The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-03-03
SEED GRAIN TALKS
The C. NJ. s st. Paul's Special Train
Comes to Brute County

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Comes to Brute County
The Milwaukee's seed train special
vent through Kimball for tie west at
$40 Saturday morning. Only sutti-
cient time was taken at Chamberlain
to turn the engine and the train pull
ed up at Pukwana about 10 O'Clock.
With the train were four or five Mil
waukee officials; Geo. a. De Vignaud,
president of the Minneapolis Cham
her Of Commerce, and Superintendent
Mason, of the James River divison;
Mr.. Quinn, secretary of the Tri-State
Grain dealers association and Pro-
fessors Chilcott and Wheeler of the
Rrookings agricultural college and
w. T. LaFollette of Mitchell.
Owing to the early hour and bad
roads but few farmers were present.
This together with the fact that
there is a mistaken idea prevalent as
as to the object of the railroads in
running these seed gospel trains con-
tributed to any anything but a salts
factory turnout. There are those who
thought-and still think-that the
railroad is hunting customers for high
priced seed grain to be shipped in,
whereby they can make some money
hauling it, The object Of the railroad
is to get grain to haul out, which any
intelligent man knows can't be ac-
complished with a third or half crop.
The seed experts with the train advise
using home grown seed in preference
to any other when it is possible to
procure that which is fit to be planted.
Prof. Wheeler did most of the talk
ing at Pukwana. He is professor of
botany at B~rookings. He showed how
each grain of wheat is made of three
parts-the young wheat plant, the
stock OF reserve food material and a
g%rain-coat or covering surroundings
the plant and food material. He
showed how wheat might sprout and
yet die because the kernel was detici-
ent in food material for its W nour-
tshment. This explains what farmers
call a ''poor stand.' The professor
then went on to explain the result Of
exhaustive experiments conducted in
a greenhouse to determine the differ
enc between wheat grown from
shrunken grain and plump kernels.
The wheat for the test was taken
from wheat running all the way from
SO to 63 pounds to the bushel. Charts
were used TO show the appearance Of
the grain at different Stages. He then
explained the manner of testing wheat
as follows:
The per cent of termination Of any
seed can be SO easily determined by
test that there is no excuse for anyone
sowing seed that will not grow. The
examination. though by no means the
only test that should be made, is,
nevertheless, a very important one
In making the test, count out two
lots of 100 SEEDS each, from each
samply to be tested. Spre ad the
seeds on a moist flannel cloth that has
been placedon a plate. Cover with
another most cloth, and cover the
whole with another plate. Do the
same with the other 100 seeds. Place
them both in a moderately warm room
and leave two or three days. Examine
occasionally and if the cloths become
dry moisten the upper one. AS soon as
the seeds begin to sprout, romove those
sprouted each day and count. After
from six to ten days, the sum of those
removed will give the per cent Of seeds
that will terminate and the number
remaining will give the per cent Of
those that either will not terminate
or are slow about terminating.
Rapidly and uniformity Of germina-
tion are important points to note.
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