The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-03-05
TEST YOUR SEED
SAYS PROF. SHAW
WELL KNOWN AGRICULTURAL
EXPERT DISCUSSED THE SEED
GRAIN QUESTION IN THE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF GOOD
SEED SOARING.

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are soaring. TO add to the dilemma
the quality of the seed corn is THU
year distressingly low.
CT all the small grain grown in the
entire northwest, but little of it i,
free from admixture with other grains
The admixture runs all the way from
, small quantity to not less than Il
per cent. and the proportion in som,
instances is greater. That such seed
should not be sown will not be dis.
puted, but the question which now
faces the farmers is, how can it be-
avoided? The remedy will not come
with much fullness until the grower
pure seed become more numer-
BUS than they are at the present time
Where can good grain be secured
with all the essentials which go tc
make up good seed? 1t may be thai
seedsmen have some seed which they
guarantee as true to name. Those
who want such seed should try ant
get it, even though they should only
get a limited supply. This will supply
them with good seed for the following
Such purchases should be
promptly made for, with advance ir
season, all indications at present
point to ar advance in price ever
higher than the present high rates.
Pure Seed Wheat.
Prof. w. w. Porter of the NORTH
Dakota experiment station, Fargo, hac
been doing an excellent work during
recent years in growing pure see6
wheat and also other grains. He il
in charge of the twenty-five small
demonstration farms Of North Dakota
He has been working on this problem
several years. and 1 am told thai
his farmers have quite an amount Of
seed on hand. He and they also sent
this wheat out when sold, in sacks
that are tagged with a metal tag indi.
of their purity. Those who
such grain should write to Pro.
fessor Porter at Fargo, and they
should do SO promptly. Professor Por.
ter has no personal end to serve in the
sale of that grain other than the salts.
Of knowing hat it is the out.
of his work. The varieties
he has thus grown are the rec
fife, the blue stems and the maca,
roni or durum.
Pure Seed Barley.
Pure seed barley is very hard tt
get in the American northwest, and i
is certainly very dear. In North Da,
it has been quoted by seedsmer
at very high rates. Very much O
the barley, however, in those states
is greatly mixed. Such barley il
cut ~severally. when it is grown
for brewing uses. The best barley
found outside of seed houses at thu
present time is to be found in Mon.
tana. Good seed barley may, how,
ever, be found in Canada, northwarC
Dakota. It would pay well Il
buy such barley where it can be OBJ.
as many Of the Canadian farm.
ers grow such barley. If the farmers
Dakota can get pure seed from
such a source. it will pay them wei
to- bear the expense Of the duty called
for. The Maudschuri or Maisury ii
one of the best varieties to grow.
Pure Seed Oats.
It is even more difficult to get pure
seed oats than to get pure seed OF
the other grains named, as but few
samples can be secured that r free
wild oats. The best varieties Il
SOW are the Sixty Day for dry areas
and the swedish Select and White
Russian for areas that are less dry
Professor Porter's farmers can fur.
nish some pure Sixty Day and Swedish
oats.
Good Seed Flax.
This question is difficult, because o
the presence Of the diseases known
fax wilt. Those who want to inves
in wilt resistant flax, may be advised
by writing to Professor Bolley, of tn,
experiment station, Fargo.
But 1t should be remembered tina
such fax is not necessarily wilt proof
1t is simply wilt resistant. 1t haI
much more power to resist wilt thai
other fax, hence4it should be the ain
to SOW, 1t If it can be obtained, AM
all fax should be treated.
Good Seed Corn.
That more than so per cen of tn,
corn that was set aside for seed las
autumn In the northwestern states hal
lost terminating power is q most re
gretful fact. But 1t is a fact. One re
suit is that it has made the price
OF seed corr abnormally dear. 1t i:
all the more important, therefore, tina
the seed shall be purchased early ant
tested as to its vitality. The early
t,1rino SORTS an the small swae,
corns, and the dwarfish sorts like
corn and the Gehu have ths
highest relative termination, because
Of their early ripening. But all seed
corn should be tested at such q time
Good Alfalfa Seed.
Good alfalfa seed is seed that ii
clean, well matured. reasonably bright
in color and that has been grown al
Ear north as the southern boundary Of
South Dakota. # 1t has been grown
further north it Is even better. Such