b'SINCE 1915 The first issue of Seed World was published in 1915. Here the editors will take you back in time to explore the numbers, news and issues that impacted the seed industryall covered by Seed World.1915 19201925193019351937194019451950195119551960196519701972197519801985199019911995200020032005201020152020Studies made of precooling toConcho hard red winterCombineAgate alfalfaRely soft white clubUSDA finds barley is as effective as oats prevent decay in redwheat released. harvester-hullerreleased. wheat released; mainin reducing serum cholesterol, which raspberries. designed to harvestclub wheat cultivar inresults in an FDA-approved health claim. castorbean crop. the U.S. since 1996.A MOMENT IN TIMEIn this 1960 issue, we looked at several topics including some of the failings of seed certification. According to the author of the column, Harold D. Loden of Paymaster Farm in Texas, many qualities of certified seed are often implied, but subject to question. For example, it may be implied that varieties approved for certification in a state are the best varieties adapted to the state. This could be true, but when we find that certain varieties are not on the certified list, does it mean such varieties are not recommended? . We have to only look at modern merchandising of non-certified hybrids in a number of field and vegetable crops to see that this implication is not true.FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THIS 1960 ISSUE:827,000is the number of bags of small red beans produced in Washington State in 1959, down from the year prior.35%is the amount of nutrients lost in Michigan farmers forage in 1960 due to less-than-ideal harvest and storage.20%is the reduction in the Mexican spring lettuce crop in 1960.700,000is the number of pounds of seed certified by the Idaho Crop Improvement Association in 1958. 29.1million is the number of pounds of legume and grass seed shipped by the United States during the first 7 months of the 1958-59 crop year.132/ SEEDWORLD.COMDECEMBER 2020'