The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-02-10
szED GROWERS ASSOCIATION,

Can address by M. G. Rich, Lithia
9. D.. at recent Dry Farming Con.
gress. Pierre, S. d.
The time has come when some
sep should be taken towards pro.
tecting and helping the farmers te
get their just proportion of the
price their grain and seed brings on
de market.
We have been considering the
proposition of a Western South Da.
kota Seed Growers association. The
benefits to be derived from such an
organization to the alfalfa seed rails
era would be the protection to our
seed from adulteration by unscru-
pulous seed companies.
Seed has been found to be adulter-
Aled win two kinds of bur clover
aslike clover. trefoil and the dodder
Giant.
Second, the protection Of our seed
from substitution with other seed
which is sold as South Dakota seed.
Third, the greater recognition of
our seed.
Fourth, the placing of our seed in
che hands of the consumer at a less
cost to them.
II our seed Is substituted with
southern seed you can readily see
ohe great harm that it does to nor
shern consumer, for southern alfalfa
will winter kill. AS it is now the
consumer purchasing his seed from
she eastern seed houses has to pay
the freight both ways, hotel bills,
Avery bills, car fare and wages of the
agent sent out to buy our seed, in
aurance on warehouse, and the seed
oompany's profit.
In regard to the recognition of our
aeed you will find South Dakota alf-
alta listed the highest of any seed
xFOwn in the United States except a
lew of these new varieties which the
government is experimenting with
and of which time has proven moth
Tag yet.
There is a reason for this. West
,4u South Dakota alfalfa has stood
che winter tests over all other alf-
alta of any other state in the union.
Our alfalfa is proving to be the only
oafalfa that can stand the winter of
che eastern part of the plains states.
OF the five experiments conducted at
che Highmore experimental station
our alfalfa was the only one that
stood the winter.
Northern Montana was the next,
~1th a loss of so per cent. Kansas
and Nevada was total loss, and of
yn0rthern Turkestan about Is per
cent lived.
Our alfalfa has withstood the win
aers of Montana, Nebraska, South
Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado,
end Wyoming. These facts are just
t,oming to light.
Our organization will not only
,oenefit the raiser but viii; be a bene-
ut to the consumer of pure seed. Our
uian as outlined is this. A central
ware house for the present to which
.aIl cur seed will be shipped. There
It will be cleaned, tested by a gov
>ornment expert, checked and tagged
according to quality. From one-half
90 two-thirds of the market price
chen prevailing will be sent to the
raiser.
The balance of this money will be
cent to him when his seed is sold.
The association will have it's in
serest to pay on the advances, the
freight, warehouse storage, charges,
insurance on the seed and the secre-
cary's wages.
There is enough of us it we band
ourselves together to make our ex-
oeRses light.
To guard against any rascality on
eAe part of the management we will
oil be bonded. That will protect the
members
Our organization can sell to the
consumer at a less cost than he is
COW paying and still get for the
raiser from one-fourth to one-th1rd
more money for his seed than he is
1ow getting.
If a man wants any seed all he
stll have to do is to send up to the
secretary for it. He knows what he
eets has not been adulterated or
substituted. He knows 1t is pure
coed, and knows it's germanating per-
sentage.
II we should have any seed left
an our hands by July LIST the Sec
eetary can sell it to manufacturers
1here it is used in setting the col
ors.
You can find fields of good alf-
alfa growing all over the state.
49, 900 find folds Of Moor alfalfa