Hope it turns warm so things will grow

Because of his interest in seed corn and his corn belt background, Dwight planted a few acres in corn in 1920 and began investigating a variety that was likely to mature at Crane. Cucumbers were easy to grow and yields were high, but the harvesting periods often conflicted with the times when the workers were needed to hoe weeds in the sugar beet fields. Because the laborers' contracts were with the Holly Sugar Company, Holly jobs had the highest priority. [...]cucumbers could not always be picked at proper stages. The association oversaw standards in the packaging and labeling of seeds, noting percentage germination, weed seeds, and foreign matter such as sand, dirt, broken and shriveled seeds, sticks and chaff, as well as any other inert matter.13 The same legislation made Montana State College, Bozeman, now Montana State University, responsible for certifying and developing a generation system, varietal identity standards, and mechanical analysis procedures.