The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-01-01
BIERWAGEA BACKS
Up PATTERSON IN
ROW WITH HANSEN
Well Known Rancher
Defends Brown
County Agent.
OWN SEED USED
OWN SEED USED
Bislwagen Declares He OBJ
tanned Varieties by Seed
Imported From Russia.

waiter Snnth ia ROflE n mana
/, NO oont,o,orsv ,a,woo, prosessor
~. y. iiahseh ana superintendent ~.
n. Patterson OF the Better Farming
association OF South Dakota relative
to the two carloads of alfalfa seed
which SUPERINTENDENT Patterson is
placing among farmers cooperating
with the association, tBterwaeon sold
Patterson muchsof the seed he is sell
ing to cooperating farmers. and he
contends that Patterson. in all essen
tIal matters. was correct. In his claims
for tic seed. though lie erred some
what IN some OF his statements in
sending ont the seed. the errors be.
ing on no~n-essentials. Mr.. Bierwaeon
In his statement saws in mart:
en- 9O4 / planted nv first alfalfa
seed from the Russian empire. i oh
tained this seed from the United Stat
rs department of agriculture. Three
years later + bought RUSSIAN seed in
large quantities. That came from n
sioux CITY seele house. The hest nroof
Ia me- nj TINT time that II was genuine
imported seed frpm at least soma
n ri AZ the czar.s great domain was
In tlfe sacks which contained the
seed. They were peculiarly Russian
sewed I'm with the neculiar smellin u
starred strinea 90 commonly used nv
the Russian seed dealers These we're
articles M waa we,I acn,,ainted Win
IN nv boyhood DAYS. Tor I mveelf was
once i'm n0rted frnm Russia Another
sIan which I Ms nroof, mat
nv secd was imnnrtad was tho great
~
seed. dine "a the mode Of thresbine in
larts of Russia. The g is trampled
ont bv oxen. horses nnd camels an 4
liara dirt floor. With my own ewes 1
have seen thousands ar bushels
ihreshed in this fashion in southern
Russia the lanh of nv cradle.
1--WE, Sto,.ies Mixed.
.Mr Patterson has stated that
snrna ~ nv need was imnorted from
fifty miles north az Omsk. ! think
here Mr.. Patterson rot two stories
mixed. 4 remember stating in my CON
vc,.sation with him thnt1 have on nv
ranch five 81, tho different strains and
~vnr,eties nf aIgalfas9 which PROFESSOR
Hanson imported. Including among
others the on1sl, from seed which he
obtained IN Omsk also remember
statinr to MIR. Patterson that i did not
consider either the Omsls ar h Semi
nnlatinsk az any superior value. ex-
centing For c~ross-breedinp instilling
more hardness into tho common al
falfas. Aside from thar. / feel not The
least enfhusiastic over them. as the
Semipalatinsk Is coarse and woody
In stalk and has n hitter. taste. Also
It Is a moor feeder and the seed must
he hand-picked and the ordinary
farmer cannot afford to spend his
time with II. The Omsk. / believe. II
0nce given n foothold. viii gradually
anreasp over onr western hills ana
fhercbv n NV oninion has a great fu-
Sfura before II. INT to Introduce IT il
more mn = one.man.s lob. and i
Yor nv mart am willing 20 cave n
10 Professor Hansen n the state al
Sonth Dakota I'd look after the zen.
eral introduction of the plant.
Doesn't Admire Mule Snecies,
.sBut SO far as Professor Hansen's
Cossack and Cherno ~alfalfas are con.
cerned. I do q think that the prof,
essor has ANYTHING 6. .special. DESPITE
bia claims ne 10 the origin of the two
strains. / consider them no more MOI
less than, assnatural cross brought
about Nv the. BLEEDING of the two va
rietieslduring the ages OF the past
and 1t is therefore reasonable to sun.
nose that MANY shipments of alfalfa
seed from. Russia. especially thos,
coming from districts where the blue
Il Yellow. lowered salfalfas overlap
have contained such seed which nos.
sessed all the qualities and merits
which Professor Hansen claims FOL
his Cossack n Cherno. In fact, i
cannot see where his Cossack and
Cherno possess any superior quail
ties or any outward appearances by
which n one can distinguish them
from any Turkestan fields. Professor
Hansen claims superior hardness fol-
them. I have raised them BY the side
OF my Tmrkestan, and / a see nc
marked difference and Ii there is any
I'll is in favor of the Turkestan. Prof
essor Hansen claims the cossack ans