Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-04
'HELLMAN DWARF
MILO SUPERIOR
SAYS CARTHWAITE
1t Exceeds Yield of San
Joaquin Corn When
Planted Here.
BY E. L. GARTHWAITE
Gmperial County Farm Advisor

Grain sorghum growers of lmpcr-
ial Valley will undoubtedly be in
terested in learning that in tests
conducted by the extension service
last year with farmers in several
counties in the state the superiority
OF the Hcileman strain Of dwarf milo
was conclusiveIy demonstrated. \.
y. Cosand of FL Centro further
demonstrated that Heiieman milo
will outyieid San Joaquin NaIley
seed in Imperial Valley. Mr. CO.
sand planted several acres with seed
which was guaranteed by a local
seed store rs being the best obtain
able seed from the San joaquin Val
ley. \ little over an acre of Heilc
man milo seed was planted in the
adjoining border. The Heilcman
milo outyielded the adjoining check
Of San Joaquin Valley seed by over
POO pounds per acre.
The University of California Sc
cured superior strain Of dwarf milo
from the United States department
of agriculture in 1912 and grew it
under test at Davis for four years
during which time it outyiclded all
other varieties Of grain sorghums. In
1915, w. II. Hcileman, who was then
farm advisor in Glenn county, secur-
ed some of the seed and placed it
with a few of the best milo growers
in the county carefully selecting seed
form in height, early maturing and
high yield. In 1921 seed from the
best of these fields was secured by
the University Of California and SEM
to the Imperial Valley experiment
station at Mcloland In variety tests
at this station the Heileman milo
has outyielded every other variety of
grain sorghums. Furthermore very
careful selections have been made
every year so as to further improve
the high yielding character of this
milo.
Last year the University of Cali
fornia in tests conducted in the San
joaquin Valley, tried this Heileman
milo out against their best San Joa
qum Valley grown milo seed and the
lp,perial Valley grown lIc'ieman
m 10 considerably outyielded the
ncfthern grown seed.
Because of its remarka BILE perform
ance in many parts of the state,
Heilman milo has been selected as
the only grain sorghum recommend
ed by the Pure Seed Association of
California. This great statewide as
SOciation guarantee as to the purity
of type of the Heileman milo seed
is affixed to no other grain sorghum.
The college of agriculture of the
University of California cooperated
with the Pure Seed Association of
California by sending its experts
into fields of Heileman milo to rogue
them and inspect them for purity.
In Imperial Valley over 24 fields
were so inspected and all but five
rejected. I'm order to take the
greatest possible precautions against
mixing this seed during or after har-
vest, the owners of these five fields
banded together and formed the I'M
perial Valley Pure Seed association.
The rules, compelled its members to
have thrashing and recleaning ma
CHliltS lliol NlCdINN out w
fore running any of the associations
seed through, to use clean sacks, and
to have all sacks properly tagged
and labeled. In addition samples
were sent to the state department of
agriculture for analysis as to germ
ination and freedom from weed seed.
No other county in the United
States is today producing certified,
guaranteed Heilcman milo seed.
Farmers in other parts of California
are sending orders to Imperial Val
ley for this very superior seed.
The agricultural extension service
of the University of California and
the United States department of ag-
riculturc, the division of agronomy
of the university of California, the
University of California Imperial
Valley experiment station at Melo-
land, the Pure Seed Association of
California and the Imperial Valley
Pure Seed association all recommend
Heileman milo as the best grain
sorghum for Imperial Valley condi-
tionS.