The Delta independent., 1919-09-19
COUNTY AGENT ITEMS
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WHY DON'T YOU RAISE GER
Titled SEED POTATOES
fFrancis D. Yeagerl

YOU had a chance to get part OF
million dollars you would jump at the
chance and yet there are over $l,ooo'
900 worth of seed potatoes going TO
southern markets every year.
Do you know that on the Denver
markets last year when wholesalers
were selling Colorado market pota-
toes for s1.5O to $500, ordinary seed
stock was selling for $500 to $3-5o
per hundred weight?
You are missing big opportunity for
profitable business If you do not
put in at least a small acreage OF
seed potatoes. A representative OF
the Colorado Agricultural College will
inspect these potatoes during the
growing season upon request, and
later to you a certificate showing that
these potatoes are true to type and
free from disease if your seed plot
meets the requirements.
You probably won't raise enough
certified seed potatoes the first year
to fill orders for a car or for several
cars for this type seed, but you can
get together with some of your neigh
bors and form a marketing organiza-
ton to handle the distribution of your
combined products.
The above article was put on by the
Bureau of Markets and surely hits the
point in this country. There is moth
ing in our country that potato growers
need more just now than good seed,
and since many of these growers are
getting together this year and to get
good results in the way of certified
seed from other points. we surely
want to keep that good seed clean
II can be done in this country just as
well as it can be done in any other
county in the United States.
For further information on this sub
ject call or write the County Agents
office. 1t would be much better If
you could get the potato growers to-
gether in each community in meet
ing and have the whole thing explain
ed. The county agent will be glad to
meet with any community at any time.
Corn in This County
The good display of corn at the
county fair only goes to show that
corn can be grown in this county. 1t
can be grown and matured. That was
shown by the state of maturity espec-
| tally of the Minnesota sample. As
you people all know the big problem
in this county is to get corn that will
mature early. We already have some
pretty good fields of Minnesota No.
13 in this county. It is the desire of
the farm bureau to start some plots
OF certified corn seed in this county
1t would be well If one or two DEM
onstrators could be secured in each
community. Information about grow
ing certified seed and where good seed
can be secured may be had by getting
in touch with the County Agents Of
flee. II any farmer has corn which
he intends to save for seed it would
be well for him to give the informa-
ton to the farm bureau so that seed
plots can be looked over and the seed
tested later in the winter. The rec
omm endation of this office will help
in your sales.
The Agronomy Department of the
College is endeavoring to secure data
on the amount of silage it takes to fill
a silc. when empty and when partly
filled. They have asked the county
agents to help them out on this ques-
ton and since it requires the weigh
ing of the silage both before filling
and when taken out the farmer coop
Grating must have scales available.
The county agent has not been in the
county long enough to ascertain how
vy,o cul "a
able scales for weighing. Those
farmers who have silos and scales who
are wiling to help out on this propos-
ition please notify the county agents
office. The best time to call the of
flee is Saturday. Since we want the
information very soon 1t would be bet
ter II you could drop a card into the
office on or before Saturday.
Trench siIos for Beet Tops
The county agent has some more in
formation In the office about Trench
silos for beet tops for feeding He
has also secured some demonstrators
but. "the more the merrier" It is de.
sired that as many farmers try this
method this year as possible. In or
der for the county to get rs much good
out of it as possible. 1t is desired that
record be kept in the county agents
office. This method has been used
successfully in other communities
Why not here? Beet tops are good
feed so why not feed them9
Our Pig Club Champion
Burton Seely of Surface Creek. Just
1-2 mile from Cedaredge is the pres
ent Delta Pig Club Champion. His re-
cord will be published later but viii