The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-25
,,r,TURAL DEPARTMhNi
-. -s5,sII- Farm snd Garden

TrRAL DEPARTING l.
-, -s1sII, Farm and Garden
,,,,, articles for this department.
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7 '''7' 80, evidence of good faith
rr Seeds Fail to GROW
many reasons why seeds 1ail 70
I0efe o. rbe southern Farm. One great
ro"' - failure is immature seed. Inc
faaSe - the seed-grower IS quantity
Get the mist from the plant .. srn oarmit.
- The first fruits are often perni,
~ riren sesds. for seed purposes, ~nion
~ y, Iova. be. as the first settings ana
boufl -I .rs usually imperfect. The same
eai'4s .be last of the plants productlon'
vesk in the vitality, ana tne seeuS
s} will have tendency 70 perpe'ua.e
'-- -otra-s. Il is Of the utmost import
p -" 'Ia,ssads should have attained perfect
noe -. and should have been carefully
A be.lthlly pTesel 'O4 -;
lis true, posses the power OF GERM
~ y IN. if always retains a disposition 70
i'o. ~ weakness. Weakness perpet-
l'7'''' .1otrass and unshapely forms and
steS "e 80 ere transmitted. Good Guilt
poor qua der favorable circumstances VIII,
atioD, measure, restore vitality, but IL
eI..tion Of time, accompanied by a
queSs Iocerfa nty that the farmer and
egreo "a ,annot afford, as thereis liability
aT t.l1s-o or martial failure of crop from
lailule Tho responsibility, in great
DIS ' cau'' rests upon the seed-grower.
pea ! 'sored with the utmost care from
seems H.. soIactad stocks, may lose their
al eiani;f they are not properly preserved.
al.ly ~ vegetables or flowers should be
o1srfectly dry, cool, and in an airy stu
sp ~. !. az ought to be carefully protected
vol ~ Sar,nness. aud should be kept in
um +Est il not alternately moist or dry.
'- JIM rannerature and humidity is essen
tarto tine seeds vitality.
rsrelessness in planting IS one OF tne
.,ncinal causes Of failure. The SOIL snoulu
acsrsfully prepared before the seeds are
W.. il should be worked deep, and made
E.a and when the seed is sown, the SOIL
Sonld he firmly pressed about them. Inns
.s been practiced by the systematic hortl-
r~i-nrists for centuries, and, for this pur-
ose the garden or farm roller was en-
Iorsd as much to break up the lumpy soil
for any other object. Inc space was
,aS for hacking the soil firmly about the
~ Tbe modern plan, ''the use Of the
~ in seed sowing" is one of the most
.soctive practical and convenient meth
IA 90 the feet are always with the gardener
srd ready for use when required, fact that
Limits of no excuse if the work is neg
a~tad The influences that act upon the
tasd IN cause growth or heat, air and moist
r,a snd without proportionate amount OF
sscn there can be no plant life. Now, it fol-
avs that wren a seed is put into the
Cro1nd. ana loosely covered with light, dry
Eli il does not come in contact with suf
fcient moi ture to soften its coating, neither
ID there sufficient heat, because of TOO great
c.rcn,aton Of air around the seed, to pro-
dpce the chemical changes upon which
re54tabl9 growth depend. When we place
j seed into the earth it commences
growth in two opposite directions, upward
XEnto the atmosphe e, and downward mo
he earth The first root the seed puts forth
does not furnish the young plant with food
for its development; it simply holds the
pant II place until the true roots, by which
The plant Is fed, are formed, after which it
becomes part of the plant itself. The
o0tyedons, or seed leaves, contain the food
ot me infant until its future leaves and
roots are formed If the soil is not firmly
pressed around the main root these feeders
will have nothing TO feed upon; they must
come IN immediate contact with moisture,
or the warm, dry air will destroy them, and
the whole plant will stand still until new
roots are formed, or, in the meantime,
perish. Herein lies the benefit of firmly press
1g tle Sil around the seed when planting.
Deep ndanting i5 another frequent cause of
failure. Take, Tor instance, sV eet corn and
cover N planting from one-half inch to five
inches in depth. The former will germi-
nate, if the seed is good, without a loss of
per cent, and the latter will not grow 5
per cent, and the exact ratio between the
two will be kept up. The cause for the diff
ference Is, that the conditions of growth are
not compiled with-the deficit being heat.
which, at the season for corn planting, can
not be furnished at so great depth from
the surface As rule, not more than one
quarter Of an inch of soil should be put
over the SEED. Very fine seed should only
Il De covered from sight Proper care in seed
sowing, and the too common practice of
ourylng seeds, Is just the difference between
success and failure in their termination and
4 growth
Mechanical assistance, or the manner of
placing the seeds 10 the earth, is of greater
Importance than IS generally supposed. par
icularly those Of the gourd family, or any
large and fiat seeds. 1t is economy to plant
al vine seeds edgewise. Lima beans should
Always be placed edgewise. germ down. The
saAe Is true with the seeds of the hybrid
unelY ms II sown tiatwise, they will rarely
maze plant; If sown edgewise. rarely one
VIII tall under the same conditions Of soil
ana temperature. Any careful experi-
melier can easily explain how one man
o o,ia complain Of the seed sown, while an
s Ssl5, Nould kindly praise the scotsman for
o 49, uvn lne same stock, and will become
in 1u;llced mat very often, seeds not grow
s sas % ulOre due to poor sowing than to poor