Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-06-19
poos n Paw 70 Save seed2

VIII n pay for The farmer 10 save bis
own seedsf II the question the Rurhssks
me to answer. and II would be difficult Ia
ask Que that Il would be more imposslole
tn answer by simple yes os No. There
are msuy thing-, some OF them seemingly
quite foreign 10 the subject, bot which
really do have q most important bearing
upon II, and instead OF answering The Ku'
rails question, I will talk Of some OF them.
First, few, very few appreciate the In
portAnce and value OF superior seed. They
ali want good seed. bot IL would be very
ain cult 20 induce farmer 10 pay $40 per
bushel Tor seed corn. no matter how su-
perlor he believed II 20 he. NO0 l have
seen q difference OF nearly 10 bushels per
acre In the yield Of eight acres OF corn
planted with bushel OF selected seed
over tha, Of the remainder of the neld or
Any portion OF II planted with corn OF the
same variety taken from the crib. The
whole Geld was planted snd cared TOT
alike except 10 the matter ofthe seci used.
The eight acres from selected seed gave
iC bushels more than the best eight acre.
q! the rrst ~ the fsld. Allowing 10 cents
per bushel for husking and marketing 20
bushels, and considering the corn worth
so cents per b0shel. We have ne, gain of
$50 90 Tor the use of the select seed, so the
farmer could paw go per bashsl Tor u aud
then gain 30 per cent for the use OF bis
money.
Again, with care an ounce of tomato
seed will furnish plans enough Tor an
acfc. what gardener wouli be willing To
ply o. p~r ounce for ertrs seed. be IL ever
so nicer II l. certainly quite prsciieAble
Ia save select seed that will produce plants
which will msture, on an average, one
foir.ounee fruit or Ia squl'alent 10 The
vine. one picking or sbont three days
earlier than oriinsry .toek of ihat variety
whst l. such seed WORTH Nv u use Ne
can harvest from an acre OF 800 ~ 200
plants -four ounces each or 1000 ounces,
eqaL Z, over 10 bushels of fralt which. a.
The nrsi will easily bring Al per bushel
against IS cents a. the last OF The season.
De,iaci a. 50 for what The t0msto~- would
be worth later. and Ne have So 30 net
gain, 80 the gardener could have paid -
per ounce AMI then made 50 per cent on
the Investment | could OIL the pages of
The Rural With snch Illustrations al drawn
from experience. but these two think
wlll show that superior seei Il actually
worth far more than tis possible 20 Get
far II 10 the open market To save such
seed coats care, time. kuovleige and
money. and the stedsmen Who should grow
such stock ami offer II Al something Ike
lis real value woali ini no customers un-
less, psrh,ps, smopg .eeismeu Who often
90 aay such prices n have been suggested
for stock seed. bat there are thousands o'
farmer. AMI gardeners among The readers
N he RurA New Yorker. Who, n they
soald make Q careful study 90 the chstac'
tsrisiics of certain valuablc varieties,
might select such superior seed. But
they don't 10 10. though seejsmen ofieu
SO And should alwAys, and using such Tor
stock seed (,hNt they are 10 grow ihTir
seed crop from). they ofsr better seei
than that grown BY the ordinary farmer.
THIS may b. contrary - The opinion OF
some. bot I speak frnm experience. Dar'
ing the past 10 year. have carefully test.
"a Al least 900 samples of seeds received
from farmers and gardeners who elsimed
that they were superior. ani IL has osrt,in'
ly been true that these 100 samples from
the farmers received {. extra have not
ayersgei A. good In quality either - N
vitality or parity sni quality OF stock, a.
the sample. received ffom sccismsn A.
rspressuting their ordinary stock which
they had 90 oder. This II only one phase
% the subject there are other considers.
tions OF which wouli like IN write dii
sp,ce permit. hut think OF these things
i have no, exaggerated them.-w. W.
TRlcr, Detroit Mich, in Rarh Ne"
Yorker.