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Show INFERIOR SEEDS. If They Are Bown i flood Crop Neeil Jot Ho F.tpectcd. Seeds that nro good may (nil to grow, so that good seeds nnd thoio Hint produce pro-duce good plnnts nro not coextensive terms. Many good seeds fail to produce pro-duce good plnnUbocauso thcro nro many chums for (alluro In tfce pnxluc-llon pnxluc-llon of n plant outsido of the need. For this reason tho testa known nsgcrml nation trials raado in test boxes mo not more than suggestivo guides as to tho vitality of the seeds inspected Ono of tho reasons for a failure of seeds to (row is that they were gathered gath-ered before they vero fully matured. ( ono looks at a handful of any teed, whether clover, bean or squash, ho w 11 1 And that somo seeds aro cither small, or light, or both, Indicating tint they did not mature It Is natural that a percentage of seeds should bo Immature, Imma-ture, as tho seed vessels do not have all their seeds of tho samo age, nnd at a timo when tho greater part nro npo somo will stUl be green Many seeds aro nbortlro, or for somo reason linvo failed to doTolop They are not green, but consist mostly ol tlio dry husk or shell, bitch imperfect seeds nru tho most easily removed of nil by means of tho fanning mill, and thcro U but llttlo excuso for such being In any abundance In Oin mrirkot ancri. A third rcuson (or poor seed Ii ago Somo kinds bear tho pa&sago of years le fore they begin to deteriorate much bettor than othcis Tho "second summer'' with Eotno oorts 13 quite i;cn-crally i;cn-crally fatul, whiti with other klndj tho second year mil t como beforo they will begin to unfold into seedlings Ai a rulo old seeds nro not popular, and thcro Is good foundation for tho general gen-eral belief that tho younger tho seed Is the better, after it has passed lt3 fltst winter. Thcro nre many other reasons why seeds aro poor. Among tho leading la poor parentage, nnd poor parontago may mean many tilings A parent plant mny bo poor from coming from n poor seed or it may ba duo to loo great molstuto, or heat, or lack of food supply. sup-ply. Any ono or more of tho many untoward cltcumstanccs may give rlso to Impct fectly en loved seod, provided anr seed Is produced. Another scries ot poor seeds Includes thoso that in themselves aro good, that Is, coma from strong parents, grow under favornblo clrcumstnnces, but nro poor because thoy aro Inching In thoso qualities that go to mako up a profltablo plant. It Is n poor seed that will under tho most favorable conditions only produce an Inferior plant, whether in blossom, foliage, seed or fruit Tho seed is poor In possibilities. -American Agriculturist. |