Show UTAH WHEAT IS BETTER GRAIN u V. A. A C. C Discourages Praco Practice Practice tice o of Importing Seed Wheat for or Utah Use The practice o of Importing seed 8 wheat Into Utah un under er the Impression that Itis It IR is superior to till the home grown variety arlot Is 15 declared re by hy officials of tho the experimental mental station of or the Utah Agricultural al nl college to be wasteful rul and sar sary The home grown wheat It Il Is said Is Is far tar superior for tor planting than that of or torel foreign n Importation In that ItIs It Itis t is grown rown under climatic conditions in n which it Is expected to reproduce Wheat hent seed feel brought Into the state from other localities loc must go through an acclimatizing ac ac- process M during Its reproducing reproducing reproducing stage stav-c. The rho report Issued by the experimental e station follows follows- It Is a common practice for or bl big grain growers to send away annually for Z seed ed wheat In this manner large quantities of ot seed wheat arc are annually annual Imported Into the mountain intermountain region lon under the toe mistaken Impression that the home homegrown home rown seed scell Is inferior In quality The results of or an nn investigation conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted b by the th experiment station of or the Utah Agricultural college covering a period of or five years cars show that dr dry farm wheat grown Blown In Id Utah from Imported seed does docs not decrease In quality Tho The year five-year average protein content content content con con- tent of ot the home-grown home seed differs only h by 01 per cent from tram that of or the orl original seed Reed that Is 11 tho protein content content con con- tent of or the tho grown homo seed has hns re remained rO- rO practically constant being In Influenced Influenced Influenced In- In only by 11 tho the varying climatic conditions from Crom year ear to year vear The Thc year five average result for tho protein pro pro- tein content of ot the wheat grown from rom tho the imported seed seal Is 2 22 23 per cent greater great great- er or than that of the orl original ln l Imported seed Every very variety arlet of ot Imported seed ced produced wheat what the first year ear It was grown rown In Utah having ha a n higher l' l protein content than th the original seed Neither elther year car during the five year period has hasan an any variety varlet produced seed having ha as low Iowa a protein content a as the original imported seed Tire Tile practice of or shipping In seed wheat Is 19 entirely unnecessary and Wa wasteful The quality of ot the tho homegrown homegrown home home- grown rown hard ats is really superior to tho the original seed Good puro pure wheat s seed ed should be he selected of the tho kind tho the grower desires to raise He lie should then continue to raise his own sec seed need anti and with proper selection ho he ma may rest assured that the quality of the seed I will not become Inferior but hut ho itA ma may have every confidence that his wheat Is of or superior quality I |