The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-08-05
INSPECTION
is GRATIFYING
Preliminary y heat seed Inspections
Highiy Gratifying. According
90 COunfy Agent Powers.


The results OF the prellminar,
wheat seed ceftilcation usDser.O.
conducted last week are reported r.
b. very gratifying. according 20 n
81 Powers. e0upty agent, al the
Twin Falls farm bureau. Mr.. Pow.
ers with ~ A Thomstz. In charge Oi
seed Improvement for the Twin Falls
accompanied g. IS AbiSsn, assistant
10 the state sesd com missioner, who
vfs ia charge OF the inspection
work The party Hsited all parts
~ Twin Falls county during this
tour.
IN the c0lrae OF this inspection
there were some excellent fields en-
cOuntered IL Is said. the Yield OF
which would be 50 bushels OF wheat
7 10 the acre on conservative estl-
mate. II ~ reported that as a gen
eral rule the fields were la good
shape. all OF thsm being practically
free from Wild oats and barley which
are the most damaging factors IN
wheat fields when II comes 10 csru-
ficatlOn. There were a number OF
boys fields inspected. and IL Is said
that ia most cases the boys fields
showed a superior quality OF grain
than that grown In thsir fathers
neighboring fields
One OF the largest fis.ss 20 DE In
spected was that OF Nick Smith. near
HOilister. which comprised more
than 100 acres. II Is reported that
this field notwithstanding the large
acreage included. was especially
free from the disquallfying weeds
and grains.
In point OF production. however
the h0nOrs apparently go 10 ThOmetz
brothers. whose fields excel In the
fields OF any other ranch visited,
Mr. Powers stated. Ring brothers.
northwest OF Bull. are reported 70
have some very fine fields OF wheat.
Sparrows, however, are damaging
parts OF the fields 20 an alarming
thorough extent. II IL said. The
area contained within the activities
was not said 10 be very large. but
the thOrOughness with which the
grain had been stripped was amaz-
Ing.
The sparrows, It IL said. took adj
vantage OF the sweet clover plants
and large weeds that were found Ia
some % tho fields. using the plants /
IA rOo8tlng places. II was especially 4
noticeable that wherever there /
would be one OF these bushes that 1
the wheat stalks around them would I
DO entirely stripped or the grain. 4
Mr.. Powers suggested that II would /
be- we'll worth the effort OF the farm
or II he could go through the fields
and dispose OF all sweet clover and
larger weeds that were found TO be
In tho fields so that the
sparrOws could not have 40 good a
footing as they now have.
According 70 previous reports Civ
on out. the test al this time IL only
and that the final test OF
the wheat comes after II has been
.hreshed and tho samples presented
10 tho farm bureau where its purity
Il determined There are many
.hings that may happen 10 the grain
before II reaches the final stage. Il
was said. tho most important OF
.hese being that foreign substances
might be introduced from the thresh-
ng machinery.
However. at tho present time. the
Inspection OF the fields IL said tc
tive one a good Idea as TO whether
,r not the field would probably pass
he final test. Accordin gto infor.
nation received. the grain must be
~ per cent pure Dicklow wheat In
rider THAT Il may be certified.