Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-02-26
SEED WHEAT
ELECTIONS

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In reply to some Inquiries from
F. o. Southland Of Drayton, Prof. q.
Il. Bolley Of the North Dakota Agri-
cultural olsege writes:
Some time ago at the Grain Grow
ers' Convention, President Worst
handed me a letter written by You to.
him asksing some questions regarding
wheat. It would have been answered
sooner. but by accident was mislaid.
b First: AS to whether your neigh
or :.sade a mistake when he sorted ont
the pig grains OF wheat each year for
sowing purposes or not is in part
easily answered. You say he thinks
and some of his neighbors think that
|it was amistaks to SOW only large
seed, and Sthat he presents the theory
that the large grain Of wheat repre-
SCENTS the male element or character in
the wheat crop, and hence for this
reason one could not expect the crop
t. o. productive | may say at once
that this theory is wholly untenable.
The wheat plant by nature is self
(close) fertilizing, that is, if you
should plant only one grain Of wheat
IN a country wholly isolated from all
other wheat and take care Of that
plant yon 'could expect tnat plant to
prcfinca a crop of SEED from its own
self Qualification. ALL this is to say
that EACH flower in q head 4of.whe tbs
male and female in itself and takes
care sof its own civilization JUST
why your informant had poor success
in using large grains Of wheat it is
mot possible to explain without know
| ing all Of the facts which it is evident
/ are only guessed at. That is to say,
there are a great number Of condi-
tions which might have prevented his
crop from being good, which might
| not be referred to the seed alone
Certain it is that by selecting the
largest, plumpest, hardest berries Of
wheat, our experiment stations have
developed our best grades wheat.
Extensive producers Of eat in every
region Of the worla ~ upon securing
the best, usually ne largest seeds fol
sowing. In this connectionsit is al
ways All important matter that thesf
large seeds are due to normal cnndi
tions. It is very easy to have a largo,
soft weathered seed which is ID,
that is, it is possib BILE that all the seed
wheat might be made up of large,
soft, injured grains and thus be IN;
able to produce a first rate growth.
IN North Dakc j, a small, hard, amber
lcolored grain Of wheat may Away
D5 considered better grain to use TO
lseed than large, soft or spongy grain
u Second: AS ito the question sd
1 tame oats that remain in tine soil TO
Ia year or two and grow voluntarily
become wild oats ~ No. Tame oat'
are bred too far away from their will
ancestry to return so easily. II Al
oar grain has been SO well preserved
in the ground as not to decay, wha
4 difference il it from one which ha
| Eeen preserved in the bin2 If the!
]: both grow they will both produc
tame oats. Wild oats grow from TIL
seed Of wild oats Your friend mus
also remember that wild oat seed ma!
as easily remain in the ground mum
!. Der Of years without growing as tn
tame ones, indeed much more easily
as it is their natural environment. :
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