| Show alfalfa seed situation important to future of agriculture in state the production of alfalfa seed here in utah is ag a largo factor in ia tile the general agriculture of the state and it la Js of vital importance toillie grower of alfalfa seed here hem la in this state to bo maInt maintain aln and improve crop quality and yields Wha whatever tho the cause may be the tact fact remains that amt year the crop of alfalfa seed horo here lu in utah reverted to arr proximately proximate fy the same production as wo we hud in 1019 1919 and the crop this put past season la Is only higher from 1910 1010 there was wag tin increase in production until the cwm of 1025 20 G utah produced i approximately pounds or nearly half itala of vu all the alfalfa sl falfa seed csc ed raised in ow abo antiro united states that situation gradi raly 1 c hinged until we are again back to flut our 11 production mid ajril every at farmer should seek to ingrem tho the yelde per acre nud mid rafal production of alfalfa seed within the state and bo be can only do dd so eo by planting seed of origin ta good purity and free from noxious seeds in lust just tle the last two years utah alfalfa a seed hm haa been nala nain adaptable bamo bomo alws to which utah formerly shipped a largo charo of the total propof crop of alfalfa wed it if declared such wed Is not aval available laUe for soil conservation payments and therefore farmers will to no longer buy 14 it even avea though Q they ey luno have been using such wed eold for years mw reasons given are ate taht utah farmers have been icca planting seed of southern origin for di iho last few years thus reducing vitality land the resulting crop produces wed that will win ter adil when planted in the ithe eastern states that are heavy consumers of alfalfa seed such ft a tion is a serious handicap bandl cap to tho the farmers of etab but haa s not been felt by ethein tn in the present crop due to the face that tue the total alfalfa wed crop of uw the country la is quite short the first year that thero Is a no nominal rinal crop of alfan alfalfa seed throughout wd seed producing pio kit rita itco aites it wilt immediately effect vio price that mhd utah grower of df alfalfa seed can mauro occuro for foi hs aisi crop and stops steps should bo be noder uner taken immediately to correct such a situation tho the changing times tames have hato b brought ro eglit on last paged hay seed important to farming future continued page 1 evor ever changing problems problem to all and the movement of by truck has grown rapidly during the past lew few years the trucker some moves considerably considerable seed di to tile the consumer here bore in the ilie intermountain country it each and I 1 every bag of li he sted that is sold b ty by y the trucker la is plainly labeled as aa to purity and but still moru more p particularly na as to the origin of tho the wed then that trucker Is rendering a service to the farla OrS of the state there are however too many occasional truc truckers kens or overnight over night truckers who w offer some viry very tine fine looking mw 01 at a lower price than la is quoted by most of the local dealers and talat should be a very goodin good indication di ai to all farmerr that such wed heed is likely to dixs W of an origin that ja Is mot adaptable to ithe climatic and soil conditions i of utah too often alio abe farmer fanner asks the ahe trucker where did you go get t thlu seed BOCU and the tucker trucker replica 1 I got it over oer at delta ot w some bome other town is known to the tanner farmer to be in d n seed producing see BOC lion but what aliat the trucker does not state la Is the fact that the seed was originally shipped or trucked into thai boci and the seed aced la Is very likely to tad bo be of southern origin and not adaptable for tails section the department of agriculture liaa has some very strict regulations ions with regard lo 10 to the seed that eliat may L be sold or offered for sale to tiie the consumers within the van te the inspectors 0 of tale department eau cau easily check up ou on seed that Is ia being offered cd by local locae dealers throughout the hie state wit lut L ut it is almost for them to check on or catch ate occasional trucker who hus has secured ima ais seed from s within the itha state after 1 f it ima has been shipped in they do however have a fairly dose close check on truckers bringing seed across the atte line betit but it is the trucker who buys seed atter after it has haa been chipped talo tine the state vird anid peddles it out within the atoo state abate alio who la is doing ithe tho camago damage to utah agriculture and causing utah ufah decd oed to be listed in some states aa and not aval available lable tor for soil conservation payments there fo fore fope pe ille che farmers fein nors who nice looking bright colored seed offered at a price lower than good fairdy etive nati lve seed can bo be offered is doing a great injustice to himself end and ills his neighbors by buying mid planting such seed it simply moawia the matter of a few jeaa beairs B until still more states sifa itea NM ill put a ban on utah alfalfa seed it if such are continued it 13 ashard to such practice by legislation so aut tho the remedy lies liea in an educational campaign conducted by state outmost but moat most ott ot all the ithe farmer himself must be relied upon to correct such consal tlona tile the state experiment station at logan ihas 9 some very i interesting n te aud add illuminating figures on the daay anil and aca yields obtained over it ft period of seve iral years on oil seed of bf southern origin and imported seed a caien plait planted ted here bore in ili utah a and ald farmers would do well to write the station to requesting that information |
