Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-02

The North Dakota Improved Seed
Growers association held its second
meeting at the state fair last week
and at this meeting Prof. Bolley OF
the North Dakota Agricultural college
was the main speaker and spoke at
length on the work and formation Oh
the North Dakota Improved SEED
Growers association. The meeting
last week was the second preliminary
meeting last week was the second
preliminary meeting, the first being
held at the time OF the State Grain
Growers convention in Fargo.
At the meeting last week as in the
case of the previous meeting tenta'
lively definite portions Of a const!tu'
ton were adopted with bylaws and
regulations, the whole N which will
be voted upon by the charter members
at the next meeting in the winter
This organization is now open for
membership and any person interest
ed a become a member by cores
bonding with w. II. Porter OF the Ag-
ricultural college.
Prof. Bolley's address at the meet.
ing follows:
"Gentlemen:-We do not, at this
time need to waste Over-much talk re-
garding the need OF the formation OF
such an organization as you are now
undertaking. You are all quite famll-
lar with the necessity OF the lorna
ton of such an organizations; you are
thoroughly familiar with the demand
for high grade seeds in the state; you
are also familiar with the fact that 1t
will be difficult for us to improve the
yield and quality OF the grain which
is produced unless we can get a high
er grade OF seed for sowing purposes
than that which the average farmer is
now using. 1t is also evident that
some arrangement should be made
whereby those who want to buy seed
of high quality for sowing purposes
can me placed in touch with those
who are producing that solt of a conn.,
modify. 1t ought to be evident that
such an organization would be Of high
benefit, not only to the members OF
the club but to the state at large. At
the meeting during the Grain Growers
convention you perfected your organ
ization to the point of adopting a con-
stitution. At that meeting you adopt
ed a constitution, arranging for he
name of the association, the Object OF
the association, incorporation, men,
bership, local associations, officers
and council, and arranging for amend
ments.
Encourage Good Seed Breeding.
"The name as adopted was North
Dakota Improved Seed Growers as
ISOLATION. Article 2 states that the
object of this Improved Seed Growers
association shall be to encourage the
breeding, use and distribution of i'm
proved seed with a view of increas-
ing the yields and quality of crops in
the state. This is certainly a worthy
purpose.
AS to membership, it is state that
any person actively engaged In breed
ing, growing or handling of seeds or
in investigation of the same can be.
come a member of the association up
on favorable action of the council and
payment Of the membership fee. AS
to local associations, article S reads
as follows: Local county associa-
lions may be formed according to
rules and regulations, as hereinafter
provided, and such associations shall
be represented in the state assOcia-
tion." The officers arranged for in
the constitution T president, secre-
tary-treasurer and five members of
the executive committee, each ito be
electd for on year, and five directors.
The officers of the association consti-
tute the executive committee.
Article Seven's Provisions.
Article seven of the constitution
provides that there shall be a council
consisting of the officers of the asso-
citation, the head of the department of
Agronomy, North Dakota experiment
station, superintendent of each sub
station of North Dakota, the superin-
tendents of THE demonstration farms
of North Dakota, secretary of North
CdhOtu DCulcl FdilIhllS NoooC ClOu,
secretary-treasurer Of each county or
local branch association. a represen-
tative of the North Dakota Seed Deal
ers association and a representative
officer of amy other organization which
the council may from time to time
admit.
ut now but remains for you to adopt
such rules, regulations and bylaws as
are necessary to carry out the object
Of the association. These bylaws and
rules should be simple but explicit.
The rules governing the membership
should be so simple that any member
can understand his relationship to the
association and his duty to it.
Urges Adoption Of Standards.
"As the state is new, and as the
object Of the association is an i'm
provement Of present conditions, it is
apparent that while the rules should
be exacting, they should not be so
exacting as to make it possible for but
few to enter into the work. There
should be standards adopted. These
standards should be based upon weight
quality, purity and viability, for 1T is
needless to say that the ordinary
commercial grades do not in any sense
represent seed qualities for owing pur-
poses.
Three Main Standards.