| Show SAVE THE BEST SEEDS utmost care Is needed for successful results amateur will do well not to raise several Varl otles of any vegetable ca as are suro sure to mix and deteriorate by rl R 0 weatherstone 1 no occupation says bays burbank Burb nah requires niora more accuracy und and skill than does plant pr or animal brooding breeding this specialist hl has as found out that it requires more than ono one generation ol of plant life to establish is a cross that ta Is permanent that tho the union of two distinct types may prove a cross that it Is valuable or tho the reverse in our own seed saving the utmost caro Is necessary necos sary to bring tho the result up to the standard etan dard we have baye all seon two pieces of grain own eown side by side with seemingly similar conditions the one was treated with extra seed thoroughly cleaned to remove fall all woods weeds the other had only fair sown as aa it woe was gathered from tho the field perhaps it had been tested and proof given that it would grow and this was doomed deemed sufficient but tho the har bar anet was wason on the side eldo of tho the good seed it you havo an extra good crop of corn the beat oars oara careful lys elected both as to the number of cars on a stalk and the elzo alzo and shape of each ear car will bring much more next spring when sold eold by the bushel they must bo be care carefully fulli dried it if put in the bin with the bulk ortho of the corn they way may grow but the vitality will bo be impaired and they will not bring the price that con call be commanded it if properly cared for it Is the last end that is ie often the losing one after a thing Is raised it pausto anys to care for it in the best possible manner and got get the greatest profit some think that pumpkin seed are pumpkin seed no matter what pumpkin they came fro from m it to Is a sate safe rule that like begets like it if you want to perpetuate your stock and have bave something that is really worth saving always select tho best and the earliest for saving seed select the smoothest tomatoes tomato ea and scrape the sed bead into d a can of cold water put it in some out of the way place and lot let remain several days or until the seeds have sunk to the bottom of the dish pour oft off the water and dry the coeds ocious they will ie be found covered with a dark fuzz and when dry may be kept in paper packets as supplied by the this la Is much preferable to the old fashion of keeping Ice them on a cloth cabbage boots boote parsnips par snips and other biennials bien nials aro boot beet purchased eed direct from the it your time la 1 worth anything it Is moro more profit profitably abl to buy than to raise these it you have any leftovers left lett overs overa la in the eed box be sure to date each packet BR saved then there will be no chance of wondering von dering which is best if among alveral tested varieties one Is decidedly the best save seeds from this only tho amateur will do well not to try to raise several varieties of any vegetable as aa they are sure to mix end and deteriorate in quality if your seed Is not cot up to the standard do not save it but buy next season of some recallable real lable dealer it la Is money ahead in the oud end |
