Show preparation of seed wheat I 1 am one of those who believe in good seed I 1 no matter whether it be for the garden or field or whether wheat rye corn or buck A heat beat I 1 am particular always to get pet good clea clean n d dry ry seed that is seed which bs been 1 well cured before housing and well cared for afterwards next I 1 lii always ili give a P reter refer ence to new wheat ard and an additional preference ence to that which a not threshed until just ready for use again my seed wheat is ia always steeped in a liquid before sowing I 1 adopted this plan from a recommendation given in an agricultural paper many years yeara ai aro aaa 0 at all ali wheat or almost all is infested with spores of fun fud funi fungi fudi i which though not vla vis ble to the naked eye are nevet never nevertheless the less hir air and in sufficient quantities generally 0 tp tio d do damage I 1 my plan is to take from a pound and a half to two pounds nf blue ditrol sulp sulphate liate of copper Diss dissolve ulve olve this in from two to three gallons of hot water and let it cool before using spread the wheat on the barn floor and with a common watering can sprinkle the solution over leat the lafe iafe tate lateef of about three pints to the bushel of seed then I 1 take a shovel and t rn the wheat over and over until it ja is uniformly dampened be particular undoing in being this 1 it t will be ready for sowing next morn morning ing it if dane in the afternoon bats bacq will not eat wheat thus prepared and fungi will be completely destroyed by it farmer and gardener |