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78 SEEDWORLD.COM JUNE 2015 SINCE1915 ThefirstissueofSeedWorldwaspublishedin1915.Heretheeditorswilltakeyoubackintimeto explorethenumbersnewsandissuesthatimpactedtheseedindustryallcoveredbySeedWorld. 1915 1920 1925 1926 1930 1935 1936 1939 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1961 1965 1970 1975 1980 1984 1985 1986 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 The first hybrid seed corn company is formed. Using cytoplasmic male sterility the first hybrid crop cultivar an onion is developed. Cytoplasmic male-sterile millet is developed and by 1965 Indian scientists develop a new hybrid from these seeds that yields 88 percent more grain than common millet. A MOMENT IN TIME This cover shows an aerial view taken May 19 1939 of the heart of down- town Oklahoma City. At the extreme right is the Oklahoma-Biltmore Hotel which served as headquarters for the Southern Seedsmens Association convention June 5-7 that year. Certified seed a relatively new concept in the 1930s and its importance was a major topic of discussion. At this meeting Earl Pages association president recommended that the seed industry concentrate its efforts toward securing the removal of farmer exemption clauses in all seed laws. He the farmer grower of seed crops knows that if the seed is foul and the conscientious seedsman reduces his bid to allow for cleaning loss and expense he can still sell the seed to his neighbor weeds and all with the blessing and sanction of the law Pages says. FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THIS 1939 ISSUE 400000 is the estimated cost of a new building in New York City for the United States Department of Agriculture. 62 million acres will be the wheat allot- ment in 1940 according to the federal government. 25 percent of field seed is supplied by the American seed trade. 35 Illinois farmers are prosecuted for violations of the seed law. 704 million bushels of wheat is the national forecast for the crop. Hycrest the first interspecific hybrid of crested wheatgrass is released. Sunflower hybrids that produce an oil high in oleic acid are developed. From this genetic material NuSun hybrids are created.