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Show uu GROWING OF SEEDS AT HOME. Prof I. C Hogenson of the Agricultural Agricul-tural College, in his talks to the farmers of Plain City last week, emphasized em-phasized the benefits to bo derived by the farmers of this county producing their own seed. He noted the fact that the Plain City farmers imported their seed potatoes from Idaho, Michigan Michi-gan and other states and their sugar beet seed from Germany. This practice prac-tice he declared to be wrong both from the plant-grow in? and economic point of view, and he explained how-it how-it is the t ature of every plant to adapt itself to Its environment, with the result re-sult that In a few generations a plant Is developed that will thrive better In local soil and climate than the imported im-ported plant. The Siberian alfalfa s a good example exam-ple of plant life development under peculiar pe-culiar conditions This alfalfa was originally a tender plant, but gradually grad-ually it found its way into the bleak regions of Siberia where only the hardiest of grasses grow. Becoming acclimated, it developed a vigorous growth In places where the winters are cold and the summers are dry. As to beet seed culture, our farm-, ers so far have not made the success expected This may be due to lack of careful selection and of faithful adherence to all the little details of I cultivation followed by the German growers. , |