Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-03-16

work must necessarily involve the
commercial advantages secured by
its adoption Many Of our good cit
liens will say pure seed sounasal-
right. but isn't practical, the senti-
ment is there but the money is not"
Therefore in bringing up this ques-
ton Of pure seed l propose to deal
with the question from the practical
standpoint
You all know that if you grew
scrub livestock and continually al
lowed these scrubs to breed with
out any selection for improvements
on your part, that your type of stock
would retrogress instead Of progress.
To overcome this you all as con-
sequence seek a better stallion, a bet
ter bull or a better ram, etc, in or
der to improve your livestock. Now
isn't it just as logical to say that
the different types of grain can be
improved in a similar manner. As
long as you grow mixed or mongrel
grains, grains of unknown breeding,
and those that are not acclimated to
your particular section, just that
long will the miller and the manufac-
turer of cereal products be dissat-
isfed.
Just recently the following ques-
ton came to the university from an
eastern miller "Why are the west
ern grains deteriorating in quality?'
This question came as a result of the
difficulty encountered in blending
our western grains with the eastern
for the manufacture of a well bal
anced -four Western wheat has al
ways been sought after, and the
question arises, are we going back
ward? Quality has been sacrificed
for quantity. The softer, lighter col
or grains seem to produce more to
the acre than the harder wheats of
higher protein content.
If we continue growing this in
ferior wheat we must suffer the con-
sequences of taking lower prices for
an inferior product from an inferior
market. The only way to get back the
prestige once held is to grow a high
quality, high yielding wheat that will
give satisfaction. Kansas produces
more wheat than any other one OF
the states in the union and, too, ii
is one of the leaders in flour produc-
ton. Its success has been due large
" to the fact that it grew wheats
which the markets demanded. In
its case the Turkey wheat were by
far the most important wheat grown
OF course, different localities have
peculiarities and the proper strain
to grow is one adapted to those pc
culiarities and one which at the
same time combines quality and higl
productive power.
Minnesota today as a result of Its
very progressive seed growers asso
Citations has increased its wheat pro
duction several bushels to the acre
And it was all accomplished by the
right kind of breeding and selection
Minnesota as in Kansas, the expert
ment station started the work. Thu
farmers in turn took it up, and, aid
ed by scientific information from The
station, soon succeeded in establish
ing this worthy enterprise. Thel
grey pure seed because it paid.
Larger crops are invariably thu
result of uniform soil, acclimatiza
ton and timely preparation of thu
seed bed. A uniform field of grain
harvests easier, threshes easier ant
the finished product sells much NOR
readily and for a higher price. TIL
purchaser. wants quality and the ear
marks of good quality are, for in
stance, in wheat, high protein con
tent, plumpiness, good weight, ant
uniformity in color, size, shape an'
condition. A starchy wheat is Away
lighter than a high protein wheat
Freedom from weed seed, smut, and
in fact, freedom from everything Blu
just good sound wheat is alway
desired. To get good seed get it from
your neighbor, grow it yourself an'
sell him some. Every seed you plan
must be able to reproduce itself il
its progeny. Some will be better an'
some will not be as good. But if yo'
know that your seed has. the name o
high production and high quality
stamped on it by its record, you hav
a right to expect that it will, by pro
per care, reproduce itself and if tn
selection is rigid, improve itself.
The ideas involved in communit.
livestock breeding can very we'll b.
applied to pure seed growing. Ono
the market learns where to obtaii