Show WAR MAY CAUSE SEED SHORTAGE IN U S As a result ot of the european war utah litah farmers may be called upon to produce a larger portion of seed supplies than they have for many years J M palmer chairman of the county AAA committee said during the week large supplies of a number of seeds used in this country are normally imported from countries involved involved in war indications for seed generally are arc that supplies ire arc adequate since kinports of most of them were not greatly restricted until the entrance of italy into the war but larger domestic production of many kinds will probably be necessary for 1941 mr palmer said qaid seed chiefly affected are those of soil conserving crops as crimson clover white clover orchard gras grass and of such vegetables as spinach cauliflower cabbage radishes and carrots in order to help meet this situation R M evans AAA administrator r has advised farmers participating ci in the 1940 AAA farm program to save a part of their soil conserving crops for seed stocks of white clover seed or arc low and during the last ten years the united states has imported impo itel about twice as much as it has produced of the quantity imported during the ten fiscal years ending june 20 1939 39 approximately 64 per cent was imitated directly from foland poland or ori gimLA d in poland and as imported ho hot hon n other countries co intres int in the case of sugar beet sped no veil ell as other seede se dj the present war ands american in much niora favorable oi tion than at the time of the world war before 1914 practically all of the sugar beet seed used in the united states was imported from germany research and adaptation since the war now enable the united states to produce practically all the sugar beet seed it uses sugar beet seed has been produced in washington county for a number of years and thus utah along I 1 with the nation has been developing ve its own seed in spite of the shortage of water in practically every part of utah this summer we still see hundreds of acre feet going to waste our irrigation systems must be perfected small reservoirs as well as large ones must be constructed farmers will have to conserve every dron of available water vater if were going to win out in the struggle for existence here on the edge ot of the desert deser director william peterson scientific studies of rubber versus steel on the wheels of agriculture I show a definite advantage for pneumatic tires they allow great ter speeds both for tractors and implements clements ts reduce rolling resistance by almost half cushion the machines ines against wear and tear of vibration I 1 result in greater I 1 pull and reduce the consumption of fuel |