The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-15

wheat may be of No. 1 grade for
milling and yet be a very distinc-
| tive type OF grain TO sow. The mix
| ture alone when reproduced on the
farm would be quite apt to cause
entire loss Of grade in the following
crop, while the loss from disease
and weed introduction would also be
great,
I'VE can never establish a merit
orious system Of commercial grades
based upon kinds or varieties until
grain mixing in the local elevators
! is no longer possible" he said. And
that viii be some time yet" he ad-
ded.
In the meantime, he declared
growers should strive to grow their
! own seeds and shun the use Of COM
mercial grades for seed. /
Discusses County Bonding Law.
Now. that the governor has call
ed a special session Of the legisla-
ture to arrange for the procuring OF
seed and feed grains to relieve the
financial condition Of the farmers
under the present emergency due to
drouth and war conditions, Mr..
Bolley continued, II would like to
call attention to certain inefficient
and detrimental features of the
present County Bonding law enact
ed in 1909. The law makes provis-
ions for the issuing Of bonds or war
rants by the county commission
ers for the purchase OF seed grain
to be delivered to needy farmers
and in a general way, arranged to
protect the county as against failure
on the part of the farmers, but said
very little as to what quality Of seed
was to be furnished and as to what
sort of contracts were to be made
by the county officials. This result
ed in q good many cases in the de-
livery Of grain to the counties at
so late q date that there was no OPP
portunity for the farmers or the
commissioners or any citizens con-
cerned to examine the grain and
have 1t tested to determine whether
the contract was or was not prop
erly filed. Often these contracts
were 80 loosely drawn that any
grain delivered would have to BEL
accepted, particularly as the con-
tracts usually called for delivery at
a time so late that the ground was
already waiting for the seed. In
some counties farmers were charged
an unreasonable price for seed that
was hardly fit for feed because of
the amount Of injurious seeds in 1t,
and that was utterly unsuitable for
seed because of low vitality and 9TH
or features and that had to accept
the seed or leave the ground un-
sowed.
Wants Inspection Made.
IT hope that the new seed con-
tract laws may be so drawn up that
farmers until county commissioners
and other proper authorities have
full opportunity for inspection and,
II necessary analysis and test That
this may be done, provisions should
be made in the law to be enacted
which will furnish sufficient funds
to provide such adequate and speedy
inspection and TESTING.
North Dakota was one Of the
earliest Of the states to enact seed
and Is the first OF the
states to extend the working Of the
Pure Seed Laboratory and the Pure
Seed law to the fields by way Of
field crop inspection looking toward
the Improvement Of the crops Of
seed grown"
Professor BoIley said:
cas- state seed commissioner DO /
not wish to be thought as advocat- /
ing under these conditions too much |
ed tape, but certainly there should |
be sufficient TO safeguard the oiti- |
zens as a whole from the introduce II
'evert against the county as a whole |
Is we'll as the individual grower who H
s forced to have lien placed II
against his land to procure the seed. II
The pure seed laboratory Is estab- II
ished to serve the county commits II
sioners and state officers, as we'll as II
Individual citizens, and hope that II
the new seed contract laws may be II
20 drawn that no seed may be de- II
Il
and other proper II
authorities have full opportunity for
Inspection, and If necessary, analysis
Ind test. Certainly no such seed
ihould be delivered to the counties
n large bulk without being subject
d to inspection by competent state
,fficials. That this may be done,
provision should be made in the law
o be enacted which will furnish
ufficient funds TO provide for such
deauate and speedy inspection and
esting.
"In this connection II is unfor-
innate that the selecting and stor-
ng Of seed grain under the direction
t the national or federal grain buy
ng board did not get into operation
arly enough in the season to ar
ange for the storage Of sufficient |
eed Of high quality here in the state
nd thus avoid the cost of trans
hlpment and the injury to the seed
through mixing in the elevators. In
uytng this stored grain the farmers
hould Of course expect to clean and
rade 1t very carefully and county
mcials who lay in supplies from
nese sources should look carefully
o ascertain the percentage OF ad-
mixture, etc. III
"a ruling Of the federal grain
GARD which prevents direct inpor-
alton Of seed from Canada should.
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