The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-04-15

nat Is the Best Method for Selecting
Seeos OF All Kinds ?''-This was the subject
| discussed at the last meeting of the Junior
Gunpowder Agricultural Club. Wegive below
the views Of some of those who were present
Mr.. e. e. Scott said Care should be given
the selection of wheat To get the best seed it
should De screened well SO rs to- get uniform
grains. have grown clover seed and cleaned
1t well. just as we handle the grain and grass
seed We should care for the other seeds. had
better potatoes last year than usual from seed
Mr.. D. s. Pearce said: "Our method should
be according to the best judgment or knowl-
edge. Seeds of all kinds should be as free as
possible from all foreign matter and what we
buy should show the stamp OF being well test
ed. have not sown any aisyke clover seed.
Generally the garden seeds are as good as rec
commended and we depend on our seedsmen to
furnish them"
Mr.. Granville Matthews said II clean my
wheat for seed through what we call rubber
and thus get perfect seed. The grass seeds
especially should be tested. Respecting corn,
we should select ears that show compactness
of grain and large number of rows OF corn.
favor new seed potatoes every three years, as
they are apt to deteriorate."
Mr.. B. NJ Brooks said: II think it is best
to change our seed potatoes frequently: We
can not be too particular about saving all seeds
free from weed Seeds"
i
be entirely free from foreign seed. When we
do the best we can in getting seed we even then
have too much that is detriment. Weshould
select seed corn in the fall, as later there is
risk OF freezing or molding of the seed"
Mr.. Joshua G. Bosey said u think all
results in grass sets when they grew their own
clover and timothy seed. The best cured shows
the most healthy plant. Many of our seeds
are wild and must be met with careful effort
then the quality becomes more or less fixed"
Mr.. U. Fl. Tarbert said: we have garlic
and other enemies to meet in sowing our seeds
and we depend on our seedsman's honesty in
giving us the best. We should appreciate the
improved conditions brought about by such
men as Mr.. Burbank, who produced the Bur-
bank potato, and is bringing to pass greater
things In that line of experience"
Mr.. W. D. Curry said: I'VE should make
selections of seeds from what we have or from
what our heighbor possesses. admire the pa
thence of MIR. George e. Shelley, who, in Sc
Letting seed wheat, went to the unthreshed
grain stored in the barn and selected well de-
veloped headsof Fultz wheat. In this way he
obtained enough to produce, even in seven
years, quantities that his neighbors bought
readily and nov the seed is sought and known
as the Shelley Fultz wheat"
MIR. Frank @. Scott said "It is said the
seedsmen do moi treat farmers as they should.
We need to know something ourselves and be
aug " ncleCs oAy iiIe6 III sOinnS no
Seeds The proper time to select seed corn is in
the fall, which was the time the late Samuel
NJ. Price did it, and be was a noted corn-grow-
er. It should be kept in dry warm place.
If not, black hearts will be seen and the corn
will not germinate9'
Mr.. Lewis M. Bacon said: wheat and
other seeds should be we'll sifted and cleaned
for best results and the best judgment should
be used in selecting it,"
Mr.. John s. Crowther said "a great deal
ofdeception is no doubt prscticed on the farmer.
We do not look into the value of seed. Pro-
tein is all right, but it takes about the same
number of ears of corn now for a feed as it
formerly did. We should select good corn for
seed and grow plenty of it,
MIR. T. Melville Pearce said "We should
be careful in selecting the seeds that we grow
and use our best judgment when we buy from
seedsmen, upon whom we are dependent for
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