The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-12-27
Qualification and passed.

INTO practically every community c
| the county. Many farmers did no
apply for inspection because the
realized that there was SO much goo
wheat that it would be hard to sci
| certified seed.
+ 2. Ardie and Nora Gustafson, 0
| Moscow, field selected enough Cope
| wheat TO plant more than an acr'
with pure seed. The Sawyer boys
of Palouse community, field selected
F'ortyfold to get start of pure seet
of that variety. Ardie Gustafso1
hand picked and graded more thar
20 pounds of Bluebell pea seed which
will be planted and increased mex
season.
3. Six lots of pure Rustler's white
dent seed corn were distributed t6
farmers in the Harvard and Potlatcl
sections to see if this variety would
prove satisfactory there. Frost killed
I'll of this corn before it was mature
and arrangements have been made &c
try Northwestern dent, an earlier
variety, in these communities next
season.
4. Twelve variety tests have been
started in nine communities to com
pare Mosida, the new wheat developed
at the Idaho experiment station, with
varieties now commonly grown in
those communities. Varieties with
which it is being compared are Forty
fold, Jenkins club, Washington Hy-
brid Nos. 12S and 143, Triplet, Coppei,
and Red Russian. This wheat has
yielded well on the station farm ano
promises to become an. important
wheat in this section.
5. One field test of Ridit, the smut
proof wheat developed by the Wash
lugton experiment station, was start
ed near Moscow.
g. Demonstrations to compare cop
per carbonate dust with treatments
now commonly used for the control
Of smut were completed on 81 farms
in eighteen communities, with ten
varieties of wheat. On early and late
seedlings smut control was as good
with copper carbonate as with blue
stone, while on October seedlings there
was much more smut where copper
carbonate was used. 1t was found
that there is a decided difference il
brands of copper carbonate, due tc
fineness and other factors. Limited
space here available prevents giving
satisfactory summary of this work
However, it can be stated that the
1928 results do not justify recon-
mending the use of copper carbonate.
Neither do they justify condemning it.
In the fall of 1928 copper carbon
ate dust demonstrations were started
on sixty farms in IA communities,
with II varieties of wheat. Seed was
treated for 70 different plots. Sixty
seven plots were treated with the
brand of copper carbonate that gave
best results in the 1928 tests, while
wheat for five plots was treated with
other brands for comparison. Three
ounces of copper carbonate were
used, to each bushel of wheat, whereas
two ounces were used in the 1928
tests
Wheat for twenty-seven plots was
treated with an approved. power
treating machine, while wheat for the
remainder of the plots was treated in
a barrel churn for three minutes The
different methods of treatment were
used to determine if wheat can be
treated satisfactorily with home made
devices.
POTATO IMPROVEMENT
1. Fourteen fields of potatoes in
five communities with total of 93.5
acres were given preliminary field
inspection by e. R. Bennett, potato
specialist, and passed, while four
ected. Nine fields with a total of So
acres were given second inspection.
Of these fields, Z with a total of 81
acres passed. Ten acres were Early |
)hios and 81 were Melted Gems
2. On March Sd E. r. Bennett gave |
/ demonstration on the sorting of |
iced potatoes for final inspection. Mr. |
Bennett also discussed other phases
If certified seed production and out !
ined the plan to be followed during
923.
LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT
1. DR.. c. H. Seagraves, deputy
tate veterinarian, tested LIZA head
f cattle owned by 300 farmers in 13
communities. The county agent CO.
perated with DR.. Seagraves in plan
ing and carrying on this work.
2. Three purebred Jersey bull
alves were donated to bull clubs by
ne Waikiki Farm, of Spokane. These
hubs were organized by the county
gent, who assisted in getting the
alves. These clubs, with another
rganiZed last year, will form a bull
and the bulls will be ro- I
tied SO that all of the members will
ave the services of good bulls for
x to eight years without further ex-
snse other than that of caring for :
e bulls.
3. Shipments of high grade dairy :
lives have been made from Tilla- r
ook, Oregon, to Big Meadows, +
Harvard, Cedar Creek
Id other communities of the county r
result of the work of the county 7
,ent. Approximately 40 calves were h
cluded in these shipments. 7
4. John Kasper of Moscow was as q
sted in the purchase of high-class "
rsey bull of ST. Mawes breeding fl
ON a breeder of Whatcom county, O
5. The Moscow Holstein Calf Club r.
Is reorganized and the membership n
creased from 3 to 5. Two of the m
,mbers have purebred heifers, while n
rec have high grades. Two of the Fl
Id members are keeping herd and m