Rich County Reaper | 1931-10-16 | Page 2 | Get Only the Highest Grade of Alfalfa Seed |

Type	issue
Date	1931-10-16
Paper	Rich County Reaper
Language	eng
City	Randolph
County	Rich
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
ARK	ark:/87278/s632109j
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s632109j

Article Title	Get Only the Highest Grade of Alfalfa Seed
Type	article
Date	1931-10-16
Paper	Rich County Reaper
Language	eng
City	Randolph
County	Rich
Page	2
OCR Text	Show t get only the highest grade of alfalfa seed Al much liell of the trouble with alfalfa hay bay has been due clue to seed said dr L W durnell colorado agricultural ri college nt at a recent meeting ue ile said that growers should learn where the seed Is produced before they buy it and be sure the seed Is hardy hanly for their conditions ile he explained an analysis of alfalfa seed bought for 9 it a bushel which showed only 40 per cent germination this seed laboratory tests prayed conta contained tined one half as much weed seed as alfalfa seed and 32 different kinds of weed seeds the purchaser got only 11 1 pounds of live alfalfa sped seed and actually paid 47 cents a pound for it
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s632109j/9274046