The Red Cloud chief., 1882-06-22

The fofo~ing s.rcilenf sdssssls srsa
The pen Of Dr. q y. NosSiham. WASH
ingfon. ID. G.. ard L. alike app4icah;e 10
all sections u To eornsrrs Hos 10 pre-
vent seed from trseriorstinz Is . r,sss
important Suesstn king a. he toerda,
tion II al ~syrieasnrsi and horticultural
r~rospcsay- Asasre's isw h 90 :. ,nn,.
tsPly and rrplensh." NJ NAT n n TO
he particular qiality. but everything
rs TO quantity. The survival Of the
nttssf' governs the reeft BE-; Ma
lures oper.tionl are too slow for our
shorf lives. 50 thebusiness u the cult
vaior 10 10 aid nriher Nature. and shns
reach the best ssul,s IN the shortest
periods IL is fact too vel known
that. ordinarily. Svrs d~e,ersora,e. and
this. sor a reaspn. bscaa<e the seed
BECOMES wcskaed The story 81
Dceses Imprond Lima Eeans" will
Illustrate the bka snd explain The
whole mofas 1faaatf a saving seed.
Some years aga gardener a.ked our
Dir Saunders hov he could improve the
Lima bean. he was told 10 lind. IL
possible. a ped kayin. al IeAs, four
Deans: the next sason TO plant the one.
the largest and last VI thssc: tbs nex;
season to select a before one bean. the
n which not oriy seemed To the eve
the larges, and bet. but the one TIA;
could weigh tn, most. and then 10
pursue this tEeihpi for several years.
The result we all know Is a really great
Improvement of that delicious vegetable
One has asked shy are a melon. -
inferior nowadays The answer il that
pains are not takcr ia saving the seed.
There IL = variety Of musk melons sOid
by n of seedrnen. the Hunter
melon, which illustrates this point. A
Mr.. Hunter received. SOME years since.
from abroad, seeds OF a very choice
melon These wer. planted and tho
g Of only the ye-y best were saved
In this manner has Tia seed been select
ed. and now. after more than twenty
Years, this variety command. the high
est price in our markets. and the seed
sells for three dollars per pound. while
other varieties can Ice had for fifty ccals.
and are dear nj that.
! have seen q stalk OF corn bearing
ten ears. OF course. this ninetold In
GREASE anne from selecting the seed. 1T
first. II "A stalk that bore two good ear.
then there would be 4 few with three
ears. and 80 On until the grand result
was reached. I know that MANY farm.
ers say that if they can get 4 good ear
OFF each stalk they viii be satisfied.
Well. such are not very particular. and
will buy corn from a neighbor's crib and
plant the best of this. OF course they
get only an ordinary crop. l. n1 this
the reason that growing Indian orr
has become such n poor and unpay ing
business? For my part. | will les the
idiots grow this corn. and ] will pur-
chase IL in the fall for less than two dol
lars per barrel.
We have many new varieties of wheat.
but il l were growing il | would screen
out from one hundred bushels say one
bu.hel oil the largest and plumpest ber-
rieS. and sowing this would the next
season do likewise. and would ultimate
ly get the very best seed wheat. There
i one other idea involved in this matter.
10 which we all need TO take heed. IL
is the seed that impoverishes the soil.
The more seed the greater the drain,
and therefore the greater need of more
fertilizine.
Well, brother farmers. let Us he wide
awake. intelligent and teachable, and
thus make III business the noblcst and
grandest in the world.