Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-03-08
]. FARM Hell S

The Lord may have given us a soil
teeming with the life giving elements
Of plant food. We may have expended
upon it our most intelligent efforts
and reduced it to a condition Of tilth
nigh perfect. The sunshine and the
rainfall may have been ample and
opportune, ) yet ALL this may bring us
only loss and disappointment, if we
fail in the seed we SOW. Within the
tiny embryos we commit to: our soil
lie the possibilities Of profit or the
practical certainty Of loss. The i'm
portancc Of good seed cannot be over. !
estimated, for upon it depends all
Whatsoever we SOW, that shall we
also reap II we SOW tares and this,
ties, we reap weeds and garner dis
aster. ,.$ d @tg}: We n; ss.:s5 s.z} ssi.s.s
Conserve moistureg Why, if weeds
sap. it up? Piow deep and till welly
:'Tis folly lest it feeds US. .t5 54
Nature abhors vacuum. That 5
why the. Lord made weeds. Something
. must grow out of the soil, and repro;
produce its kind. Weeds are simply
plants out Of place. They have q right
to grow and full well they assert, it.
They are out Of place in our gram
fields. IL, i. *5 } ~ 3 t..t
Resolved..we VIII Sow clean
Seed = s !s t:i .sf Z a MS.
The seed we SOW has generation and
generation behind it.. It possesses good
or bad characteristics, as its ancestors
were. good or bad. It's pedigree is as
important in itself as that Of a Per
cheron. z. Sss IS. II = c.55
A berry of wheat may have within
its seed coat the ability to produce ten
| of its race, or it may produce forty
Within a single seed may also rest the
characteristic to withstand drouth, re.
sist natural diseases and enemies, OF
fall an easy prey to any of them: Sc.
lection, breeding, environment, have
! wrought their wonders in plants as
} we'll as in animals. !: \ S. .t3.9siy:
Nothing is more certain in the
} bounds of nature than Like Tends tx
| Produce Like. - This is as true Of the
) weakling as of the strong. A puny
( shrunken seed may wei be expected tt
!. reproduce it's kind, if it but withstands
: the hardships Of its early existence: A
plump, hearty seed possesses STORED
up energy within itself that starts; i
!. with strength and yigor and with de
! sirable parentage it will make the
. most Of its opportunities and ours.
!. 1... Resolved We W4ll Sow Hearty
). Healthy Seed of Good Breeding:
:; In the struggle of life, plants as wei
l., las animals are in the midst of myri
b ads. Of unseen enemies, bent upon thei
s destruction. Tiny pores, thousands i
! Ia pile, beyond the range Of naked hu
o man vision, yet powerful, attack oul
t food plants and blast them in thei
j thrift. Waited by the breezes AM
e nourished by the dew, they carry q
t. their work Of destruction. Powerful
i in their freedom, their minuteness,
j their safeguard, they fall before tn.
S corroding influence Of formalin.
i Resolved = We Will Disnfect GU
It Seed. = :.5ss - a. !: I. &
s ~ Clean seed means $40 ,000, 100000 =
Fl year to the two Dakotas, Montana an
q Wyoming. These are startling figures
E. yet they are true. It has been author
itatively and conservatively estimate
that the grain crops Of the countr
i would be increased 10 per cent throug
). the use Of clean. healthy seed, alone
e This per cent soff iinerease, based upo
3 the average yields for the past tire
d years and current prices, WonId inca
j. an EDITION Of over $2l poe TO th
e value Of grain crops of North an
- South Dakota, Montana and Wyomin
( ii a single year. .S.ss ;.a3 s 5%.5. NJ
u What May Be Done.
e Clean seed, at least, can be sow
n this spring on every farm, and a star
!. made in pure seed Of good breeding