The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-29
IMPROVEMENT OF FARM SEED.
fBY H. B. H1LLyER.,


One of the most important things ecu
nected with farming is the selection and
improvement of farm seeds, aud II an
sure, from an extensive observation ex
tending through many years. that It d
tho least understood and most negle 81
OF all farm operations. The average
farmer knows full well how to pillow AID
hoe, the effects of deep breaking and shall
low cultivation, and thereby to incrae
or diminish the yield, while they remain
almost obllvious to the importance n
Improved seed They know the value
of selecting the best stock to breed llon
| to improve and cross up their Jocks an
herds often paying fabulous prices 70,
improved males for this purpose Aa
these same men will go to the gin hote
ana scoup into their wagons any kll
OF seed, good, bad and Indifferent
plant them, and the results are M
crops vi inferior cotton. | can take lls
best cotton seed in Texas and in ne
years dwarf it until 1t will not make
bale to twenty acres on our best uplaIdA
/ can then take the same COTTON ane u
! ive years so weed out all dgai slAis
| weak Feeble, barred aud noIprodustn
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one, stout, strong and vigorous, WIZ u,
strong vitality eminenty drontn reslSaih
ana every stalk making a full crop
large, well developed bolis-mofe \.
this be doneY ,rhe plan is SO simple \
TO he within easy reach oil tne pa'Ass'
! tanner.
That like will beget like In the salns
anu vegetable Kingdom IS hAsa aN al
reproduction. ana ii either plant q els
NAL have mixed blood or strains ~ n'-
II VIII certainly crop out IN tnsi ., ~.
string often with yeXatous ulsappv..ft
ment. | once owned nne iulpor r!sS, ~ ~
stein COW, which had a record OF elgnt
Ions OF milk and three POUNDS oi ~
a day. ! bred her To me Jersey wv
She brought me a beautiful heller, ! p's
the best care of her ana expeetvu III si'i
rhiups from her When the neller cn,~
at 8 years old she only gave
one gallon OF mix and Of SO poo gu'' *
that it would make aDsoiutey Nv
Take a mixed strain of melons from "
Leverage Texas patcn, pant tne sew ie 4,
you will md quite variety W ,nsl
iron these SEED. Now to improve, W., W.,
select melon as a type OF wnat ~ X
10 work to; pay regard 10 sndps,
color az rlnd. color and haYor, -
nsl character of mesh, also tne CIV
seed; plant these seeds IN pA.cn a " VIZ ~ 4
selves, each year stick close 70 sou. ~
aud in four or 1ye years your iue ,yas
III No above characteristics. YOU
thus have established o pure pis sl,n ~ X
that will reproduce itself win mud S,,a soss
55alnty nseA All brppa are IN Dr into pure sn
exactly this manner. To lilnstt s eoasgs
OF. select from your barnyafd Oh 49,
fowls a white hen anu rooster' ,bbe . Iebl
to themselves and breed the sti,in m al!
barnyard; the white of eon'se ,a,p III
Gaiiag. Now select another par par
these chicks of pure white anu ~ III aenei,
together, continue this Tor sg innar'd Il lgil
lions and you will have orisinats ~ ralSs
strain OF white fowls capa,pis rtaIhti
dGcing themselves with aDsolul so,ssI I'll
iIhe same law operates IA pleNirsnedo s /
same manner In the ,d de md A stsE
two good ears in 1t, take the uPP,i all
Lei n have long grains, large 'rhie II
twenty or more rows OF gram Ms n
yellow as you may prev rta ar sc
= 80 P"'N me ~ nnfch conforming stree III
, ynn,. TYNE. and in few yea, eN,.esiIs
, and ear In your field will Dc go ,sff
, yonr tyne You will thus preaue
STRAIN , Sa fStp' seed patch Is sOs 8
,ta.ns.ary 10 nerfect this process ~ n q
provement, and the seed c 9lp q Il ct 4 III
, iected from the patch While ~ ylsnr al I
roasting ear, Tor 70 I'M pou must pay Il
M aftantion 10 the stalk, tol Fan ID 1
nm Indication OF vitality that s nyi oIl- II
= | nnwhere else | want -, hlates "a
hp;yy stalk, with broad lhie Al Nh 4
! OF a dark green color 10. stalk i
. these diffefcnces when tne M he ~
, comes up out OF the grouna, IN ths
hiiiI' one from start to fnlsh VII w soFif
r vsSl, nunv existence, grow, nsha la
5 bs Of nrht pale color and VIII is i., y In
small nnbbin, or perhaps DC "a crows 4
I the other comes up prompt wIlh A
I, OF, is stout, heaNs daen greel q N
! broad blades, aud Win u the end Il
= anI will SO continue 70 lhv more = n
sansor, and will make one o. .sifcse II
4 All oars ~ corn. Ears being srp
Z ne Haid must be marked WI VIII ni n
{ cloth 50 YOU can ind u raaf n
y This selected corn plant ~ from he
I patch. ana plant your neio
$ patch. ana Of weAk, III
ta ny ri nnd snu6Mns you can ag 20
{, Stalks anu riela IL then Dsogs n
= No ears To the stalk ana Es Il
: 1s,.,a cohs twenty or more IA pef Il
rrains vo,, can easily a IIh the 4 ~
more md thus easily ug.nn',ieu ~ W
Now II Is u mcoted ave tsrs ears
we shall work for one .. Again
stalk l prefer the ia ,ans, the aar
q n sa Shall we get sn VOL *
,.a,.pe sn,aiI ear and graln, mere II.
g w., w. sri5 nv close planuhs an
j. Us me number OF eswer ~,
q NJ acre or shall we gIo"h .fveen 2 IA
!. hes acre. giving more room Nc ear ~ ~
and get a big yielo ~ n ter. CT 81
!, ! certainly prefer tv ears 70
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