58 



The Florists^ Review 



JoNi! 25, 1914. 



improvement, advocated the coopera- 

 tion of members of the American Seed 

 Trade Association in their respective 

 states or sections, with all the various 

 agricultural educational agencies at 

 work, such as the farm demonstration 

 work, boys' corn clubs, girls' canning 

 clubs, etc. 



A distinct phase was developed by 

 this committee, in inquiries made of ex- 

 periment station and agricultural col- 

 lege workers, which brings on a consid- 

 erable discussion of the general ques- 

 tion of seed regulation in its relation to 

 the furnishing of seeds of higher qual- 

 ity and less impurities by the seed trade 

 as a whole to farmers. This committee 

 makes what may seem a radical recom- 

 mendation to the association, that its 

 members cooperate with agricultural 

 college and experiment station workers 

 in formulating dnd pressing for passage 

 reasonable pure seed regulations, in- 

 sofar as they relate to grass, clover and 

 agricultural seeds in general; that is, 

 such seeds as are distinguishable in the 

 grain of the seed. 



' ' The chairman believes that the high- 

 class seed trade of the United States 

 has everything to gain and nothing to 

 lose by taking sucn a stand. Investi- 

 gation shows that troubles arising out 

 of purchases of impure or inferior seed 

 are mostly purchases made from local 

 general merchants or local seed stores 

 and not from recognized, high-class seed 

 houses such as generally compose the 

 American Seed Trade Association. This 

 class of dealers as a rule are ignorant 

 as to seed quality and, generally, buy 

 where they can buy the cheapest, re- 

 gardless of quality, and it is seed han- 

 dled in this way that is responsible for 

 a great majority of complaints that 

 result in calls for seed legislation. 



"The chairman of this committee is 

 making a recommendation of this -kind 

 to the association entirely on hia own 

 responsibility and recognizes that it is 

 a radical departure from the past atti- 

 tude of seedsmen, but a careful study 

 of the situation as it relates to produc- 

 tion and distribution of seeds in the 

 United States leads him to believe that 

 this is the wisest policy that the Ameri- 

 can Seed Trade Association can follow. 

 This policy would, if followed, bring 

 about cooperation between the seed 

 trade and various agricultural agencies 

 on this question of seed legislation 

 which must be faced and if the seed 

 trade will adopt such an attitude, in- 

 stead of one of antagonism to all seed 

 legislation, they will secure the sym- 

 pathy, respect and consideration of the 

 forces that are either drafters of seed 

 bills or act in an advisory capacity in 

 such matters." 



Experiment Stations. 



L. L. Olds, for the committee on ex- 

 periment stations, presented a volumi- 

 nous report consisting of extracts from 

 letters from thirty-nine of the forty- 

 eight state experiment stations telling 

 of the work they have been doing of 

 special interest to seedsmen, particu- 

 larly along the line of plant breeding. 

 The purpose of Mr. Olds and his com- 

 mittee is to put the association and the 

 trade at large closer in touch with the 

 experiment stations so that all may 

 profit by cooperation. 



Postal Affairs. 



[The report. 1^ the committee on postal 

 alfeirs recounted briefly the inclusion 

 of books and seeds in the parcel post 



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