Show i Care of Home-Grown Home t G Seeds Is Important 1 Correct Labeling and Storage Stor Storm age Are Essential CPr Prepared pared by th the United State Statu Department of Agriculture The correct labeling and proper prope storage of ot home-grown home seeds are o or of vital importance If the best yields areto are areto areto to be obtained Seeds of ot satisfactory quality when harvested often otten through neglect are worthless at planting time Cloth bags are the best containers con con- for tor large seeds such as peas beans and corn and for tor large QuantIties quantities quantities ties of ot small seeds For smaller lots iota ordinary letter envelopes elopes either homemade homemade home home- made or purchased if gummed to to to- close completely are satisfactory Every container should be to show allow the kind and variety of seed the exact date when harvested and the place where grown For the cloth bags In n to the label on the outside a slip of paper bearing the above information should be Inserted with th the seed Many seeds especially beans corn and lettuce are subject to Injury by bya byn a n number of Insects most of which may be destroyed by fumigation with carbon This liquid can be purchased In tin cans at drug s stores ores Carbon when exposed to th thair theall the theair air all as when poured out Into a dish produces a smelling foul gas that Is heavier than air Therefore in fumigating fumi fumi- gating seeds it is necessary to place the liquid in a receptacle above aboe the seeds seeds' in order that the gas formed by evaporation may sink Into them and andreach andreach andreach reach eyer every part of or the container A tight tin p pail nail box box or barrel makes an excellent container for fumigating seeds For a a. tight barrel full of seeds on one half half cupful of carbon Is sufficient For smaller maller containers a n proportionate quantity should be b used Immediately after the be fumigation has been started the container should be covered ered with several of h heavy avy paper or other tight cover and allowed to remain covered from one to two days A longer fumigation In Iq tin pails palls Is apt to injure re the germinating power of the seeds Seeds to be fumigated fumigated fumi fumi- gated should be dry Carbon gas is highly In In- flammable Therefore no lights or fire of any sort should be allowed near while fumigation is in progress or an explosion may occur The foul fou odor of or orthe the gas disappears after the seeds have bave been aired for several days After the seeds have been a suitable place should be found for storing th then them m. m Cellars are are- too moist attics usually ar are top too hot but a second- second story room ordinarily is an Ideal place providing the temperature does not fall below freezing and the seeds are dr when stored Seed can be protected from mice if kept in tin boxes or proof mouse-proof wooden wood wood- en boxes or If it suspended In cloth bags I |