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Show 4 4x 4Agionomist , r 4i i 1 x < , Agionomist Aglonomist Urges Use of Better BetterSc.eds BetterStcas BetterSeeds , Sc.eds Sceds Stcas . on FarmsOf Farms FarmsOf FarmsII Of the many factors thit th'1.t th1.t th1t thlt ' . gcto go gc- gc - toi tomike to tor tomke tomike II IIOf r i m\ke m ke mike ' \ up tne the scheme of economical economicalf economicaland economicaland economicaland and qualliy qU:3.J1ty qU3.J1ty qU3J1ty quality : . production pI'Cductlon pICductlon ( ' ( , , seed is isreally Isrealh f . I I1'eall 1'eall 1eall really ' ) the starting point , , is the the'opinion theopinion theopinion opinion of Professor J C Hogenson Hogensonextension , 'opinion opinion ' c\tension c tension extension : \ agronomist agronorrust There is a alot alot . lot " ' " "of of 'of talk ta1l tallk . about good seed but butf butstill buti butstill butstill f i still far too little of it results inaction in inJ Inaction InactionToa J action actionToa ctiOll . Toa much emphasis emphaslS cannot cannet beplaced be bephced bepliced I beI i phced placed upon the use of good seed seedi seedBriefly seedBriefly i , Bl1efl Briefly } , go.d god go . d seed must be (1) 1 ( ) ) of an"I anadapted an anadipted " adipted 3v\pted 3v pted adapted 3vptedaljety ' " \ \ variety \aljety aljety , (2) 2 ( ) pure , , that IS ISflee isflee isfiee "I I I isI flee from mixture mhture , , foreign matenal material matenalI materialI matenaland materialand materialand I and weed seed (3) 3 ( ) ) of strong g1 gr- gr grmutation ger germination > r- r rmmatlOn - - i . . mination mmatlOn mutation , (4) 4 ( ) tree free fiom fHXm frown disease and and(5) and5 : ! , (5) 5 ( ) of crc orctper order cr size and de\ de development delopmcnt developmentFoi developmentFor \ lopmcnt lopmcntI I i Foi For best results a variety must be beadapted b bsadapted i iadapted J adapted not only to soil sOlI but to tociimatic toCilmatic : Climatic ciimatic conditions Varieties Valietle5 whichutilize whichutilize which :1 1 :1Climatic : i . utilize as much of the growing sca- sca sea- sea scai scason season sea season - i J ' son as possible give best res'llts resllts res11lts results res11ltsi res11ltsOne resultsOne res'lltsOne ' i J One cannot cannet expect to seed a mb- mb mia- mia mbture miature mix mixture , . - . ture of vaiieties valietles varieties , , 01 or of crops , and andharvrst andharvest andharvest I andI harvrst harvest a crop free of mixture-s mixture s mj'Xture mjXture ' - Thesame The Thef Thesame Thesame f same applies appl1es to weeds in m tlie the seedi seedThe seedThe seed seedThe i The weedploblem weed ipioblem /ploblem ploblem problem / has become so soserious sosenous : senous serious that it is receiving a gleat great gleatdeal , de21 deal of attention by expeljment experiment expeljmentstatIens experimentstations expeilmentstations i statIens stations cvei evel ever the country It Is estI- estI estI'I estimated esti estimated - ' mated that weeds co cobt cost t the fanners farmers fannersof 'I I 'Imated , of the United States thiee thlee three mIllIon mIllIoni milliondollars i dol1ars dollars pel per ypii JP'll JPll you ' , Piofestoi Plofe'ol Plofeol " ' Hogen Hogeni Hogenson Hogenson Hogenson i son points pomts outI outThen out outThen I Then comes come ' ) ths the question cf of ger- ger geri germmat1 gertmmnaticn ger germination - i mmat1 mination tmmnaticn < :11 11 : A good stand st.and . of umCmm uniform uniformplants unifcimplants : plants is the desh deslie desire e of every farmer farmerThIs farmerThis farmerThis ThIs connot C0l1l10t be secured unless viable viableseeds \ viableseeds lable lableseeds seeds , , . that111 that \ will \\111 111 germinate , ale are aleused areused aieused aieused"Do used used"Do "Do Do " not buy solely by the lcol.s lcols looks lcol.sof looksof koksof . of seed but rather by the analysistag analysIs analysIstag analysistag tag , , " Pi6fessor Professor Pl fessor Hogenson . warns v.arns varns wars |