Show Se Secure ure Best Yields From Native Seed Advantages Clea Clearly ly Shown Shown in the Fields ields De Despite th the higher cost of red clover clover- seed eed produced In th the United States such sich h seed is b better tte for us use than foreign for for- eign Imported seed E. E 0 Co Blair extension agronomist at atthe atthe I Ithe the North Carolina State college finds that red clover cloyer seed grown In the United States now costs about five doll dollars dol dol- l mrs lars rs a bushel more than the French- French grown seed But nut he says the na nn- grown tive-grown seeds are best and well worth this difference In price Although Although Although Al Al- though the French seeds are among the best of the foreign seeds brought into the United States our native se seeds ds have several advantages over over them These advantages do not show so much In a test for germination and purity but they do appear appeal in the field For instance nce Mr Blair states that the Virginia experiment station has found that grown American seed averages averages averages averages' aver aver- ages ages' over 1000 pounds more hay per acre than the French grown when the two are sown side by side This dif difference difference dif dif- ference Is due mainly to the fact that the foreign seed Is more subject to This disease destroys much of the stand of clover and Seriously serIously seriously se se- checks the growth of those plants not killed outright As a result result re re- re- re sult suit of this disease the grown foreign seed seldom makes a good second crop Indications are that the supply supply- of 01 grown American-grown seed will be very short this season while an unusually large amount of foreign seed is on the market Mr Blair cautions farmers to know the source of ot the seed which they buy I |