Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-15
FARMERS ANSWERING CALL
Responses to Commercial Clubs Seed
Corn Campaign Coming.
URGING PAPERS TO BOOST
Letters sent to Journals OF State Ask
lag CO-OperatiOn-Grain Dealers
Declare for Importance of
Tests before Planting.

Tho Commercial clubs campaign TO raise
the standard OF seed corn is going over
the state with an impetus that encourages
the men who started 1t.
Although the call was only sent out
through The Bee saturday and Sunday,
half a dozen farmers responded by Monday
morning and more are expected on every
train.
The club has had cards printed and sent
broadcast over the state to be posted read
ing:
TEST Your Seed Corn"
Another part Of this campaign is this
letter sent out to newspaper all over the
state by tho Commercial club:
WIN you join in a campaign to increase
the yield Of corn IN Nebraska two bushels
per re-13 ,O00,0O0 bushels this yearly Civ
ing the question OF testing seed the imme-
date attention 1t demands2
Apparently 1t Is going to take the com
bined efforts OF every newspaper, banking
house. implement dealer and grain buyer
in the state to get all the tetfners to test
their seed corn this year. Unless such a
campaign is started, the corn VIII not De
This means an enormous loss. While Ne
braska Is better Off than Iowa, when II
comes to the condition OF seed corn TINS
year, Nebraska cannot afford 10 lose the
amount which must be q loss unless corn
is tested before planting.
Recent tests chow only six ears In twelve
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twelve WI not grow at all; others pro
duce weak root systems which VIII give
the farmer barren stalks. -
ANYWAY II can be figured the planting
OF INFESTED seed means an enormous loss
the same as reducing the %acreagel OF the
state 1,0,5,OO acres or failure TO produce
27,OOC, 900 more bushels Of corn.
We have carefully figured out what cach
county is going to lose and enclose you a
table showing the minimum financial loss
which VIII result from planting untested
seed. Note the loss to, your own county
sible, Publish tho facts you see in this
There is only time in the next thirty
get them to test their seed corn. We need
your help and we will furnish you any ma
erial you want! We are go.ng to test sam
pies Of corn from all parts OF the state
and will report to you the results. Get
some samples of the seed your farmers
are going to plant and test 1t or send some
sample ears to us and we win make the
test for YOU,
This is an opportunity to do some per-
sonal work as well as urging in your paper
the testing Of seed corn. Let US have the
benefit Of your editorial and personal opin-
ion and give us any snggestsons as 20 now
Regent Copeland OF the University of
Nebraska, who was in Omaha Monday,
has interested himself in the matter and
says he finds the conditions in Nebraska
much more serious than he supposed. He
heartily endorses the campaign for its inn
provement.
Grain Dealers for II.
ut is most imperative that the farmers
of Nebraska and Iowa test their seed corn
this year to be certain It will grow said
e. p. Peck, president of the Omaha Grain
exchange. 1T is also very important to
get seed corn adapted to the soil in which
It is planted. The work being done by the
colleges of Iowa in the matter of testing
seed corn is Of great value to the state,
and am glad to see the Commercial club
Of Omaha taking up the task of testing
for the farmers. II good seed corn is not
provided, 1t will cost the state a big sum
of money. 1t Is a great work OF educa-
ton"
Il. S. Westbrooke, treasurer Of the
TransmississippI Grain company, has been
posting himself on the matter of seed corn
testing for the benefit of his patrons. He
has some communication as to the result
Of the experiments in Iowa which show
that at the Des Moines short corn course
40 per cent Of the corn tested would not
grow.
C. e.. Twamley, official tester for Iowa,
reports that not over 20 per cent of the
corn of Iowa will terminate. A call was
made for sample ten ears and Of those sent
in not a single sample was perfect. The
experiments showed that but from four to
six of the ten ears should be planted.