Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-03-28

on tae Vitality OF Grass Seed,

o. tae Vitality of Grass Seed
The u..zlOn Is Often asked, aud many
times Ny hose who nTe esteemed The NlSesl ana
hest uI iiurts. l. gnss seed aud clover seed
which i. uo'e Than one, iva three years o'"'
,4st a- ggus as seed only one year oI"'
by mrug u i, beloved that there = lt"ily u"
difference 70 seed, wh5lhe II - one OF '""'
tgaJ 0l. lrd il would seem that when proper
elTr B. a,s ised IN securing such seed, n"l
slt'tru- 0 be- injured by slorms, nor 10 heat
Id rlrn.v before it is cleaned from the chau
O.. wlg. . lood seed, vrgetate well even wtr"
.sn 'sN .naTs old. We have always thong
uau, r.a..p that old seed was as good as new,
aal base DO any times sown clover and timothy
seed which vas more than a year old, but
haze pu,,d almost H. variably that such
SEED lilno. seem TO take" we'll; aud not think
ana, rr.. .l, seed was not good, we have at
tr.5Y,.l .u.l failure TO the uniIyorablc condi'
ton ID. ,. soil-that il was covered too deep
urUa,t. ed at all with earth. But have
uINnn. n.l good success in seeding land IN
bog. aHAul winter, when have used fresh
.eaU Ie observed many times that those
aH,I, gHD contend that old seed Is lu't rs
1n.i .s a, r, puG who urc IN the haiti oI
e.am. Oil seed, frequently complain lhaI Their
guss sr.l Toes not seem To tuhe well.
Ns.y.r farmer shauid, ii possible, raise his
pNr .G, seed, we have been accustomed
every .g.- 10 select some Of The best porIloCs
O.. our .s. ow and let it Tipen for seed. Ia
lpt. Say. saved al out two acres OF timothy
gp...- and as Yielded several bushels III ne
Iaa.. w. Nauted TO sow in one season, II was
kent in .nr.ls in the grannry. The seed sOwn
In 1850 IL. ( we'll In ISL we sowed, about
one busu. of the same kind of seed. and
we're m41a surprised TO find that but II small
portion Of hat sown ever came up. Not nav
iua OCCASION 10 use the remainder OF the seed,
il was aer, until the spring Of 1850, when about
busl. core were own, but none oil II grew
The use OF the future was thought TO be the
universal Jryness of the soil. IN The spring OF
1856 lrln me TO two bushels more were sown,
bu, none + it ycgetated; and III September
lasi al.ut two bushels more were sown alter
Nuaa no uniaer inl!ow, where the son was
vary mrI,u.. aud moist, aud as favorable rs
soil cp-.d he for seed Of any kind, and not one
single spie can be iuunGwhch has sprung
lrUu the SEED sown at that time.
ia few Instances, in years gone 10y, we nave
sgwG tdrutp seed which was from two 10 three
wears old and from such seed we never obtain
ed many turnps; while from new seed ihey
were almost always apt TO s'and too NICK.
ln the spring Of 1888, we used carrot seed
which was three years old, and not one seed
10 one uundred vegetaod. In the spring OF
1850, we used carrot seed two years old, and
IN some rows of one hundred feet long, there
would be out six, eight or ten c0rr0ts; and not
oue-teulh part of the seed in all The rows ever
came uq In the spring OF 1886 sowed a
paper Of carrol seed, which we have good reason
10 believe vas old seed; and the result was, we
did not ajsc Que single carrot.
What the experience OF others may be on
sl,s subject am not able to say; but what
have penned know to be veritabNe truth; aud
furlher-inore, know that the cause ei
failure was in the seed, and not in the unla-
condolences Of the soil And if such should
be the result with old seed on my farm, may
we not 50 ely conclude that lhena failure has
been attriouthe 20 poor barren soil IN many
instances, the fault was in the seed! We hno"
that grass seed is kept on hand many times by
propr!etors of agricultural seed stores, until II
IS aeyeu yeats old; and it is no uncommon
ching for country merchants TO keep clover
aud timothy seed from year to year, and sell
such for fresh seed; aud if my seed should
lose us yiaIlty IN 50 short period OF time, II
would seem TO be the dictate OF sound wisdom
for eyry armer 10 raise his own seed from
year 10 year; or sow none except that when Is
known I'D be the product Of the previous season
---c1na'fy GeAtiemam.