Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-10-30

may be stored to be thereafter cleaned
and sorted for seed This may be easily
and quickly accomplished by throwing
the seed with a scoop from one end of a
barn floor to the other few times The
seed that flies the farthest is the heaviest
and best grain Grass seed may be
cleaned by careful sitting and blowing,
and flax seed may be cleaned perfectly
in the same way.
Where the seeds of vegetables are to
be raised the varieties should be planted
at such distances apart that there is>no
possibility of their mixing by cross
fertilization. AS they begin to run to
seed the lateral branches may be trimmed
off if extra seed is required. At all
events, if the seed from the leader be
saved separately it will be found prefer
able to the rest. Florists are exceeding
ly careful in this respect when extra size
and bloom are expected. If biennials,
as beets, turnips, carrots, ETC., are to be
set out for seed next spring the, roots
should be selected at gathering time
and saved in sand until wanted, In
planting cabbage for seed always plant
whole heads with the root and select fo;
this purpose none. but the largest hard
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rected in pruning for extra seed.
Select at digging time the smoothest
and fairest potatoes for planting and be-
fore winter sets in expose them thorough
ly to the light, even to the extent that
they become somewhat discolored. Then
keep them in dry place until wanted
for planting, and for the seed-crop do not
cut the pieces too small. Allow ample
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germ until it is able to support itself on
its own roots. The end upon which the
most eyes are or the seed end as it is
called, if planted by itself for a series
of years will produce crop earlier than
the careful selection of tubers year by
year from which seed is to be raised a
very material improvement of the aver
age quality, quantity and early maturity
of the yield may be made.
When gathering corn, it is very easy
when stripping the husks, if the corn
color and sound, to break it with the
husk adhering, and, in shoveling from
the wagon sort the reserved ears, to be
afterward re-sorted and traced up fol
seed. By this means, in all the great
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ly, there need be no difficulty about bad
seed and the average yield, always with
good cultivation, may be very largely
increased
The Western RamaZ believes that the
time spent in this direction will be bet
ter spent than in any other one direction
| Nevertheless, it will matter but little
how good the seed may be if improved
cultivation be not given as well. 1t is
as impossible to improve our cereal CROP
without high cultivation as it would be
| to improve our horses, cattle, sheep anC
hogs or poultry without extra care anc
feed. With Indifferent cultivation i'm
provement may be made by careful Sc
lection of seed, but good cultivation an(
good seed are so nearly allied that ont
naturally follows the other as sunshine
follows the shade. In this connection
would follow extra selection, that is, thu
selection of individual plants to b,
marked for seed from which to build ,
still higher type; but enough has beer
said for the present. Western Rar0E.