The Red Cloud chief., 1882-06-22

The fcfo~snst sucfisns sdsieess frus.
the pm Of DR.. Z. =. ye-shsuz. WASH
ington. u e.. ana Il sliks A~FpSsr.hAe 70
al sections OF fhs cossnsrrs Hoe 30 pre-
vent sgd frvm <rsersoszsiex Il . uass
important qnestbn lying ~ the fogrda-
tion ~ al sgrielturzs zsi horticultural
prosperity. Nsabres fsw b % " mur
tsply add repicssh." ~ nAser n %
the particular qsalfy. bu. sveryfsias
~ 90 quantity. The survival 81 The
ffissf" gpserns the resstt- Dot Ma
lures operz,soai are too sIos for our
short lives. 40 the basines 81 the coiss-
rator 10 20 aid nsftcr Mature. and thns
reach the bess tsults in The shoft,s;
periods II q fact too EEL kn0sn
iissf. ~orfsnsriiy. rors d~~,rriorssr. and
! this. tore ressSa. brcause tie seed
becszncs weaksfed The story 81
DreTes Improved Lima Beans" vii
illustrate the sta and explain The
whole Dsozfus ofzts9f II saving seed
Some year- sgosa gardener asked OR
Nr. Saunders Dor hc conlI improve the
Lima bean. He was told to End. II
possible. n pod having II least four
peans; the neIi season To plan, b ons.
the iarges; and Lest VI these. the nexi
season To select a before one bean. the
one which npt ofiy seefne-i 10 the eve
the large.; and bet. but the "a thai
could weigh III, usosi. and then 10
pursue this methsi for several years
| The result We all know j. = really great
Improvement Of that delicious vegetable.
One has asked sby are our melons -
inferior nowadays The answer i that
pains are not takes ia saving the seed.
| There il n variety 81 musk melons sOld
by one 81 our sced,men. Tie Hunter
meion, which illustrates this point- A
Mr.. Hunter received, some years since.
from abroad. seeds of \ very choice
melon. These were planted and tho
seed Of only the ve-y best were saved
In this manner has ue seed been select
ed, and now. after raorc than twenty
Years. this variety commands the high.
est price in our markets, aud he seed
sells for three dollars per pound. while
other varieties can be had for fifty ecais.
and are dear at that.
have seen a stalk OF VI bearing
ten ears. OF course. this nincsold in
crease came from selecting the seed, a,
first. 81 a stalk that bore two good ears.
then there would be 4 few with three.
ears. and 30 On until the grand result
was reached. | know that many farm
ers say that if they can get 4 good ear
off each stalk they Will be satisfied.
Well. such are not very particular. and
will buy corn froIn a neighbor 5 crib and
plant the best of this. Of course they
get only an ordinary crop. l. not this
the reason that growing Indian corn
has become such n poor and unpaying
business? For my part. | will lee the
idiots grow this orn and ] will pur'
chase il in the fall for less than two dol
lars per barrel
We have many new varieties of wheat
but if ! were growing II would scrcer
out from one hundred bushels say on,
bushel Of the largest and plumpest Der
: ries. and sowing this would the mex
season do likewise. and would ultimate
~ get the very best seed wheat. Their,
j. one other idea involved in this matter
To which we all need TO take heed. i
is the seed that impoyerishes the soil
The more seed the greater the drain
and therefore the greater need of NOR
ferlilizine.
Well. brother farmers, let Us he wide
awake. intelligent and t~eachablc. an'
thus make our business the noblcst anC
grandest in the world.