Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-04-04
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FARM BUREAU NOTES

County Potato Growers association
! met at the Little Falls city hall to plan
the seed plot work of it's members.
+. p. Nauertz, president, called the
meeting to order and secretary J. w.
Hanson, read the minutes of the pre-
vious meeting, which were approved. ;,
K. A. Kirkpatrick of the Extension
division called attention to the neces-
sity of carrying on the seed plot work
in order to secure a standard variety
of tubers free from other mixtures and
disease. Mr.. kirkpatrick also explain
ed the method used in carrying on this
work. Twelve samples Of seed pota-
toes were brought in and exhibited. Tt
was found that fairly pure seed could
be picked from these samples by being
careful in selecting. Treating with
corrosive sublimate was advised as be-
ing better than formaldehyde for po-
tato diseases. Formaldehyde will kill
the ordinary scab but not the other
diseases. The organization now has 80
members who agree to caeg on the seed
plot work according to the rules Of
the association. ,..... 49,
Mr.. kirkpatrick stated that farmers
in the potato growing sections of this
state were showing more interest in the
Improvement of that crop than ever be-
fore. Every county in which potatoes
are an important crop is taking up the
work Of standardizing and disease con-
troll.
Mr.. Geo. Peterson offered to unload
a car Of seed potatoes free Of charge
in his warehouse on the West side of
the river and sell them out to individ-
ual farmers who wish to secure seed
| through this source. This seed to be
ordered by the Potato association. All
farmers wishing to buy seed potatoes
| should leave their orders at the Farm
Bureau office; also those having seed
| potatoes for sale of the Early Ohio
Green Mountain or Carmen No. /, and
the Rural New Yorker or Carmen No
2, should let their county agent know
at once.
On account of the poor condition OF
the roads only % farmers were pres
ent.
Monday, Mar. 81, the county agents
of Todd and Morrison counties held 9
joint meeting at Swanville for the pur
pose of organizing Potato Growers
association. Twenty-seven farmers il
that community organized, II from
Morrison and, l6 from Todd county. o
P. jacobson will hold a meeting al
Royalton, Tuesday, April s at 1890
0 'clock for the purpose Of organizing
that community. Several Farmers
clubs have taken up the matter Of
standardizing the potato crop in thei7
respective communities.
It is the plan of the county agen
to get an expert from University Farm
to spend couple Of days in the county
this summer holding demonstration
meetings at seed plots in differen
communities, pulling out all plants
showing variations in varietal charac
teristics or showing up weak or diseas
ed so that all growers may have, /:
chance to see this work done. :. -
Grain Smut Control. .Gscc,
The Importance Of treating seet
grain, especially wheat, with forma1de
hyde before planting, cannot be over
estimated. When we take into consid
Grafton that there was total loss O
$500 bushels Of wheat in Morrison
county last year from smut and in ad
dition to this it has just been learne,
from the mills and elevators that Their
Twas an average dockage Of cents pc
bushel on the total wheat crop on &C
count Of smut. Sixty cents worth o
formaldehyde and 2 hours work viii
threat so bushels of seed and insure you
crop against this disease. BY all mean
treat your seed and let us save the 500,
600 that was lost to the county las
wear.