Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-03-22

that even the samples which are
free from foreign matter are far
from being fit for seed until put,
through the tanning mill. To !
thoroughly satisfy yourself and
prove that what we saysis correct,
It viii only be necessary for you to
extract the kernels from the side
of head of wheat place them ON
a board. each kernel In its respec-
live place as it comes from the
head This will also do more to
convince you of the necessity of
grading your seed than all the
! talking we can do. It will also
! prove that no matter how good the
| crop is, the seed requires to be
graded each year. You do not
realize the fact that you SOW with
your seed every year several bush
els, which if graded out by itself,
would prove to be SO inferior. that
we venture to say you would not
accept one dollar q bushel and
agree to SOW it on your land, and
it would not pay you. to do so.
i 1t is recognized fact that ''like
begets ike in the case of all do
nestle animals. and the exceptions
that occasionally occur go to prove
the rule. 1t is only reasonable
to conclude that the same rule
prevails in regard to vegetable life
and that we cannot expect to reap
other than what we SOW. It has
been proved that where large seed
oats were sown, the average yield
was usually ten or twelve bushels
per acre better than the average
(! from small seed. In barley too
the plump seed has always given
the best results, while in the case
:: of wheat, peas and potatoes, the
best seed generally gave twenty
per cent better yield than from
medium OF inferior seed.
i The superior seed must have an
advantage not only because like
produces like, but also because
| a plump seed can nurish the first
blade better and longer than a
thin one thus giving the infant
plant a better start and better
hold Of the soil ere it loses the
punishment afforded by the kernel.
This can be seen by putting large
: and small seeds into pots of clean
sharp sand or sterilized soil, and
noting the time which elapses be-
r fore each plant. dies. Moisture
and heat viii cause germanation
: and sustain life SO long as the
3 blade can live upon the seed, but
= when that is sucked dry. and the
tiny roots fail to find sustenance
/ in the sand the plant dies.
Il There is no place where a farm.
Q er can get his seed or grain clean.
g ed without paying for it, and NJ
S way in which it can be as con,
e|veniently and cheaply done as BY
Il having tanning mill at his: owr
g place, where he can grade it on
'-twet days. He saves the price he
d would otherwise have to pay FOL
7 lgrading, and has all his screening
oietc. at home for feed. All grail
ehshou1d be Gle aned, not only tia,
d lseed, but grain you feed should b
J. cleaned. : 1t prevents the fonlssees
IT in it from going back to tn
70 ground with the manure, where
tilt will. cost more than the pric
|tlof al mill to get rid of it.. Beside
e the time one would lose in driving
81 after, q tanning mill and returning
d it would, long before the ma
g chine was worn aont, amount +
more than TIE price of il
vi a great many farmers beliey
hit is d good idea to grade thei
EoI seed and they promise themselve
"a that before; they Sow any NOR
ii seed, they viii take Is TO the Gle
81 yator or some other place an,
I'll have it graded, but when the rus
soHof spring work is on swell the zee
,rl goes into the ground without an
81 cleaniing or grading of any kind.
s. d wish 20 draw our attentio
ii ito the advantage i'm having one eI
,e / tireIy your own. " & don't thin
il you can get al yone fo take =th
Ell same pains Id era ding your see
tIthat you would yourself. Its th
ell other manss object 10 get thgonsg,
81 las much as he can while its yot
nt iIobieet to produce al good q sarap
IA of seed as possib bic Beside
i: consider the ttrouble ID carttiin
IL your grain wards and 20
81 wards, and syouldn' II iii be betts
rel 10 apply this money Id your D N
q. machine, than ri help pay for Il
q other fellows If you have ~
al times one ip Cur l,s III
yn i'd the con- have y, drive AFT III
aagsI OH one, will offssen nsglel
n to clean grain on seed that sllou1