Show SEED POTATO AREA VISITED Making v ber Is Making Good Start in Seed Sec Project Weber county coun Is making a good i tart start as a producer of free disease seed potatoes according to the opinions I ions Sons of ot a group croup of farmers and plant plan experts who inspected fields in Os 0 Osden Og- Og Ogden den valley alley late Sato Monday afternoon Patches of promising tubers were seen practically free from disease e I leaf hoppers plant lice or other harm harm- harmful harmful harmful ful Insects Other large patches were teen seen where careful will elim elim- eliminate elimInate any questionable plants thus in In- In insuring suring practically safe seed of high quality that will be certified by b state seed aced Inspectors rs LARGE OUTLAY Since 84 carloads of seed potatoes from other states were shipped into In Weber county last year y r and approximately was sent out in pay pay- payment payment payment ment the Importance of obtaining good local grown seed spuds is ent It is reported that from 30 to per cent of some lots of ot seed aced pota pota- potatoes potatoes potatoes toes from other states have ha been found to be diseased hence a properly certified seed stock locally grown crown will mean menn a big saving to Weber county growers In time Ume labor Initial milla cost and freight rates it was Vias pointed out The group headed by A. A L. L Chris Chris- county agent left the office Jn Sn the federal building at J 30 o'clock and went first to the acre 12 field of D. D O. O McKay in Huntsville These potatoes pota es were grown from seed shipped In Sn from Plute Piute county in southern Utah The field was formerly planted to Ill aU a. a aThe The party then visited the fields of ot George Stallings In Eden Mr Stallings Stall- Stall StallIngs StallIngs Ings is president of the Weber Coun Coun- County County County ty Firm irm bureau Sandwiches cake and soda water were supplied the vis vis- visitors visItors at the Stallings home One patch about three quarters of an acre In Sn size Is the site of a four- four jear ear car experiment to obtain s eed seed pota pota- potatoes potatoes toes tees absolutely absolute free from disease Se I Seed sred from the patch last year ear was used to plant a three acre dy fatter farm patch on the mountain side The smaller patch 1 is watered by sub Irrigation This Thi has been Inspected tame tl l e his uIn ason on and any weak or defective e plants plant have hate e been been removed remo ed Bliss I S b and russets are grown on the Cle plot and the tubers from each hill hili are placed In a labeled sack sa k at harvest hanest time Only the best stock is select select- selected ed from each sack and a s mple Is sent nt to the experiment station nt at the Utah Agricultural college In Logan These were carefully labeled and planted In the A A. O. O hothouse and the results tabulated before Defore the lime time for outdoor planting Only the thc finer specimens sue ate then selected for plant- plant Ing One eye ere from each select tuber is planted The plants were er free from leaf hopper lice or disease Figuring the time labor and costs the seed stock from this exp exp l plot would be worth about 20 a bushel Mr said The two acre irrigated cobbler patch of f Mr Stallings was also ern co and the three-acre three patch of dry farm pota pota- potatoes potatoes toes containing Bliss Buss cobbler and Ohms were relatively free from front any signs of disease A vine lIne was Vas pulled up and six fine potatoes cre yore found at nearly marketable size The soil sol Is 15 of good quality well cultivated ad a d free from weeks IN iC CF t 1 The fields of f It r Holmes m s cf Cof Lib Lib- Liberty Liberty Liberty erty was next Inspected Here there are four acres in rh 1 forme forme- meadow land all aU sub The field was vas pro pro- pronounced pronounced pronounced to be very verl promising and after and inspection certification c certification cation will be requested The group then visited the dry farm potato field of W. W R R. Holmes of Lib Lib- erty Here an acre of Cobblers plant plant- planted ed May 25 are arc free from disease or In in- in sects The last plots Inspected were those belonging to Parley J J. John W. W and Walter Clark of Liberty These are Blue Victors planted about June 15 fro sacks of seed obtained from Tooele T ocle and first planted a year ago last spring They show a uniform type of vine and are in good shape Mr said there are hundreds of acres of fine land in Weber county that can be utilized utilised for seed purposes and with proper selection selection selection tion and tare care in excellent re results re- re results results can be obtained THOSE PRESENT Those who went ent on tho the inspection tour were A. A L. L en Weber county agent C. C C A A. A Groberg com com- commercial commercial commercial mercial agent for the Weber County Farm bureau Dr B. B B L. L Richards head of ot the department of o botany and andant plant ant pathology Utah Agricultural college Dr M. M B. B B McKay plant path path- pathologist from the Oregon experiment station H. H L L. Blood assistant plant pathologist at nt the Utah Agricultural college and the following potato pot growers of Weber county count Joseph Sin Sin- Singleton gleton gle n J. J J B. B B Caner Carver P P. P C. C Poulsen F F. J. J J Palmer Lawrence W and Wa Plain City E E. J. J J Monson R R. H H. Holmes and William Holmes Liberty Maurice Howe How Standard-Examiner Standard reporter |