Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-03-17
IMPORT A|.N|CE O.
PURE SEED.
ADDRESS BY d. j. BARRYMORE
AT THE ENTERTAINMENT CIV
EN- BY BOXVILLE FARMERS,
/ CLUB IN WARREN OPERA
HOUSE, MARCH 10, DURING
THEE FARMERS SHORT COURSE
WEEK

The II = FARMERS SHORT COURSE
WEEK
Pure seed of a high quality, I say
high quality because some pure seed
has small shrunken grain in it and
that should be graded out. And only
the brightest, plumpest and heaviest
should be used for seed. By carefully
grading our seed this way every year
we can gradually raise the grade and
quantity of all our wheat, oats, bar
ley, corn and potatoes.
And we must do this if we intend
to hold the honors that we won in
1909. That is, the farmers whose
postofice address is Warren, Mime
sofa, won more prizes ait the Nation
al Corn Exhibition at Omaha than
any group of farmers of one address.
This show also included small grain.
And / believe we have continued to
do SO. Though I have not had the
official list each year Of the prize
winners Of that show.
I have been a government crop re-
porter for a number of years and re-
Gently received a blank to be filled
|out for Marshall County, asking for
the average yield per acre of. blue
stem, velvet chaff, fife, durum and
marquis wheat. And thinking that
there were others that could give a
better estimate Of Marshall county
than myself, I got busy to find out
what would be fair average.
Among the different persons that
asked was line elevator man, who
had made a study Of the yield Of the
different varieties of wheat. And
we put blue stem at twelve, velvet
chaf and fife at Is and marquis at 20
bushels per acre. You will remem-
Der that last year our crops looked
good for twice that yield up to the
21st of July when we had a heavy
rain, over two inches Of water fell
and it was accompanied by strong
wind that laid all our crops fiat on
the ground causing them to rust.
do not mean to say that the wind did
as much damage as having the
ground so wet while the grain was
filling. As have always noticed that
our best yields were when we had a
moderate amount Of rain up to the
time that grain is all headed out.
And then if the ground is nice and
moist, I would sooner not have any
more rain until after harvest or even
until after threshing.
|s' We organized a pure seed associa-
ton in Warren last spring. There
were only few that Joined. But all
that I have heard from raised at
least five bushels per acre more from
their pure seed than did from the or
binary run Of wheat
And I find by reading the report of
the Canadian seed growers associa-
tion that they have an average of five
bushels per acre more from their
/ pure seed. Now I do not mean to
say that this pure seed is that much
better, but these results are partly
due to the fact that this pure seed
had been better cleaned and graded.
do no wish to confEne myself to
this little pure Seed association Of
ours, but think what it would mean
ito the ten counties c comprising the
Red River Development association
/ that we are so much interested in at
present, with its millions Of acres of
Hand. Or you may e tnnate what
the extra five bushels would amount
to on 100 acres of whe lat for twenty
years, and you will fin that it will
make quite a little fortune without
mentioning the benefits you would
receive from oats, barley, corn and
potatoes by getting good pure seed.
| When was attending the Farmers
lShort Course at Crookston four years
ago there was a man from South Da-
kota if remember correctly, and
lduring his talk he mentioned corn
but said we could not raise corn here
i 1AllO olo l Was SlItlllS lttdI LIE lIO1li
land nearly opposite hi1h, / raised my
Ihand, and he stopped speaking.
Itold him we could raise corn and
Iothers verified my statement, but
Thought it was best no t to give hin,
lone Of the large yields but said thai
1--we could raise sixty bu shells per acre
Ia know by the way that he looked al
line that he did not believe me. As
Isoon as the meeting was over | rounc
led up the superintendent, Mr.. Selvig
land we made him take it all back
And right here I would like to men
Ition what Prof. Neraal of Warren
has done in securing pure seed corr
land distributing it I'd one hundred
land fifty boys Of Marshall county
land the remarkable yields they have
raised. One boy raised 100 bushel:
Iper acre; another raised eight nine
lanother eighty-fve; and ancthlner ser
|enty-fve and so on. Now when yol
compare these yields with great corr
Estates Of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, re
Ibraska and Missouri and find tina