Show II 1111 II County Farm News By The County Agent 11 11 The use of gool good seed in plantIng plantIng planting plant plant- ing 1947 crops cannot be urged urge too strongly It is impossible tc to produce big crops with poor seed Even fairly good seed Is not goo gooc good enough Buy and anti use nothing buthe but bu the best The planting of crop seed seeds contaminated with noxious weer weed seeds has been the principal source of weed Infestation ir In Utah Most of oC the noxious weeds weed are not native to this area but bu have been introduced from other othe parts mostly from foreign count counti coun coun- ti t t S And yet this contaminated contaminates seed is still sUll being used in the s1 state In preparing the seedbed ar at attempt should be made to bring brini about the best possible conditions condition for seed germination and seedling seedling seedling seed seed- ling development Heat air ant am and moisture are necessary before germination can take tako place therefore tl seedbed should be b prepared in such a manner that thai all three will be provided Seedbeds should be firm to allow allow allow al al- low a close contact between soland sot sol and seed and should also Dt De moist It the soil Is worked too toc deeply in the spring the surface e ema ma may be loosened so much that 7 the moisture in the seed area Is largely lost resulting in failure to secue adequate stands stan The use of sufficient fertilizer on the land will pay big divi divi- Bends Fertilizer is cheap cor cor- pared to the price at which farmers farmers farmers farm farm- ers will sell most products this economize year therefore do not economize mize by cutting down on fertilizer 1 zer zero The problem In most areas is getting enough Certainly there is no excuse for not cleaning up the last bit bitof bitof bitof of manure manule around the barn sheds and poultry houses and andI I getting it spread on the cropland crop cropland l land nd where it will do the most I i good |