Show t. t SEED SELECTION The United States department depart depart- went ment of o of agriculture ng has aa issued the following important bulletin bulletin bulle hulk tin 1 g Within a 0 short time s seed d drills of all nIl kinds kincl w will be he seen seed r. r 1 operating in the thc fields Al- Al ready farmers have hn their theil seed 1 selected for planting It has lIns iT been gathered g from many r J v sources source much of it is good and i some Rome of it is inferior still il ii ilc c t will nill all nil be put into the ground with the line expectation of rece receiving Jr f ing ing- a n good gool stand and flud a n good v crop this Ulis fall foIl Those who have been reading agricultural journals jour nals are familiar with the state state- statement ft merit ment that only about 70 per percent t i cent of the seed that is being 7 planted in the United States germinates in other words that thirty seed beed out of every hundred is lost It is is well known by all farmers that iti in order to secure a good pig a t good calf or n a good colt olt a good darn and sire are very erv es essential es- es indeed but the fact that l lI I 1 thoroughly cleaned seed high in quality and germination me are very important factors in set get setting ting n a stand and and a good crop is is often overlooked All seed I grain should be germination ger ger- and fanned several times if it is is necessary tore hee it front from all foreign then treatment for a t i a ases by using one p r rw i w I 1 rj L to h rr un 1 of grain J M r To mak is very sl rC i and three moist blott Mott are all that is is required hundred se seeds ds your seed rai fl cine C moistened blotters between two pie tins and keeping keeping keep keep- ing them in a room having a temperature of about 70 dd- dd r grees In Ili three day all seeds C that thit are strong strong- and mid vital will have hate germinated geminated The he t test st f 1 will wil now give Te i you t fe fie per cel of seed that will rf d if 1 1 1 Our public s 1 I v art on lye i n l tin hn e to t L J. J r r- r l u l a r r M i n J J a i gm n at d s t. t nf h 7 fm- fm farmer i in n the it W j L r districts to bring in iii samples of their seed grains r ins tc to be tested The germination test could ou d then be made nude by the students students- Inter later informing the Ji J. J ers t 0 p 1 l J. the rC results I It would be e very f. f educational to the students andi mid and i j very helpful to the farmers ers i Time spent in cleaning test test- y l i Ig nd treating reat I your our seeds heeds is isI isy I time well sell bf ent |