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Show William H. Davis Attaining Fame in Wisconsin Plant Hybridization Thto interesting article from an agricultural publication of na- concerns tionwide distribution William Davis, former Summit County boy, eon of County Assessor and Mrs. Charles Darla and who has a great many friends here: While Wisclnein alfalfa fields are In their winter slumner, a parti: The standard, two winglike petals and a two part keel which encloses the male and female parte. The bee lands on the standard and trips the keel, which la held under ao much tension that it can be heard to click as It opens. A shower of pollen grains la released some falling on the stigma (female) and soma on the bee, which carries it to his next atop. In hand breeding, the researcher tripe this mechanism with a knife. point or wther small tool, then takes the pollen to the plant ha 'wants crossed. Ha bags the fertilised blossoms until seed la produced; The aaM la planted and the procedure repeated several times to get" alfalfa to "bread team of researchers la raising miniature crops of the legume in a small laboratory greenhouse near here. The ultimate harvest for plant breeder William H. Davis and his colleague, W. W. Oppel, will, be hybrid alfalfa, expected to be superior to today's open pollinated .varieties by"at least. 35 percent It would he the first forage le7 gume to be hybridised. So far, successful hybridisation Other Systems Tried of alfalfa on a practical scale This system won't do, of course, has eluded ocientistS.But the trail for large scale production or even Is getting hot, not only at' the experimentation. And it is In this laboratory here, operated bv L. area that breeder era off Teweles Seed Co. of Milwaukee, on varioua plant tangents. One Arm Is but at several other major seed yrfwg plants of purple and yellow companies. flowers; the resulting cross has The race Is on," said Davis, Davis thinks blooms. a 39 year old native of Utah, greenish the disadvantage of poshss this And In this case, tbe swiftest sible exclusion of Meal parents may not be necessarily be the since yellow occurs Infrequently, best." and lo possible variations fanaTime Needed , i . . tically. Switching metaphors, Davis exInstead Davis has selected aa plained that he had the keys shap- his marker a . mutation which ed to unlock the secrets of hybridl its a rough, wrinkled leaf. It satlon. In Ms achnique he feels he nil a dominant , characteristic ao is hss a one and a half year lead. ' It thaws up In any cram. In this What Is needed now la time to he explained, he can isolate Rotate two good lines, cross them way, a good inbred or kick out a poor tnd prove their superiority In. one. Going back a generation, the field trials. leaf then can be dropped. With hybrid com perfected rough Hybrids are legally daAnad some 30 years ago, what kept Tbe seedsman must be ready to back alfalfa hybrids? Several la at jwove that. the parentage things explained Davis: leant 95 per cent .from the first In com the male .part of the generation pf the cross claimed;' plant ls..the, pollen bearing tassel w heather of two lnbreds, an And' the ter the' female. ' It was and an open pollinated vari-any to control pollination by or two varieties. ety Is "perfect, that is lt canType Found In Canada ning off tassels. In alfalfa, the Hera Davla has turned to "male tains both mile and female parts terile" plants; which produce no Its seed Is the result of both self or impotent pollen. One pollen and stoss pollination. had been located In sudi type Afalfa 'loses Its seed bearing Chnada. Loaf 'summer In what he characteristics os lt is Inbred, mii a major Alfislfa la tetraploid, meaning Davis found another and superior that It has more chromosomes to type right on the teat ground! cause variations In bragging. , here. It gives better crossing reBut