Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-24
LABORATORY
DOING GOOD WORK
Both Seed Grower and Dealer
Benefited by Work of
This Bureau.

Any citizen of the state or any or
ganization or business firm in the
, state, by the terms OF the pure SEED
law, are entitled to have seeds an
alyzed in the Pure Seed Laboratory
free of charge, under such regulations
as may be issued from time to time
by the state seed commissioner.
1t may be of interest to the mem
beers of the North Dakota Improved
Seed Growers association and citi-
zens generally to have a clearer con
ception of the relation Of the North
Dakota Improved Seed Growers asso-
! citation to the laboratory work.
Since the pure seed laboratory was
started there has come a great cali
from all parts of the state aid sur
rounding states, including seed grow
ers, wholesale seed houses, seed dear
ers and farmers, to ascertain the
names of parties who grow or handle
high class seeds of certain varieties.
These requests come on the assump-
ton that at the pure seed laboratory
we should know where good seed is.
In the early years the laborators
workers became well acquainted with
sources of Door seed. Those who had
good stuff sold it to elevators 0
feed, forage and manufacturing pur-
poses and, knowing that it woulG
grow, seldom asked the laboratory to
analyze it. The result of this was no.
as beneficial to the general public as
it might be. Farmers who raised good
seed had no can of getting in touch
with growers or dealers who .wa1teo
to use the good seed and thus it nat.
urally went each year into the com
mon shipments and became mlXe..
The North Dakota Improved SEED
Growers association is a natural out
growth of this condition, the aims be-.
ing to incite a proper rivalry anv
competition in seed growing for SOW
ing purposes and to bring growers o:
good seed in touch with users, buyers
and handlers of the same, so that
such seeds may get used on the LAND.
1t aims to have the growers OF gooo
seed in each community become rec
ognized by their fellow citizens OF
the northwest as the growers o.
blooded stock are now recognized.
- Believe in Cooperation.
The members are made up of those
who believe in cooperation n rec
ognize that they cannot wholly sur
coed unless their n%eighbors do and
the contests are supported by busi-
ness men in the way of prizes and ad-
vertisements, because they recognizes
that some cooperative method associ-
ated with state aid is necessary to
%standardize the quality Of seeds which
are to be used on the land and the
contest is supported with a view OF
aiding in this permanent STANDARDIZED
ton and Identification of worthy va.
rieties.
to the pure seed laboratory previous.
to the contest, where they are given 4
plain entry number and the experts
at the pure seed laboratory analyze
and test them as they would any otn-
er seeds, and from these reports the
score cards are made out and the
prizes are awarded and all samples
are placed. on exhibit during the
Grain Growers Week, in order Of
their quality as seed for sowing pur-
poses. This allows the pure seed lab.
oratory to get in touch with a large
amount Of good seed, and after the
contest is over all the seeds of high
quality, whether they won prizes or
not, may be listed, in the state seed
laboratory lists, which are sent on re-
quest to all persons who wish to buy
seed, This helps both the grower
and the dealer and the general Iusl-
ness Of farming.
The Seed Lists.
The ! seed lists which were
made by the state seed conf
missioner during February and
March, 1914, had many bushels OF
good seed. After January I, approx
imately: 10000 bushels of whea.;
$4,000 bushels of barley; 10000 bush
els OF oats; 10000 bushels of flax
300 bushels Of corn; 1900 bushels of
timothy; $4,000 pounds of alfalfa, clio
YER and minor seeds were listed. All
Of these Of high quality. The labora-
tory was able to do this very larg>,
ly because OF the samples handled
through means Of the Annual Contest
of the North Dakota Improved SEED
Growers association.
The growers notify us when sold
out and in case of "pedigreed' or
improved stock-to whom they
sold. Thus we are able to build up
valuable records of great value il
future work.
Volunteer Grains More Detrimental
Than Weeds in Seed Plot.
One OF the things learned at the
laboratory during the previous con
test was that seeds of the state are
badly mixed. These annual contests,
together with the work of the pure
seed laboratory in field crop inspec-
ton during the growing season, should
help farmers to recognize and stand
ardize their seed and sealing it un-