The Dolores star., 1915-04-23
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ID epringtlmD the farmer tuFao q
lhe1ghts 81 eTope, eonei9eFD ~ DooDj-
haltt0o q tie eoming harvest win
ahaogaal war prices bring abeut n
svee.pge1eet3on u wheet With eoaGe-
0Gns sAyinking values, Nv Wlll re
lasD, an1 eete nd eesu - bassyi
Ovei thsee thinGs - psndssG . s.
wea6srp what will the harvest 49,.
Whist L win bring, undsr nogn& oo2&-
tleae, 6spenos. 9 svsS, largely q b.
divi1nal s6ogts, ths prspaE1stoa6 nod
particularly o. H. sslsctioa of Nd.
Colorado farmers faee unuslcdme
facts; during the last Ave yeah Colo
rado's fertility hes bssn pFietiehlly
wasted. her grain reputation Impaired
thru Indifferent seeding, until today
Idaho and Utah wheat 10 souGht BY
millsrs In preference 70 Coloraaos
wheat, yearly increasing In cha9, while
Montana and Idaho oats year BY year
appeal stronger TO the consuming pub
lie than Colorado oats year by year in
ersasingiy mixed with wild osts.
What has brought about the change?
Lack Of effective seed laws! No. Law
10 II best but IN attempt clearly % ex-
press and formally enforce . right or
der Of things or curb . wrong. Only
Wu4U UWDDO M SOS1tUtOvb DSU0S 0IDO VI0c-
ticability Of execution win Law be
SEED Law lacking either Of these
dealer and producer alike will b. bar
rem Of resuls.
With whatever restrictions Q seed
law might surround the dealer Ito OBJ
iects would and will be frustrated by
tbs farmer just 90 long - he IL free
70 buy or borrow and sow what and
when he pleases. The very suggestion
OF supervising the farmers seed sow
ing would be regarded - visionary
end patsrnalistic In the extreme. As,
then, simply TO enact seed laws will not
solve the problem. the producer must
b. enlightened, for the producer, being
most vitality interested In lettering his
own condition, will ultimately co-ope-
rats when convinced Of the soundness
Of plan advocated, when. and only
when, convinced of the folly Of his
present methods. Not oil will coop
crate, understand, but sufficient num-
Der to warrant the unceasing efforts Of
those who have at heart the best inter
ssts Of the grain trade. farmer and
dealer alike.
While fair percentage Of the Colo
rado winter wheat grown 10 Of good
character and test, the percentage Of
chaRy and Of smutty wheat coming
into the markets has been on the In.
crease for the last three or four years
Shortsightedness. begottsn of unwil-
lingness TO pay . fair seed price for
ssed quality, has inflicted . loss on
many producers and brought an increas-
ing annoyance to the dealers. Seed
selected with care and by thoro clean
ing freed from chat and foreign seeds,
ID immeasurably more profitable to the
farmer at tl.00 per hunderweight
premium than ordinary grain bought in
haphassrd way for seeding purposes.
Take dry-land spring wheat - .
concrete example. Chahy wheat test
ing fifty-six pounds To the measured
bushel 10 discounted 10 cents . hundred
weight In any market, and II the mark
ct b surfeited even more. To be
conservative. base the yield ut twenty.
i've bushels, or !, 500 pounds per acre;
the result ID . net l0as Of ~. 80 per
acre, compared with the prizes Of possi-
be sixty-pound wheat. Figuring forty
Ave pounds to the acre e. . seeding
basis and paying for carefully selected.
vigorous wheat . premium Of 81. % per
hundrsdweight. compared with wheat
sslected et random. . premium there.
fore Of u cents per scre, the scales win
show Q balance Of Il. 06 per acre to the
credit Of good seed. These COMPARE
sons, mark well, ere made on the %.
sumption that the yield Of inferior wheat
ssed will equal the quantity obtained un-
der like conditions from healthy, vigor-
Gus ssed-an absurdity On its face, -
experience has proven. Losses sus.
tained thru seeding wheat mixed with
wild oats ID not considered In the above
calculations. Suffice Il to say that the
ratio Of loss sustained from wild oats
progresses with the relative percentage
Of wild oats sown.
II the percentage Of light wheat and
smutty wheat coming into the market
has become . nuisance, the oats prob
baby has been attended with an in
creased loss 70 the producer and added
annoyance to the dealer. During the
present year very little Colorado oats
paessd thru Colorado grain terminals
because each locality raises about
enough oats for the needs Of that 10
cality, but no exportable surplus. For
the last four years the percentage Of
barley. wheat, foreign seeds, especially
wild oats, In Colorado oats has increased |
slarmingly. Should this condition pre-
vail this coming season and Colorado
produce surplus Of oats such Offer
ings will fare poorly In competition
with the heavy white oats from Idaho
and Montana. Conditions even there
ars not ideal. but the results obtained
In those states bsar ample evidence Of
careful sssd selection exercised by ct
least fair percentage Of the farmers
while the percentage Of their oat grad.
Ing No. Z. even No. !, reaching the
market demonstrates the wisdom Of
the farmer who .'rogues" his grain.
How many Colorado farmers practice
this artf Yes, how many Colorado
farmers even know IL meaning, The
process Of eliminating from the grow.
Ing crop whatever 70 forsign TO The
character Of grain sought for 10
tedious and relatively expensive pro-
cess, hst IL results well repay 'ths
individual md mark him % Q factor IN
the prugrsss Of his locality and state.
On the other hand, view the results
Of . poyntcio0s and ouits prevalent