Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-23
MEETING CLOSED
By SEED GROWERS
Plant Pathologist of Agri-
cultural College of Utah
Delivers Addresses.
Capital News Special service.)

Capital News Special SerVice)
Caldwell, Jan. 22.-The closing day
of the Idaho Seed Growers association
meeting showed q good attendance ana
the afternoon program was or eA-
ceptional interest. The forenoon was
taken up with business of the asso-
citation. DIR. George r. Hill, plant
pathologist of the Agricultural College
of Utah, was the principal speaker
coming on the program twice IN the
afternoon. His first subject was "fa-
tai Potato Diseases: How to Handie
Them" He described each disease OF
the potato how it works and now TO
discover its presence. He SAID tnat
we must rotate crops in TINS state II
we are to continue as a potato pro-
ducing state, as the diseases live over
in the soil for from three TO tlVe
years, and when the soil becomes IN
fected it must be planted to other
crops until all potato stems, etc. on
which the disease fungus lives, nave
decayed He recommended ahalla LOT
infected potato land.
DR.. Hill laid great stress on the i'm
portance of planting good, clean seed
Blood will tell with plants as with
animals and d little tainted blood may
ruin a potato crop" he said He rec
ommended treating. all seed potatoes
with corrosive sublmate before they
are cut for planting, and said that by
this method the scab and risoctonia
can be controlled. Fusarium must be
controlled by eliminating all infected
potatoes from the seed stock, he said,
as it grows on the inside of the tuoer
and cannot be reached by external
treatment.
He advised that only good, strong
stock should be selected that has we'll
developed eyes, for seed purposes. The
shape and size Of the potato should be
the considerations in selecting seed po-
tatoes rather than the healthy appear
ance of the vines for thrifty appear
ing vines are ofiea diseased. DR.. Hill
is a very inter sting speaker and
was heartily applauded.
c. F. (Potato) Smith. of Caldwell
followed DR.. Hill and said that he had
been in the potato business for years
and had observed the diseases de-
scribed by Dr. Hill but had not known
how to combat them. He expressed al
intention to treat his seed in future.
DR.. Hills second address was on the
subject of smut in wheat, describing
In Idaho and the control methods.
Peas and Forage Crops.
T. II. Hopkins, of st. Anthony, man
sger of the John H. Allen Seed com
pany's plant at that city, attracted {
great deal of interest and was asked
a great many questions following his
address on the subject of peas as {
forage crop. The said that the pot
tage for which a birthrite was giver
in Bible times, was of the Egyptian
Intel pea, from which we have bret
up the present varieties of peas. Thu
food contents Of can Of garden pea'
is four times as great as of can o
tomatoes of the same size, and driet
peas are more nutritious than thei
weight in good lean meat, wer'
statements made by Mr.. Hopkins. H
described how peas are kept true t
type by careful selection and roguint
in the field and southeastern Idah'
produces over 10000 acres of peas eacl
year, samples from which took the gol'
medal last year at San Francisco. MI
Hopkins said that his company ha
demonstrated that peas are a YER
profitable feed for swine or sheep an
the peas come in use before the othe
grain crops are far enough advance
to be used for feed. He advised hi
hearers that We will not be able t
profitably ship out our second grade
of grains or seeds and should proyid
for the export of only the choicest Sc
lections and feed the second grades t
livestock in the state. one pound Q
pork can be produced from three an
one-half pounds of pea screening
which on a normal market will doubl
the return from the peas Ripe pea
carry over 80 per cent protein on Whic
hogs or lambs can be fattened Defor
corn is ripe, getting the high prices I
the early market. The livestock wi
clean the peas up entirely from tn
field. saving the trouble and cxpens
of harvesting
AS soil, builder, the peas have tn