| Show 0 v Utah Seed Law Gets eta Results INCREASE IN QUALITY AND DEMAND DEMAND DE- DE MAND l NOTED IN ALFALFA POTATOES PO AND AID ONIONS With the I passage of the uniform seed law giving the state board of agriculture power to certify seeds of highest quality purity vitality and adaptability tho the business of seed In in- in became a major activity of the board and the demand for Utah certified seed increased Some Soine certification certification certification had been done on a small scale In previous years and this served as a foundation From fields previously sown with certified alfalfa alfalfa alfalfa fa seed and carefully checked by in- in n been sea sealed ed at the thresher thresher- or hullers hullers hullers hul- hul lers 1914 bags of seed eed which has been carefully followed through the cleaning process and then resealed reseated and tagged as certified seed Following are excerpts from the report detailing the inspection w work rk done in seed fields of Utah last year In addition to this thi'S small amount acres of land on farms before planting certified seed for the production of certified Grimm Cossack or or Hardigan Hardigan s seed d. d When the young seedling al alfalfa alCa plants were a a. few inches Cinches high a 11 second inspection was made to make sure that no volunteer alfalfa or other varieties clovers or weeds weeds ex- ex Isted sted Only those fields meeting the high standards of requirements requirement were were accepted as eligible f for r further Inspection in inspection In- In or consideration We have Inspected twenty acres of potatoes three times and have produced produced produced pro pro- three carloads of Utah cerU- cerU fled led seed eed from our high mountain valleys not excelled a any any- y- y where We have also inspected many fields of ot small grain and have certified bushels of of- DIcklow wheat l 1030 30 bushels ot of Swedish sel- sel e oct ct o oats tS and bushels of of or barl barley jarley Some of o our r f farmers farmer's r ers have hav been en breeding the Utah Valencia onion from rom seed eed obtained ed from Spain several sev- sev eral ral years ago and now have hava an onon onton on on- ton fon on far superior superior- to its original al p pr parent par par- r- r lent ent nt in yield formation op appearance quality and keeping power power so we e have lave examined carefully a all 1 processes process process- r I es 00 governing tho production of such such seed seed eed and and have approved this seed Last but not least the board has las as approved and certified 1000 pounds of ot p pure re hand baud selected tomato seed eed which h has been bred brod for tor three years ears under the tho direction of f ono one of or Its ts Inspectors Every seed Is 19 trac tree I Ible able ible ble to a a. a single most perfect tomato r- r obtained from the most perfect to tomato tomato tomato to- to mato obtainable from the tho most vigorous vig- vig orous high yielding high and otherwise desirable vine vino of three years ago j This has already considerably Increased Increased increased In- In creased the yield and ond desirable i. i Qualities of Utah canning tomatoes po n |
