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Show SUPERIOR OAT SEED ESSENTIAL Good, Plump Variety Will Germl state Hapidly and Gat Vigorous Klarl-Meet Land Needed. (Mr vr. M KKt.l.T There la mora light and Inferior oat , aeed plpanted than any other cauaea a of small grain, l'oor aeed rauaes a fr low yield of oata avcry ttaoe. Tba neaV actual coat of Improved teed la eery J low compared with the Increised yields that coma from lit use. Ily good seed I do not mean air " tremely high prlrsd aeed thai I advertised ad-vertised to produre 100 bushels of orris to the acre, but good plump seed that will germinate rapidly and get a vigorous vig-orous start early In the spring Wo seldom see a largo crop of oala threshed from a field that uak-ia a poor start In the spring. I hsvo found that It pay big- re turns to select one sere ol tha best land lo grow aeed outs on each year and lo keep thla crop for seed only and to buy new seed every two or threo years to plant on thla acre plot. I'nder ordinary conditions I believe' that we should rhutige out aeed evei three or four years, for there la no farm crop that will thrive belter when moved from one locality lo another than outs, or thai will deteriorate) litsierwuen grown on me same inriu year after year. Of courae properr teed selection will help to overioiu this tendency, but lew farmer taku-that taku-that precaution. Cloaely linked with tha good sent question coitu-e thai of selecting or planting healthy teed, and 1 hsvo found It a aoud pltu to treat all out seed wllh formalin before Bowing, to kill the Binul spores and Insure healthy seed. |