The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-09
PURE SEED PLANS
near DRILLING Of
Spring WHEAT CROP
Never So Much Clean Sowing
Since Old Days When Weeds
!. Had Not Yet Crept In
DUE TO G. N. D. A. CAMPAIGN
Workers to Free State From
Tremendous Losses From
Fouling of Grain

Another mOnLn Will lllu NOltH La
kota farmers drilling their 1929 crop.
The annual seeding operation this
spring will differ from those OF the
past few years. It will differ IN that
the largest quantity Of clean and pure
seed will be sowed since back IN the
days when the states cash grains
were not all intermixed. This Is the
belief of all authorities on seed
throughout North Dakota, who point
to an unprecedented demand for
clean and pure seed.
The Greater North Dakota asso-
citation launched the actual field work
OF q better seed grain" campaign
December 3, and on every single
week -day since that time, somewhere
in this state. groups of farmers have
been invited to attend free meetings
being held In connection with this
campaign. Already men owning and
farming mere than a million acres OF
land in this state have attended these
meetings. many of them contracting
/, for quantities Of certified 900 per
rcent pure seed. Since the associa-
tion's campaign was launched, many
agencies have swung their efforts be-
hind this and similar programs OF
4 work, calculated to rid the state OF
the tremendous loss accruing to Its
producers from light, unclean, mixed
and diseased seed. each Of which fac
tors In recent years has been driving
down the total cash receipts from
grain through dockage and down.
grading.
Must Do ~ Others Do
Not alone In the quantity of good
seed placed In the ground this year
will the association look for results
Of this intensive campaign. which,
by the end Of this month, will have
entered about 40 counties. In the
seed plots on the farms from east to
west will the lasting results be wit
messed. It Is this practice Of produc-
ing ones own seed from year to year,
obviating the heavy seed bills fire.
quently and buoying up the average
quality each year, which the associa-
ton has sought to urge upon the
grain growers Of the state. Farmers
Of other states have been forced to
this growing and selection OF their
own seed, and now, in order to MAIN
tain O high quality yield over the
state, North Dakota must fall in line
with such practice.
The ''better seed grain" campaign
was conceived almost Immediately
following harvest last fall, when 1t
was found that the 1928 grain going
to market was receiving an average
grading lower than ever before. For
instance, only 6 per cent OF all the
states durum graded No. amber
whereas e per cent Of the entire
crop was smutty. Weather conditions
helped to bring about this situation
Of course, but In every other cash
crop the same sad story was told In
dockage figures. There was no effort
made to bring about an increased
acreage Of grains. The association
through It's sheep. hog, trench silo
alfalfa and like campaigns Is and
constantly has been working to speed
UP Investigation. The better seed
grain" campaign was conceived only
In the interests Of the acreage which
was sure to be seeded to cash grains
in 1929.
Urged to Sow Flax
The federal grading division has co.
operated with the association. The
workers appearing on these programs
have numbered three in every case
two from this office, and one from
the federal department, They have
offered q three fold service to farm.
Ars in Attendance. q free test m any
samples Of grain brought to the meet.
ing: the exhibiting Of samples ol
grain shipped out Of this state to the
terminal markets. showing just why
each sample was locked and what the
loss to the producer totaled; and thu
showing Of samples Of certified or 90.{
per cent pure seed for purchase ir
small quantities for seed plot pur'
poses. @
Quoting eminent authorities on 1872.
fall market possibilities, the associa.
ton has urged an appreciate de.
crease in durum wheat acreage, while
suggesting that the possibilities To-
i strong flax market were never bet
ter. Prospects on the hard whea'
market are fair.
There are other agencies and or
sanizations which have been endeav
oring to bring some aid to the farmer
In his seed problem. All have coop
Grated with one another, helping II
hiring about the unprecedented de-
mand for the best seed availabl,
which q known to exist. The North