The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-07-18

NUMBER Oh 1actOrS, Such as an infect
ed soil, sacks or grain drill, or the
lack of such careful cleaning Of the
seed as would remove the smut balls
from the seed before the treatment,
the balls having broken after the
seed was treated and reinfected the
seed.
The writer treated the seed for the
wheatva riety tests on six farms in
the county last fall, at each farm the
seed was from eight different sources
and two different counties. IT smut
were going to show up after treat
ment. we would naturally expect it
to show up where seed was secured
as this seed was, but the facts in
this case are that no smut at all is
to be found in the wheat at any of
these tests. while untreated fields in
the same locality are badly smutted.
Every man who is in doubt about
the value of the treatment of seed
wheat for preventing smut should
right now at harvest and threshing
time, make comparisons between
grain from untreated and treated
fields to be convinced.
Plenty of wheat growers, in spite
of all that was said and written
about the treating of seed last fall,
failed to treat because of being
afraid of injury to their seed. We
have demonstrated beyond a doubt
that no injury results from the treat
ment when properly made and the
large per cent of smut in untreated
fields shows the damage of no treat
ment, therefore any grower who fails
to treat his seed this coming seed
ing time is playing with fire and if
he gets burned, deserves pity from
no one.
Look up treated and untreated fields
be convinced of the value of the
treatment, learn how to do the treat
ing properly, and grow smut free
fields of wheat next year. This
office will be only too glad to help
every interested grower in the coun-
ty to do this.
Dairy Tour in Van Buren, County.
During the first week in August
there will be in five counties in south
west Michigan tour of dairy men
to visit some of the most up-to-date
dairy farms in the section. One day
will be spent in Berrien, Van Buren,,
st. Joseph, Branch and Barry coun-
ty. The tour in Van Buren, county
will take place on August 7th. Each
days tour will be complete in itself
and farmers can take in as many or
few counties as they please. Each
person making the trip will take
along a we'll filled basket that a pic
mic dinner may be enjoyed at noon.
The plan is to visit two or three
farms before noon, with perhaps a
Judging demonstration at one place
then have dinner, after which talks
will be given by c. l.. Birmingham of
Hoard's Dairyman, Professor A. c..
Anderson and J. A. Waldron, follow
ed by discussions and more visits to
farms. A complete schedule of the
tour in Van Buren, county will be
published in these columns next week
1t is hoped a large number of far
mers and dairymen will make the
tour in this county and take an act
i've part in making the affair a sue
cess.
L. S. Standard Grades for Wheat.
All wheat will be bought by the
local dealer on the basis of the L. s.
Standard grades this year It viii
be we'll for grain growers every
where to become familiar with what
these grades are and thus be in a
position to know just how this grain
should grade. We expect to have a
limited number of booklets giving
these grades which we will be glad to
distribute to interested parties. While,
it takes expensive equipment and a
great deal of experience to absolute
ly determine the exact grade of a
given lot o fwheat, any intelligent
person can, after studying the above
mentioned booklet, do a pretty good
job of guessing as TO how it should
grade.
Canning Demonstration to be Held.
In the very near future canning
demonstration will be held at Lacota
and in a community north of Hart
ford, where a canning club has been
organized. Just recently a number
of ladies over the county have asked
why it is that Berrien, Allegan, Cass
and Kalamazoo counties have Home
Demonstration Agents, while Van
Buren, county does not and it may be
we'll to bring the fact, that Van Bur-
en- does not, to the attention of the
public. The ladies of the county have
not expressed in an organized way a
desire for a Home Demonstration
Agent. If enough of the ladies in
the county were interested in the
matter, they could easily make
arrangements by which an Agent
could be employed. The Farm Bur-
eau will not take upon itself the re-
sponsibility of employing a Home
Demonstration Agent and run the
risk of having the ladies Of the coun
ty opposed to the idea We would
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