The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-08-20
AHderspt. YntsltigeHter,
Farmers, Save Your Seed.

As this is one of the most important
things for the farmers to look after, and
the time is drawing near for action, [
thoughtI would give my plan, hoping
it will benefit some one. In the first
place, every farmer ought to have place
where he can keep his seed, for rats and
mice are very fond of seed when they are
nicely saved. have often heard COM
plant by farmers and wives that the
rats had destroyed their seed. So ne
will have to prepare in time against such
loss. 1t is very foolish for us to 60 to
the trouble of saving seed and then lose
them by our carelessness in not pro-
viding good place for them. | know
We have to feed rats and mice, but il is
too expensive to feed them on our select
seed. Therefore prepare we'll for use.
Ialways try to save my seed from the
plant that grows them in the shortest
time. save my watermelon seed late in
the season, as they come to maturity
much earlier in the latter part of the
season, and the same with cotton and
corn these I have tried. [ save my
melon seed and cure them in the shade.
Save my seed corn by selecting it in the
field and hang itup in some good place
so it will cure we'll in the air. When
we'll dried, then I put it in someatight
box and nail it so nothing can get to it.
My cotton seed I select in the field and
put the cotton in some good place where it
will dry, always in the shade. I have it
stirred up every day to prevent it from
heating when dry, have it ginned and
put the seed in some good place to get
thoroughly dry, have them stirred up
every day for sometime until dry, then
put them away for planting. I save my
ground peas and field peas in the same
way. Icure all my seed in the shade.
Most all seed will heat whens put in q
green state if nots well sstirreds upseyery
day or two. When seed once take q
heat they will not come up we'll, and BY
all means never put any planting seed
in an old smoke house where there has
been salt, for salt has tendency to keep
things near it very moist and will injure
seed. I once bought some ground peas
from q merchant which were in the back
part :ofshigstne where salt Wsssand ny
peas lookeds ag6tgbut didEaot a. cone SIS
up wstI;sinse, Ishase hesId sof SEED
beingSJpjaisd ssfy much bSy y fhhavilasg h
tiemsShssfssaaalt i .ss sslt sIs@ Bee esloSs SO
our Southern country by planting defec-
tive seed is immense and should be avoid
ed if possible. I think the seed that we
raise are much better for US to plant any
way, as they are already acclimated.
Oh, what save il would be to our own
country if the farmers would save their
own seed, or at least all that could be
saved that suits our climate. live farm
ers will look to these thingsimore close
ly, e.Hill sbe benefted.s Is Theusalndss l ss99af: Of
dollars goIout of theFso1tA country
every Year foTs seed which, We ioughtso
save ourselves. I have been out this
morning saving some 6nepeas for seed.
This thing Of saving seed isia: big thing;
we have to be ready to gather them when
ripe, snd all the time looking out and
watching, for the seed ripening at differ
ent times. 7 save my seed potatoes from
planting vines plant about 10Th day g Of i
June. Save my watermelons from seed
planted about the same time. Save those
that come in late in the season for early
spring planting. think seed that come
to full maturity in the shortest time is
the seed to save. That has been my OBJ
servation and experience. Hoping all
my brother farmers will in the future
save all their own seed and stop spending
so much money for that we can save:
/. L.. Wilson in Southern Farm. a.s