. and it is evident that
the thing for North Dakotans to do is
to keep this high standard of excel
aience unsullied. The product owes its
fine milling qualities to the character
gastics Of our soil and climate. AS long
syas the soil is new and fertile almost
careless process of farm work will
produce good wheat, provided it is
REASONABLY well cured at harvest time.
This favorable state Of. the soil may,
however, not be expected to last ex-
sscept under intelligent methods OF crop
4 rotation and culture.
Evens at present, a few farmers
raise aaE fine crops as is possible,
either si%nssquantity or in quality. In
most casey;;ssthe reason is to be found
IN the faofthats a poor, uneven quality
of seed issspiaced in the ground. Many
! farmers seem to believe that wheat
which cannot be- placed on the mar
/ ket because of its inferior grade. may
Z yet besused for seed with safety. They
i Ray dearly for this notion, losing both
in quality and in quantity. Proof of
/ this has been too often made at this
station to need further reiteration.
ITO make q success Of wheat culture
n must, year by year, stanchly per-
sist in the use of the best possible
seed. If one deviates from the rule,
loss ID sure to follow. In a number
Of different years, our experiments
show that any variation in the. seed
troma5sssNo. 1 hard3auality will surely
show up In %thessyield- at harvest. If
the quality of seed is Of mixed type
Or Uneven in quality. as to maturity.
injury, ETC., the quality at harvest
time Is sure to be of uneven grade.
Farmers should a~voidsnsing any Of
the following types of grain for seed
purposes:
N8sImmature whe6ts, no matter what
the cause, are weakened in seed value
because Of the lack ola full food sup
plyssin the grain for the young plants,
~and&perhaps because OF immaturity OF
.hesambryo itself.
Mixed varieties OF seed should not
6essoWn because the crop is Il to
Mn1lSuneyenly.
The best grades of frosted seeds
possess less strength il their first
growth from the grain than normal
seed grain.
Wheat that has been wet and sub
iect to freezing and thawing during
the winter ought not to be used as
seed. at least; without being tested.
WI which was threshed damp
and beN Ame hot enough in the bin to
be noticedswhen the hand was thrust
into 1t has been considerably injured
Cor seed purposes.
II, after being threshed and stored
wet, It has become moldy or musty,
caked together, 1t will be very much
the safestasthing to get q better type
Of grain for seed purposes.
Wheat which has been really hot"
N the bin may be wholly dead. It is
not safesto use 1t at all, unless a good
termination test is made.
GrainSwhich has been stored In the
bin SO that It heas45fAen subject to mois-
ture and fr~eezil3asRnd thawing Will. be
sureStos have a large percentage OF, the
grains entirely dead and many others
30 weak, that 1t MilSbe impossible for
them to send up plants sufnciently
strong to be. Of much crop value. A
cro2 which ripens anevenly e an
OH grade at threshing time. In 9
number Or experiments, / have learned
that q pure variety is the first essen
Lial toward procuring an even grace
Of grain. Such grain rlpens evenly
and allows one to cure 1t evenly. we
have also ascertained that 1t pays Dig
to thoroughly clean and grade up all
SAMPLES seed. AZ least one-tnird
Z 81 the gfainS2 found lin any sample
\ should .beSrefnoved by q tanning mill
or other means before 1t Is used g
sowing. Many experiments eacn nat na!
the. small light weight seeds cannot
produce Perfect wheat. H. variety
Is pure, hesmall, plump Grams ialpd
n asheadsseemt to yield practlcally %
ksad n. hoWayer. onaee ttriess the small
rrainsS POUND III IN 0rdinary sample Of
Thaat Mn scompetition with the large
NIIeasof the samessample, y - usually
folin6 that the Yield from the small
Aeedis several bushels less per acre.
asff11St-The last two seasons have
foIS North DakotAsssxheat more free
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