The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-06
LISTED FOR
SOWING PURPOSES

BY H. L. Bolley: The seed list pre-
pared by the pure seed section Of the
| North Dakota Experiment station may
now be sent upon application to any
person wishing to buy seei for sowing
urposes or for sale and distribution.
The pure seed law authorizes the
state seed commissioner to investigate
the claims of all persons having seed
for sale and distribution, and if such
seed is found Of merit he may list the
same and forward such lists to any
applicants. The purpose of this listing
is to help those who wish to procure
good seeds to get in touch with those
who have the seeds for sale. The seed
commissioner is especially instructed
to investigate the claims OF, those hav-
ing "pedigreed" or improved" seed
that such seed, if found desirable, may
be certified as to it's quality. We have
not found much seed wheat or other
field seeds which will meet the re-
quirements for either "~pedigreed" or
| "improved' seed. We will not have a
very large list of such seed to refer to
this year. 1t is possible that there are
thousands of bushels of seed which is
suitable for such listing, even certin-
cation. but it has not been sent to the
pure seed laboratory, and in our field
Investigations during the season, our
liSlu lhopSStOlS SSluUlII lOulQ llSluS
sufficiently free from other varieties
to allow of certification. It is, of,
course, hardly to be expected in the
hrst years of the sealing ano certif1ca-
ton work that it would be possible to
ind much actual pedigreed or improv-
ed seed. The law, however, makes pro-
vision so that this question of procur-
ing seed free from ad-mixtures of 9TH
er varieties and kinds of seed may be
overcome through proper field plots
and field crop inspection work.
Good bulk seeds for general CROP
ping. The pure seed laboratory has,
however, been able to locate a large
amount of good seed. for general field
cropping work. The samples which we
are listing on the lists which are now
available are without doubt much bet
ter han the farmers in the past have
generally been using.
We do not list seeds in this bulk
work that contain weed seeds which
can not be cleaned out by. the ordinary
RAINING mill under reasonably careful
work, seeds which are badly o~ff-coIor
or materially deficient in weight. We
try to list seeds of bright clear color,
heavy in weight, of good Viability and
reasonable purity.
Now is the time to make preparation
so that in the future there shall be-,
sufficient improved seed, even "pedi-
0SSNt ~ ollOW lIIOSS WHO WISH
to start right on their farms to proA
cure good standard stuff. The men who
wish to take part in this improved
seed work will find that it will pay
them as well as any other careful
breeding work. There will always be
hundreds of people who do not have
the time or the necessary efficient helm
to do lis i of work, but will want
high class seed to use on their farms
or at least sufficient to start their gen
eral seed. plots. with.
Seed plot inspection: During the
coming season we will send seed ex-
perts to the farms of any person in the
state who Will carefully lay out seed
plots or who thinks that he has grain
or other seeds of sufficient purity To
meet the requirements for Improved"
or "pedigreed' seed. These field in
spectors Will go carefully over the
plots and make a careful survey of
each such seed plot for the purpose of
determining the purity of the crop and
will make a full report of the same to
the owner with proper suggestions as
to purifying the crop if thought posi-
BILE.
Those who have seeds for sale
should submit samples to the pure
seed laboratory for test that such
seeds may be listed if found of suit
able quality. ....-. .......
Those who wish to buy seeds for
sowing purposes should write for the
lists. Name the kind Of seeds wanted.
Those who wish to prepare seed plots
or increase seed plots for the coming
season should write for directions as
to how to lay out the plots.
'>.. ~ H. L. Bolley,
State seed commissioner.
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