The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-02-25
Grave Danger Of Spelling the
Prospects for Big Crops if
Seed is not Carefully
Selected
CAUTION AGAINST LATE
WHEAT PASTURINC
Yield Reduced BusheI Per Acre
tor Every Week Pastured After
March | Directors Of Bureau
Hold Meeting

According TO statements made BY c.
A. McNabb, county agent of the United
states department of agriculture, at
the meeting of the board OF directors
OF the Commercial and Farm Bureau
tuesday evening, the seed proposition
Is a very serious one for the farmeres
Of Grady county and Oklahoma gen
orally this year AT no time for years
has good seed been more difficult TO
obtain" said Mr.. McNabb, and there
never was a time when it behooved
farmers to exercise more care in sc.
lecting thir seed. If seed Is not tested
there is grave danger of failing to
make anything like the crop which
present prospects justify US TO expect.
"As an illustration l point to the
fact that $500 bushels of kafir seed.
stored al Wichita and ready to be sold
to unsuspecting farmers, on being test
ed in the laboratory Of the University
Of Missouri showed less than 10 per
cent of termination. Other lots test
ed showed percentages varying from
10 to 35 per cent If those seed are
planted. of course only small part
Of them will sprout. The same thing
is true with reference to other kinds
OF seed. AS a result OF the extremely
hot weathr last summer, there Is very
little good seed corn in Oklahoma and
the same condition prevails through
out Kansas, Nebraska. Missouri and
Texas. The only safe course Is to test
every batch Of seed and it can easily
be done within a week b. the rag doll
test. State Supt. Wilson has done a
very wise thing in seeking to interest
the school children in seed testing. 1t
makes no difference how good sea-
son we have, we can't raise a good
crop paless first class seed is plant
ed
Mr.. McNabb reported that wheat
prospects couldn't be better in this
section. There is danger. however,
said he, that it will be pastured too
long 1t has been determined beyond
question BY tests at the experiment
stations that for every week that
wheat is pastured after the first Of
Marcn, the yield will be reduced one
bushel per acre. OF course if farm
er needs the pasture and can afford to
have his yield cut down. he can afford
to pasture longer, but he should re-
member that for every week after
March / it is at the expense Of the
price of a bushel per acre
That there is more land plowed in
the county than there has ever been
before was the report made by Mr. Nc
Nahb and also cG.r.Ag from other
sources. showing that the campaign
for early plowing has borne fruit. Mr..
McNabb reported over l7o members Of
his boys clubs, all under strict super
vision, and a large number OF adult
demonstrations under way.
The directors Of thebureau transact
ed doutine business for the month and
prepared to close up the years work
next month. The annual election of
officers and directors will be held early
in April and at that time it is planned
to bring the members together for a
meeting at which the work of the year
viii be reviewed. Tn bureau now has
members in Tuttle, Verden, Alex, Min
co and other towns and it is proposed
to have a general get-together meeting.
The matter OF making use Of the
thousands of tons Of fertilizer nov GO
ing to waste in the feed pens near
Chickasha was taken up. Arrange
ments ara to be made whereby the
railroads will carry it to any town in
the county at rate Of $40 : ton. The
stockmen who own the pens are anx.
ious to get rid of it and viii donate
it to all who want it, This B the best
fertilizer on earth. said Mr.. McNabb.
"and every pound Of Il should be used
in this county. The cost Of transpor-
tation should not exceed SO cents
ton