Davis waded Into these dlf-- , sults because bees visit It more Acuities not only with enthusiasm, " but with an Impressive beck-- readily,a tomparatWely simple Job Its ground. He .was graduated from! to convert "anF inbred to a mala Utah State university degree from terile line although some conNorth Carolina State university vert more .readily than others. and spent several yearn In sugar One promising parent la convertbeet breeding in Colorado under the other provide pollen. The the esteemed plant geneticist, R. ed, cross is easily proved. In the masK. Oidemeyer. sive breeding program ahead, The techniques he learned in thousand! of male startles will beets, especially the use of mark be used. rr plants he has transferred to Another approach, bring used alfalfa. . by some researchers, is use of Carrier of Pillen keif ln&mpatlbles," plants which Bees are the vital carriers of not accept their own pollen, do pollen In alfalfa. Any breeding Oalnitatione Cited program must be developed with A perennial,1 the alfalfa fortunthe idea of tranaferlng the job ' can be multiplied by cutback to these insects. The leaf ately as well, as seed. The stem cutter and bumblebees, seeking tings la cut up with one node on each pollen for Its protein, do most place. Cuttings are dipped in a of the ' pollination. Honeybees, hormone, then planted in a sterile usually after nectar for honey, medium. A breeding line can be making also do part of the Job.' forever this way. The alfalfa blossom has these tn" . Mr and Mn Q. T. Morby of Coalville, via.l to announce the forth irarrlago of their daughter, Mj Betty Jean Marty to Mr Dim WUiordaon, of San Diego, California. The wedding is set for Wednes-- ' day September 1 at the Salt Uke Temple. A reception at Coalville, will' . follow on the same day and. an 'open house trials laehMuled fee Sept. 9 In 8an Diego, CalUornia. Miss Morby has been studying at Brigham Young University, v Iwn die has been affUated with Vokhn mj CuIture unit,' and an ntftccr in Orcheals, a National Modem dance club. Mr WUlardsen, U the son of Mr and Mrs , .Emery- WlHardon f Ssh Diego, California. Mr Wfl-a mission In ; K.rdsun has. served j the North Western States Mia-ik- I n. Ec Is also a student at the j Brigham Young University, when I he has been a member of the BY w-ir'-- Mrs. Eva Oblad - U Mn. Eva Gertruda L u d 1 o w m Oblad, 7S, 1737 Hollywood Ave., BYL Balt Lake City, died Tuesday, Ally 30 at 3:15 p.m. In a Salt) Lake rest home after a long ill- -; he Benton at r"lrtng Ants Eye Salt Laka City; Mrs. Melva Hall, dren; . three grcat-granchlldr- ; J View. Thanking you In advance, Edna H. Oifason. sister, Mia. Ethel Cope, Salt Laka aty. dip-flow- er h, i QUALITY 1 J)1E PRINTING ' - I Notice Funeral services were held . Friday 1 p.m., Mountain View j NOTICE TO CBHWTORg Third LDS Ward Chapel. VMatc of Mary S. Christensen, Burial Salt Laka aty Cemeas Mary S. Christen, . also known tery. j sen Main, deceased. Creditors win present daims Mrs. Eva- Oblad, wife of Zeck .with vouchers to the undersigned Oblad, prominent Park aty busi-- at the law office of J. Harold nessman, was one ot Park City's Call, Bank Building, libber City, bast known and highly respected Utah, on or before the 19th day residents for many years during of October, A.D. 1985. ( LEODA 8. DUNHAM bar residence In our city. She Administratrix of Estate of moved to Lake Lake to make a home. Mary S. Christensen, Det ceased. She waa very active In LDS Published In The Summit Coun-Church work and In her help to her husband, now a Patriarch y Bee July 15, 33, 39 and August ! s. 1B65In the Stake. j held were services Impressive In Salt 'Lake aty at the flfloun. tain View LDS Third Ward SIIERIFTC SALE Chapel with burial In the Salt Lake aty Cemetery, IN THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISDeepest sympathy Is offered to TRICT COURT IN AND FOR her husband and daughters In SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE their aomnr. OF UTAH. 