The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-03-10
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ssAsct,na .suan Testing Seeds.
Like produces like In .the vagetahae l
world "a wellsss in the seminal. there
ara always individual :plants like IN.
animais that are strong ana
vigorous. capable Of Hahstandln4 us
ease. and .Nkely to produce larger
mounts of rtPsneds geain. These are (
the aantss srem which seed should be |,
selected forsse ewing Or. planting rure
Nod animals are nsthing more tnah !
the results srf just ssuch careoa DC
lection Of, the very best for q lonk
rar1od There are pure bred wa1aebleS !, !,
nj corn. wheat, OTIS, land III KINGS !
of farm" crops, justsas there A'e pure |.
,,red .Clydesdales. THerefords, 'shrop.
.hires. Berkshires,c or Wyandotses.
On the other hxid there are aawass
individual splants shat are snan anu
~a,k Nahle to the attacks 'of rus.,
anvil and .other fungus diseases anu
consequently Yield q small amsunt Of;
inferior sshrivelled grain. LIDS nla'
10 called "scrub'' grain Just AS am
,o,a with mo particular breeding slel
known. .as scrubs.
Pure brad animals are ReW 'eApe"
.,va and hence the majority sof 1af'
ners think they cannot anora 10 pui-
cbase even a few ami mails to 101m .oe
foundation of -aLherd. The foundat1on
stock for the beginning of pure breo
se.d growing Ah a different 'raa11e1'
Thia costs so little that any farmer
ran afford the initial cost, or the
axnenditupe. mag, be made by tine boy
IN the farm AMI the beginning OF
nrofitable branch Of the farming bus
mess begun.
In the case.,os wheat, the following
varieties are considered the oes.''
minnesota No. 1853, a fife, and Nortn
nakota No. 49, also a fife, Minnesota
No. 1859, a blue stem, and ArnaAhe ~. .
durum. North dakota station NO. vi
ia an excellent variety of harley.
station No. 1855 or 60-day and ANnlte
Russian are among the best recog-
nized oat varieties. The former ns an
early maturing kind and the iiatter'
late. Station NO. 1856 Is a very oe.
sirable kind of fax, being "a sgooo
yielaer and tests high in 'oh' "nlie
Station No. $50 is the best variety
of winter rye for this stAse.
The following paragraph, explaining
the method of.securing pnpe bred s7eo
, In sufficient quantity to seed a hree
farm, is taken from an article "r1ohen
by Supt. w. r. Porter tor recent
publication.
ANY farmer in the stats can s0e-
tain and grow pedigreed seed OF q
nure strain on his own tar1n II me
IN desires. Should he only ,oDtaan
a bushel sof pedigreed seed wheat ard
; II he SONS it ON an, acre OF Hr0undhil
1910. he sshould harvest from 10 TO
30. bushels of wheat in the fall. sM
he puts il ON good land and treats II
right he Eould have from 10 to 10
bushels of good seed wheat after ne
cleaned itsthoroughly from small ker-
,lels and foreign matter. This would
seed from 20 to Is acres in 1ell,i
which would yield from $50 to 75Of
bushels in the fall, and if cleaned up;
properlv he would have from one
hundred to Elk hundred bushels OF
clean ;pedigreed wheat. In 1912 he
would have enough seed to SOW from
one to six hundred acres and from
that time on he would have all the
pure pedigreed seed he wished to sell
on the market FOR seed, a bushel OF
barley, oats, or flax will produce an
abundance of seed for the average
farm in from two to three years, If
grown exclusively for seed purposes
as describad for wheat"
In the preparation of the seed grain
the tanning Mill shenld be used freely.
The mill, if correctly made, will not
only take out chan. pieces Of straw,
etc., but will remove weed seeds as
well and if strong air blast is used
will blow over the smaller and light
er portions Of the grain. The part
may be less than one
half OF the amount put int the
mill, b ut it will be made up
of seeds of the largest and strongest
type indicating that they were borne
On the most vigorous plants and hence
capable of reproducing other vigorous
plants. In this way many OF the weed
seeds and disease pores will be
screened or blown out. There will a.
ways be plenty Of weeds and plenty |
of disease without encouraging their
growth.
Some seed grain. especially corn.
should be tested for viability before
planting There are several ways in |
which this may be done. Descriptions
below: i /
% Place a layer of sand one-half
inch to one inch deep in the bottom |
Of pie tin or other shallow dish,
cover the sand with a layer Of blot
ting paper. Now count out one hun.
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