The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-12-25
Increase Potato Profits
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to pay more for seed of known value.
Planting culls or poor yielding
strains Is like breeding scrub live
stock; it doesn't pay. Investing In
mining stock is much the same, you
put your money into the ground but
you seldom get any returns. A
farmer will be money ahead If he
buys all the potatoes he plants, from
certified stock or some that he knows
is equally as good. There are many
farmers that are going to buy the
best for spring planting. A start in
better seed can be made by buying
enough certified seed to plant half
acre or an acre. This plot can be
rogued and the crop saved for seed
for the following year.
In the past, some growers have
attempted to build up their own
stock by hill selecting from common
fields and those selected used in
starting seed plot. This method
often results in failure because a
common field contains so many dis
eased vines that the hills selected
are contaminated and the disease
shows up the following year In the
seed plot. 1t is folly to try and
build a low yielding, diseased strain
of potatoes when there are strains
already developed to high state OF
perfection after years of careful,
hard work. Why not start with the
best? 1t means hard cash and sue
cess instead of failure
Some of our best certified seed
growers have stopped growing seed
to sell because fellow growers have
not appreciated the value of good
seed. Neighbors have made slight
ing remarks about growers who
would not sell seed at the price of
common potatoes. One need only
attempt to grow certified seed one
season to know that it takes years
OF experience and many days of ex-
ira work to even keep seed up to the
present standard. Only few
growers are capable of increasing
yield and quality above the standard
of good certified seed. When we
consider that these potatoes may be
capable of producing 100 sacks of
high quality tubers above common
diseased seed, there is no doubt that
the grower of certified seed deserves
an increased price to pay for the ex-
ira time and care in growing the
crop.
A good way to distribute this bet
ter seed is for several men in COM
munity to pool their orders and have
the seed delivered in carload lots.
Most of the certified seed in counties
north of Bingham has been disposed
of and what we have in this county |
will not supply the local demand so
1t will be we'll to make arrangements |
for seed at an early date. We do not |
wish to imply that seed is not good
because it is not certified but we do
know that seed must be good that
have been made by the
field horNculturist of the University
of Idaho extension division, Mr.. E.
R. Bennett, who has no personal in
terest in the seed.
The following growers have seed
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spections making them eligible for
certification:
Idaho Rurals and Melted Gem
J. H. Nielsen, Shelley route one; L.
L. Christensen, Shelley route two.
Melted Gem (Russetts) "A. D.
Fitch, Shelley route one, and Long
hurst Bros, Amos Kelsey, G. E. Will
COX, VIM. Christensen, ]. w. Dobson
If Shelley; j. L. Stephens and w. H.
Cushman of Pingree; E. A. Ed
wards of Firth.
Melted Gem (Russetts) and Rur-
als-L. A. Satterfield of Sterling.
Bliss Triumph. E. Carver OF
Blackfoot, route four.
Idaho Rurals-Mark Shawvey OF
route two; Jed Taylor OF
C. W. Jones, l.. G. Part
Ter and F. S. Vanderford Of Aber-