'Mr. Zach Oblad In confined in PRODUCTS, a hoapital fa Salt Laka City tor ASPHALT a INC, Corporation, treatment for a heart ailment. Plaintiff, Legal - - Kf . (a) Total demand deposits r Phone Park City 649-961- TOTAL LIABILITIES CAPITAL ACCOUNTS Capital: (a) Common stock, total par value "HELLO MOTHER" Surplus Undivided profits Havt you called SEEDLESS GRAPES Jr? $3,300,717,48 I ' TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS i 70,000.00 105,000.0 15,491.44 5 ltd, 491.44 . TOTAL LIABILITIES. AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS MEMORANDA Assets pledged or assigned to secure Uabili-t'e- s and for other purposes (including notea and bills rad Is counted and securities sold with agreement to repurchase) $ 10,009.00 I, Demont Lott, Assistant Cashier of the shove-name- d bank, do solemnly gwear that this report of condition la true and correct, to the best of my knowledge and belief. DEMONT LOTT. Correct Attest: MOSES C. TAYLOR, THOMAS LEFLER, Long Distance recently and said that? No? Than pick up your phone and go visiting soon! Mountain States GORDON B. TAYLOR, Telephone State of Utah, County of Summit, as: Sworn to and subscribed before me this Directors: 15th day of July, 1SSS. LEO O. FRAZIER, Notary Public. STATE OF UTAH, Office of the Bank Commissioner. 1, Spencer C. Taylor, Bank Commlastonsr, do hereby certify that tha foregoing is a true and correct copy of tha statement of tbe above named bank, filed In this office on July 16, 19(5. SPENCER C TAYLOR; Bank Commissioner; Shopping' Center LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED 8 8 b) Total time and savings deposits (1,437,367.59 ' Mmt4k $ 863, 409-- $70,000.00 . Ska was bom March 1, ISM,1 Balt Lake City, to Moees and j Alice Wesson Ludlow. Married to' ? Zacharlah JamerCblad April" 15, TWO" 1911, Balt Laka City. Solemnised weefc toudl Salt Lake LDS Temple Mr unk. Active memberLDS cld hooM! town ot Heneier. sTvvora: SbeS Jaughtera, ! We like the Henef er new. late. Hayward, Calif.; nine grandchil- to-br- break-throug- S aeea . for commercial Summit County Bee '. Chlctilktlomi aee production by the cutting COALVILLE. UTAH method are astounding. It will THURSDAY, JULY 2P, 1915 take six million cuttings to pro-uc- e a million pounds of aeed, pots In two They had two Soma 130,000, 000 pounda are used sets of leaveadays. In 13 days. annually for the national alfalfa Robert Teweles, the firm's vice, acreage of 30,000,00010 percent president for production who Is of which la in Wisconsin, The the following with hybrid seed crop; Incidentally, even with tooth business and progressInterpersonal worth open pollinated method, la est, expects initial Improvement and a known variety, propagated from hybrids to 15 percent to 20 stakes are high. percent, and this later to go to The short range program of 50 percent. By 1967, the company perhaps five years la for produc- hopes fo have 500 field trlali goInbred ing In Wisconsin, one of the dos ing 'top crosses," using an and a known variety, propogated en north central states It serves. followAn Innovator In mechanical aa by cuttings. This would be ed by a three way cross, using well aa breeding techniques, Davis cross, has 'a male sterile and Inbred speeded his laboratory work j which then would be mated to an by developing a square plastic sleeve for plantings. It takes less Inbred or variety. The ultimate goal, In perhaps apace ' than round clay or peat 15 years la single cross hybrids, pots, la simply unrolled from the using only Inbred parents. Corn earth ball and used over again. similar followed Mine recently Da via collaborathybridisation Men ed with Arthur Hbelta, a metal crosses having single lines, introduced only a couple of craftsman In Richfield, in