| Show Secure Best Yields From om Native alive Seed Advantages Clearly Shown V I in the Fields Despite the higher cost of red clover er seed produced In lh the United States i such stIch seed is better for use than foreign for for- eign Imported s sped cd I E. E C C. C Blair extension agronomist at nt atthe atthe I the North Carolina State college finds I that red reel clover seed grown in the United States now costs about five dollars dollars dol dol- dol- dol dolI I lars a bushel more than the French French- grown seed But nut he he sn says s 's th the na na- i grown tive-grown seeds are best aud and well worth this tills difference In price Although Although Al Al- though the French seeds are amon among the best of the foreign seeds brought Into the United States our native e seeds have several advantages over o them These advantages do not show so much In a test for germination and purity but they do appear In the field For or Instance Mr Blair states that I the Virginia experiment station has found that grown American-grown seed averages averages aver er ages over ovel 1000 pounds more hay per acre than the French grown when wizen the two are sown side by side This difference difference difference dif dif- ference Is due mainly to the fact that the foreign seed is more subject to This disease destro destroys s 's much of the thc stand of clover er and seriously seriously se se- se checks the tine growth of those plants not killed outright As a result result result re re- sult of ot this disease the grown foreign-grown seed seldom makes a n good second crop Indications are that the supply of grown American rown 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 lwow the source of the seed which they buy |
