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Show 'Adapted Seed Is Needed For 19C8 Prcgram i Th3 seed crop harvested this year nv.-.st Le dewended upon to a g eater extent than would crdit t rily be the case in providing grass and legume seed needed fcr the 1938 program, says LeRoy C. Funk, Utah Executive Secretary cf the , Agricultural Adjustment Adminis- tiation, because of the small carryover carry-over and the fact that the Agiicul-tural Agiicul-tural Conservation Program has greatly increased the demard fcr seed of legumes, grasses, and green-rr.anuring green-rr.anuring crcps. Surveys made of the seed situation situa-tion shew that demand for seed of soil-c rse ving crops in 1937 and the 1935 drought, reduced the commercial com-mercial reserves of seed of domestic domes-tic clove -, ? Haifa, swcetclover, les-podeza, les-podeza, soybeans, corapeas, velvet-Loans, velvet-Loans, and of grass seed ic, general to much lower levels than ncrrr.-ally ncrrr.-ally prevail. In general, seed that has been grown locally fcr a pe.-ic pe.-ic 1 of years is likeiy to be well adapted, and if properly harvested, stored, and cleaned, may be expected expec-ted to give excellent results, according ac-cording to Mr. Funk. |