mak-In-g 1 ' a pint siaed gadget which reyeera ago. moves seed pods from the alfalfa of Breading Crux Since aeed production la the plant Hulls then are run through crux of any breeding program, a seed extractor. THE SUMMIT COUNTY El Such precision, which can be this factor la tested In California fields. Promising lines an sent projected Into aeed yield figures, back to Wisconsin for forage la needed since one gram contains 450 seeds. . triala, A Selected few an planted under outdoor cages and made Into of REPORT OF CONDITION OF ingle crosses, with the help STATE BANK beea. Goal would ha prohlMtivi Of Kamaa, In the State of at the close of buslneas on Juo Utah, entireused were if this procedure 30, 1965. In pairs ly, so the rest are planted ASSETS of rows, using a mala sterile and Gate, balances with other and oaah Items in process of collection a pollinating type. 140,583.71 Benefits to the farmer from United States Government obligations, direct be and guaranteed 318.838.39 this elaborate project may Other ,, many: Alfalfa with more leavea Lous bonds, notes, hnd debentures and discounts (including 13,751.35 anud of higher protein content, eVbr-ag- e overdrafts 1,870,63(.01 the from It perhaps raising i Bank . premises owned $31,957.50, furniture of 14.8 percent to 23 percent, and fixtures $24,978.33 48,935.98 greatly Improving Its feed value', 'Other assets 7,783.83 a smaller stem, for better curing tonand less cellulose; higher . TOTAL ASSETS $3,491,358.91 nage; Increased disease reels tones and Insect tolerance and greater Demand deposits of Individuals, partnerships, and corporations $ 848,671.34 winter hardiness also may he Mma and savings deposits of individuals, achieved. partnerships, and corporations 1,293,950.18 Most of all, researchers want of United Statea Government (InDeposits the hybrid rigor, which, already cluding postal savings) 14,785.88 'has' been dtetonstirated; Davis Deposits and subdivisions of States 334,715.17 political which sproutpointed to hybrids Certified and officers checks, etc. 18.7S&3S ed and emerged in laboratory TOTAL DEPOSITS .$8500,767.48 ; 537 Main Street, Park City 15c K Zina E. Adamson Hna Elisa Adamson, 79. 319- Corporation, 4th Are., Balt Lake aty, died; Dafmdanta. Iburaday, July 32, at 3:05 p.rn.1 at j Mld at s&eriffl In a Balt Lake hoapital of natural tbe ront door of the County I Court Houaa In Coalville, Bum- ? Ska waa bom March 14, 1386, mlt County, Utah, on the 30th Cache County, a day & Jul 1966 lt Richmond, 0clock daughter of Alfred and Sensjp. of uld Married piece or Woodland. Thompson parcel of real property Ephraim Adamson, Oct. 18, 191L situate in Summit County, State Login Temple, He died May 35, of Utah, described aa follows, to 1953. Former Relief Society Wlt: teacher. That certain cabin owned Survivors; daughters, Mm, Byby Jim Pratt and located on ron D, (Margaret) Jones, Mra. property owned by Holiday Noal (Phyllis) Despaln, Robert, Park Corporation per the atall Salt Laka aty; Mm. Garth tached drawing and gun col(Ella) Gregersen, Murray; sons, lection. Lee, Shelley, Idaho; Jack, Las Purchase prloe payable In law Vegas, Nevada; Gean, Hayward, ful money of the United Statea. 23 grandchildren; one Calif.; Dated at Coalville, Utah, this brothers, Bis- 30th day of Juno, 1996, RONALD R. ROBINSON, ters, Leonard, Kimberly, Idaho; Sheriff of Summit County. Ephraim, Ucon, Idaho; Mrs. Aem. alia Home, Butte, Monk; Mm. BARKER A RYBERG, Sarah Valentina, Brigham aty. Attorneys for Plaintiff, Asphalt Funeral services were conduct- Products, Inc. ed 3 p.m, Monday In the Park Published fn The Summit Ooun. ty Bee, Coalville, Utah, July 5, aty LDS Ward ChapeL Interment Park CRy Cemetery, 15 and 13, 1156. n , ( EGGS1? ... .: 43c great-grandchil- d; Complete Line of Produce - Groceries - Drugs - Candies and Packaged Luncheon Meats WATCH FOR OPENING OF OUR NEW MEAT MARKET! |