Show IA m 1 ti inspector urges careful analysis before planting seed farmers urged to an blyze seed before chasn or planting an Ai ulyss ilasi of seed made by state office for nominal surn sum gy by CLYDE W LARSON district agriculture inspector seed planting urne will soon be on its way bringing with it its annual hopes for good crops and abundant yields before drilling drill inc our seed in the ground or let us say wj before uan bic it wo wj uan bic wo piujing n we must consider what efat effect ct ills grades or lots of seed seea ei have upon such a harvest for example take two tuo samples from two lots of alfalfa seed both may lye ba offered from the same seed house the percentage of purity and germination lr mi may be exactly the same sz e yet one lot may cost nore per pound than the other lot upon closer examination of the tags on I 1 the seed we might find tat that the cheaper seed is a blend of utah and california or arizona seed the farmer noticing this blend might say what does it matter alfalfa seed is alfalfa seed whether it is grown in arizona california utah or the argentine in south louth america however there is is a sa s1 reat difference ference a difference that hat is i vital in tile the marketing margetin as a well as in the growing of such a seed alfalfa seed grown in warmer climates is not adapted to and cannot survive to a certain degree the rigors of the cold winters that thai we have here this means that the fairn farmei V iwho who purchases utah ta grown sw bin aed with seed grown in warmer climates is going to have a portion of his stand killed by the first hard itei the fact that we in utah have planted harvested and sold to midwestern markets seed from stock that was planted from seed purchased in warmer climates has hurt these same markets because upon planting this seed they also with their severe climates have had portions of the plants from this type of seed winter killed have alve seed see tested seed that moves through the regular commercial channels is generally clean and meets tha requirements quire ments of the state pure seed laws this however is more than we can say about seed that moves from farmer to fanner and which is planted in a lot of cases in the same condition that it left the thresher at harvesting time this means that the farmer is not only paying payin for the desired seed but also for fo the privilege 1 of planting weed seeds whether het li they be noxious or not and a percentage of inert material or dirt the germination ermi nation on the wed seed may run only sixty percent or seventy percent which means that there may ie be thirty or forty percent that will not sprout and grow we do not want to infer by this that the farmer should not get seed from his neighbor but that before either purchasing or planting this seed that an analytical test be made of it and then it if necessary have it cleaned to meet the thee tests can an be made by sending a small ma sample am P ae of seed to the state S seed eed baital analyst in st state capital building salt L lake city utah accompanied danied by a fee of twenty five centa many angles there are nany many angles and problems among the different persons involved many of which cannot be covered by an article they are such p problems that anyone involved in agriculture aie interested in and such agencies as your crop improvement association personnel of your weed committee your smith hughes teacher your county agent and in myself will be glad to discuss with you heres hems to better seed for better crops for better agriculture |