Show seed problems are explained as train tours over state CEDAR CITY march I 1 when the utah seed special a demonstration train operated by the union pad fib estem with the utah agricultural college and elate state department of 0 agriculture operating cooperating completed ted its it six alx lx day tour ot of utah farming regions here saturday evening a total ot at approximately 10 persons had voted tle tl train the dally attendance at the 4 bonstra tiou averaged about 1800 1600 and the average attendance at each ot at the flit aen this record ex ceede that established by the special duang it 43 tour of idaho where the average dally daily attendance was ftp ap proximately 1300 1200 and the attendance ance at each stop delta fur the largest crowd 1667 1657 garland came cam a second with 1430 and I 1 sandy third with 1204 1201 faculty members ot of the agricultural college some of at whom accompanied danied the poultry and dairy specials spec tala operated through utah several years ago by the union pacific believe the interest in the seed special was the greatest ot of any similar demonstration ever undertaken in the state the message ot the specialists sped allsta ac tie the train who bo lectured at ech stop and answered question questions from farmers was wits that the b beet A way to improve arop quality was to kep keep ou the lookout tor ter weeds la in feeds seeds and to keep out undesirable plants and plant diseases pests pw ire lire coati all aroln tre handled by the alLers C 3 sorensen assistant entomologist with the agricultural college osti estimate estima matus tm that one insect alone the minute fly cost the alfalfa need growers of utah DOO lat last year D C assistant agronomist at the college told the wheat growers the locsei to them through smut last year we w the college colleg 0 he lie explained has ha found the dry copper Kar bicarbonate bonate treatment desirable to hill the smut spores at planting to treat the wheat ot of the state have cosi cost but 23 making the actual low losa due to smut 19 49 2 it H J aebi elb sate agricultural in explained how the state department part vart apartment ment of agriculture abil airi culture Is functioning to maintain th seed standards ot of the state and establish confidence among the burer frers elsewhere during 1925 it was recited there was certified tn in the state ot of utah which means the states state a seal of approval was attached to each bag ot at seed 1101 too pounds or of grimm alfalfa 1500 1600 bushels of potatoes 89 bushels of dicklow wheat 1030 bushels of swedish select oats 53 3 pounds of tomatoes ard 55 5 pounds of utah valencia onions mr webb also said that 12 8 7 6 acres of 4 9 3 farms arms had been inspected for grimm seed to be certified this year wi sd 8 menace the prevalence ot at weed seed lul in utah wheat during 1925 1926 also we ws defined to the farmers of the state of the state states total wheat production for or 1928 1925 7 bushels 70 per cent or 5 bu abels contained dockage wee I 1 seed A 3 per cent average dockage meant the total loss of at iti bushels at the warehouse the dockage discount because ot of the reed weed seed was wits 5 cents per bushel r aboss a loss of tor for the entire the dockage for beat in the united states as a whole also was liven it amounted to 12 to thresh amount of or lockage dockage it font cost the producer coo it took 13 cars to freight it t to market and in freight barge li argei at least 3 lamb lambs could have bave been beon fattened for this cost ot to clean the weed seed from his this ubeart beat would have cost from 2 lo 10 I 1 cents a bushel when cleaned the pric aie averaged raged 5 cent cents more to the alti bushel though unable to depre cent sent the college dr E 0 G peterson Pe tereon its president followed the progress pro gresa A ot 0 t the train at all times I 1 I 1 believe bell edg g it a movement of inestimable value to the industry ot at the I 1 state I 1 he said tribune I 1 |