The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-06
POINTS WAY To
BETTER CROPS N
PURE SEEDS
Declares That Too Much I'm
portance Cannot Be At
tached to That Feature

iuc question OF securing seed grain
good and truc to name and at reason
able prices is usually difficult. 1t Ia
peculiarly difficult at the present time,
becaus OF an increased demand for
snch seed grain with but little in
crease In the supply. Because Of this.
the prices for really good grain are
soaring. To add to tho dilemma, the
quality OF the seed corn IS this year
Interestingly low.
or all the small grain crown in the
entire northwest. but little Of 1t is
free from admixture with other
grains. The admixture runs all the
way from a small quantity to not legs
IMAM ten per cent. and the proportion
In some instances is greater. That
such seed should not be soWn will not
be disputed. but tho question which
now faces the farmers is. how can 1t
he avoided? The remedy will not come
with much fullness until the growers
OF pure seed become far more num-
erous than they arc ut tho present
time. -
Where can good grain be secured
with all the essentials which 20 10
make M good seed? 1t may be that
sccdsmcn have somo seed which they
can guarantee as true to name. Those
who want such seed should try and
get 1t, even though they should only
got q limited supply. This will sup
ply them with good seed for the fol-
lowing year. Such purchases should
he promptly made for. with advance in
tho season. all indications at present
point o an advance in price oven
highcr than tho present high rates.
Pure Seed Wheat.
Prof. w. Il. Porter. of the North
Dakota experiment station. Fargo. has
hnen doing an excellent work during
recent years in growing pure seed
wheat and also other grains. He is
in charge Of the twenty-five small
demonstration farms of North Dakota.
TIC has been working on this problem
FOR several years. u I am told that
his farmers have quite an mount of
seed on hand. He and they also send
this whcnt out when sold. in sacks
that are tagged with a metal tag indi-
cative OF their purity. Those who
want such grain should write to Pro-
lessor Porter at Fargo. and they
should do SO promptly. Professor
Porter has no personal end to serve in
thc sale OF that grain other than the
satisfaction Of knowing that 1t ia the
outcome OF his work. The varieties
which he has thus grown are the Red
nj or Durum.
Pure Seed Barley.
Pure seed barley is very hard to
got in the American northwest. and II
Ia certainly very dear. In North Da-
Kota II has boon quoted by seedsmen
at very high rates. Very much Of
the barley. however. in those states.
is greatly mixed. Such barley is al
ways cut s%cverally. when It is grown
for brewing uses. The best barley
found outside Of sced houses at the
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tana. Good seed barley may. how
over. he found in Canada. northward
from Dakota. 1t would pay we'll 10
buy such barley where II can DO OBJ.
tanned. as many Of tho Canadian
farmers grow such barley. II the
farmers Of Dakota can get pure seed
from such a source, 1t will pay them
we'll to bear the expense Of the duty
called for. The Maudschuri or Mai
grow.
Pure seed Oats.
1t is even more dificult to set pure
seed oats than to get pure seed Of
the other grains named, as but few
samples can be secured that are free
from wild oats. The best varieties to
SOW are the Sixty Day for dry g
and the Swedish Select and White
Russian for areas that are less dry.
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nish some pure Sixty Day and Swedish
Select oats.
Good Seed Flax.
This question Is difficult. because Of
the presence OF the diseases known
as flax wilt. Those who want to invest
in wilt resistant fax. may DO advised
by writing to Prof. Rolley Of the ex-
pertinent station, Fargo.
But 1t should be remembered that
such max Is not necessarily wilt proof.
II Is simply wilt resistant. 1t has
much more power to resist wilt than
other flax. hence 1t should he the aim
to SOW 1t IL 1t can be obtained. and
II max eown should be treated.
Good Seed Corn.
That more than nifty per cent Of the
corn that was net aside for seed last
autumn in the northwestern states has
lost terminating power 10 q most re
gretful fact. But 1t 10 a fact. One re
suit IL that 1t has made the price OF
seed corn abnormally dear. It Il
all the more important. therefore, that
the seed shall be purchased early and
tested a. to its vitality. The, early
corns. and the dwartlsh sorts like
sQuAw corn and the Gchu have thS
highest relative Germination, because
OF their early ripening. Hut all seed
corn should he tested at such q time.
Good Alfalfa Sccd.
Good alfalfa seed IL seed that Il
clean. well matured,, reasonably bright
in color and that has been EroWn. M
far north AZ the southern boundary Of
South Dakota. II 1t had been grown
furfheP north n 10 AVIAN haitian S,ck