The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-14
Valuable Prizes to
Be Offered During
Tri.State Meeting
Prof. 4. l. Boey Makes Official Observation-Disclosures
Seeds for Sowing Purposes to Be Shown at the
Corn Show to Be Held IN January i

Judging from the work of previous
wears. the Tri-State Grain Growers
convention will this year be the largest
gathering of farmers, and. AGRICULTURAL
workers that has ever AXE place In
the northwest" says Prof. Fl. l.. Bolley.
a''The corn show, which is being arrang-
ed for by Professor Randlett II 9TH
ers, will be a worthy representative or
Its name.
Improved seed Growers Association.
THE Improved Seed growers asso-
citation will hold it's second annual
meeting during the week or the Gram
''The formation of this pure seed
growers association is d very import"
ant event in the state of North Dakota
1t means that the time has passed III
North Dakota when farmers are all
willing to plant just any type of seed
as 1t comes from the threShing machine
from any field of grain regardless of
what sort of mixture 1t is.
Improved seed Exhibit.
I'm order to give this meeting of
setting, it has been arranged to have
an extensive competitive exhibit of i'm
proved seeds for sowing purposes.
Prizes ORered.
business men, and especially the
seed trade, appreciate this movement
for better seeds Tor sowing
and ! am pleased TO state that l am
authorized to offer a large number of
very liberal cash prizes to North Da-
kota growers of improved seeds who
may enter this contest.
Contests in this exhibit are open to
any grower, regardless of whether he
is or is not a member of the North
Dakota Improved Seed Growers asso-
citation.
HE must. however, himself have
grown the seed, and in the case of any
one Of the cereals, including flax, he
must have saved at least fifty bushels
for use or sale as for sowing purposes
In the case of corn, he must have saw
ed seed for sowing purposes to the eN-
tent of at least five bushels of ears.
in the case of bronze grass, slender
tlmothy, he must have saved seed for
sewing purposes from at least IL
acre.
Entries-HOw Made.
''All seeds for entry in this contest
must be sealed or tightly tied. and
shipped, express or freight prepaid, to
II, l.. Bolley in care of the corn show,
Fargo. n. D.. The bags must
be shipped in time to reach Fargo by
Friday, Jan. 10. The exhibits must be
in place, Tuesday, Jan. IA, but 1t is
very desirable that all entries shall ar
rive by Jan. 30, in order that the
pure seed analysis and termination
tests may be done in time to allow Of
the announcement of awards before
the close of the grain growers conven-
tton.
1T is hoped, therefore, that exhi-
bitors in all of the more important
contests will ship their seed in so 1t
NAV arrive by the earlier date made,
thus Fastening the work of testing and
judging,
Regulations of the Contest.
I'm the pure seed section the grain
submitted will be judged on its merits
as seed for sowing purposes. h
Judges will decide upon the quality of
fba Same as detarmined by weight per
bushel, color, plumpness, terminating
duality and purity as to kind, variety
or strain, as indicated in the following
score card.
seeds submitted for the pure seed
contest must be placed in the contest
ON opening day OF the Tri-State Grain
Growers convention Jan. II, 1913, seal
cd and labelled, that is, left unopened
to avoid mixing before being judged.
Score Card for Judging.
In the Judging contest, the grain
will be Judged under the following
Possible
Purity Score
(a) Free from weed seeds.....2
(b) Free from other kinds of
grain and from useless i'm
purltieS ........ .... ......lU
(c) Pure as to Variey ..........1
(d) Freedom from smut, ergot,
wilt, blight and other d.
sease producing characters 10
Quality of Grain.
(a) Grains uniformly plump, re-
latively large for variety.