The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-11-05
HIGHEST QUALITY
SEED IS in VOGUE
FARMERS OF ALL SECTIONS
OF ROOSEVELT COUNTY
RAISING STANDARD

A spread Of the use of high quail
ity seed of all leading standard va
rieties of commercial crops in Roose-
welt county is being rapidly adoptej
each year, according to information
and reports received from communi-
ty committeeman and representative
farmers throughout the county. The
results of the better grades Of seed
have been so strikingly outstanding
in their yield and quality value
where produced in demonstrations
under similar conditions that farmers
as a whole are looking towards this
better quality product for founda-
ton stock, the most progressive ones
being willing to pay more money to
the registered or approved grower
for the high quality Of seed which
undoubtedly gives the better results.
It is becoming recognized as a good
investment to pay a little more for
good seed, seed that will produce a
little more to the acre, and that is
free from noxious weeds rather than
keep sowing a poor quality of seed
that hasn't stood up under favor
able conditions. Some communities
have been slow to recognize the value
of the higher type Of seed but with
the variety tests and registered and
approved seed demonstrations that
have been generally conducted over
the county and the facts produced
from them by reliable farmers grow.
ing this seed, has done much to dis
pei any argument against the use OF
registered or approved seed in the
production of commercial crops. In
addition to the growing of this high
quality seed by registered and ap-
proved growers, each year variety
tests containing strains and varie-
ties of seed that have been highly
recommended, widely advertised are
being tried out under our conditions
and under conditions of comparative
basis where the same advantages
will be given to all of these strains.
What promises to be one of the
most and best variety tests ever con-
Quoted will be run by J. C. Jacobsen
of Froid, a pioneer wheat grower,
one of the largest in the county and
one who has always taken individual
initiative in developing the best
strains adapted to his section of the
county. Mr.. Jacobsen is going to
conduct a test that will include all
the promising varieties that have
been under test in this section of the
state and at some of the Canadian
stations to ascertain if they are more
favorable than some of the CONNER
cial varieties that are being raised.
John Dunn and Oscar Nelson of
Bainville have done a great deal to-
ward developing the better strain of
Canadian Marquis in that commune
ty, having secured seed from Earl
Coin, n of the pioneer registered
growers in 1928 and distributing it
TO farmers who saw the value of
raising this high type seed. Both
Mr.. Dunn and Mr.. Nelson are thor
oughly convinced that Marquis
wheat of a pure quality has done
much in building up a commercial
grade and product in their communi-
ty.
Percy Martin of the same COM
munity secured a small quantity of
first generation seed from Glasgow
last year and while it did not show
up in quality with the approved
seed secured from Mr.. Dunn from
the Coin source, he has the satisfac-
ton of knowing that it is a close Sc
lection from the plant breeder and
will produce true to type for several
years and will build up some seed
from this source. Sid Blair, one of
the pioneer seed growers has a small
amount of first generation Marquis
which was secured from plant Sc
lections last year and kept up to a
high quality of purity through his
experience in pure seed work. The
first generation seed is very scarce