The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-09
TREASURE STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK
PUBLISH PURE
SEED DIRECTORY
(FrOm Montana State COIlege)

A MOTHER year of outstanding prog
IN ress is recorded in the work of
4 n putting Montana's crop produc-
ton on a pure seed basis and in
the effort to aid producers Of pure seed
with their marketing problems, accord
ing to the report of A. J. Ogaard, agrono-
mist for the Montana Extension Service.
Mr.. Ogaard, as secretary Of the Montana
Seed Growers association, has Just is
sued the 1927 directory of pure seed
growers in the state, showing the amount
and kind Of seed each has available It
Montana and is the largest of its kind
ever issued in any state. Copies of the
seed list may be obtained from county
agents or from Mr.. Ogaard's office at
Bozeman.
The names on the list include all
those who have co-operated with the
Montana Seed Growers association and
the Montana Extension Service during
the past year in the production Of pure
seed. The seed offered for sale by the
growers has been grown under the care
full inspection Of the seed growers asso-
citation and is sold under the seal Of the
association.
Through the development Of the pure
| seed growing enterprise in the state
commercial growers of grains are enabled
to secure supplies of certified and pure
seed supplies with little difficulty. The
list Of growers issued annually is handy
means by which those desiring pure seed
may secure supplies from the nearest
growers. A further development that is
becoming more and more pronounced is
that seed dealers are cooperating with
the farmers and organizations Of the
state in the work of seed improvement,
and every year sees increasing amounts
/ OF registered and approved seed handled
| by these business agencies.
Mr.. Ogaard reports progress also in
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sale Of hardy Grimm and COssack alfalfa
seed between Utah, Idaho and Montana
A standardized system of inspecting
grading and marketing the alfalfa seed
produced in these states has ben de-
veloped. Uniform labels will be used by
the marketing association of each Of the
states, blue designating the top grade
red the next best, and yellow the thirC
grade. While the tags will be alike il
every other respect the name of the state
association will appear on each tag tt
designate the state in which the seeC
was grown.
An instructive poster giving the de-
| tails Of the marketing organization
methods Of inspection, the reasons TO
, the superior quality of alfalfa seed grown
, in the northern Rocky Mountain state
. and illustrating the tags used to desig
, nate the different grades, has been pre-
/, pared and sent to county agriculture
institutions and seed houses in the area
= Of the country where hardy, northern
> grown alfalfa seed is in demand.
~ Similar progress also is being made i
= national way. Mr.. Ogaard, who is presi
dent Of the International Crop Improve
ment association and attended the re
4 cent annual meeting Of the organizatio
at Chicago as a representative of tn
Montana Seed Growers association, re
ports nationwide swing toward tn
pure seed production plan and certif1cs
u tionS systems that has been establishe
in Montana. Canada, too, is doing goo
work along this line.
r. A more sympathetic attitude and
n greater degree Of cooperation betwee
d the individuals, organizations and ageT
r. cieS which have to do with the prOduC
:, ton, marketing and distribution Of see
n throughout the country also is noticC
r. able says Mr.. Ogaard, as a result
:, the efforts of the work of the Centr
70 Seed Council of North America. This o.
+ ganization was established last year
,s the suggestion of the International Gre
N improvement association for the pu
pose OF bringing about a better unde
standing among those who are COZ
nected with the seed industry Membe
- ship is made up Of representatives of IL
. seed trade, state departments of agr
II culture, producing organizations Il
'e United States Department of AgricultuI
~ American Society Of Agronomy, seed an
d lysts and various Canadian organic
tiOnS. The first annual meeting of Il
council was held at the time of the L
- ternat1onal Crop improvement asSoci
"a ton meeting at Chicago recently. II
q Montana agronOmist represented the I
E ternational organization and the Mo
H. tana Seed Growers association at Il
L meeting.