The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03
termination of Seeds.

on definite amounts of heat, moisture,
oxygen and the absence of light. The
amount of oxygen supplied regulates
itself, if the seeds are planted in any
| soil that will readily admit air. The
| regulation of heat and moisture is
| most important and is we'll under con-
| troll Among seeds that terminate
quickly are most of the ANIMALS, while
the seeds of trees, shrubs and most of
the herbaceous perennials require a
longer time. The most delicate seeds
are not always the smallest, although
small seeds require careful handling
after termination has begun, because
of their size.
AS seeds are stored with enough
food to enable them to develop a GER
tain length of shoot and root 1t is not
necessary to have the soil in which to
sow them very rich, but it is impor-
tant that it have good drainage and at
the same time does not dry up too
rapidly. mixture containing equal
parts of loan, leaf-soil, or peat, with a
good sprinkling of sand will give best
results except for seeds of aquatic
plants orchids, ETC., which require
special treatment. 1t is a good plan,
often practiced, to sterilize the soil by
thorough steaming or baking which
destroys all seeds of weeds insects
eggs, fungi, ETC., that may be in the
soil.
In preparing soil for planting seeds
it should be passed through a coarse
are to be sown in pots the latter should
be cleaned and few pieces of broken
pots or pebbles placed in the pot for
drainage. Fill the pots with the soil
making the surface firm and level. II
the seeds are very small sift fine soil
on top and immense the pots in water,
giving them a thorough soaking and
allowing them to drain well before
sowing the seeds. The latter should
be scattered on the surface not cover
he fffIl 70
1t uniformly moist. Cover it with a
pane of clear glass, removing 1t to ad-
nit air, and keep in temperature of
SOTO degrees.
Doing Things On the Frontier.
When it was decided to hold prize
fight in Tonopah on New Years day,
there was no place in which to have It,
There was no lumber with which to
construct an amphitheater and no means
of getting it; for the railroad had more
freight than 1t could handle; the side
tracks throughout the state were jam
med with an ever growing line of cars,
each waiting its turn to get to the gold
fields. Sawed boards brought prices like
gold-leaf and were harder to get. Wood
was $40 a cord, coal $50 a ton, and none
was to be obtained even at these prices.
To erect a structure for ten thousand
people was no small job at best, but in
these circumstances 1t became a work
suited to Nevadans. Therefore Mr..
Riley and his associates went to Reno.
bought the lumber, and brought 1t
through by special train. Then they
placed armed guards around it and hir-
ed every man they could find who had
ever swung a hammer. The building
went up overnight, great, square, hip
rooted affair with banks Of seats rising
steeply to the caves. 1t was built with
out an architects plan or a drawing of |
any kind, by man who had never done |
the like before, and it is the best COLI |
scum 1 have ever entered. There is no |
post or pillar to obstruct the view of |
any spectator and every seat is a good |
one. There is no steel or squared tim
Der in it's makeup, and even the Cir |
ders supporting the roof are of planl1s
nailed side by side. Its cost approx
mated $40,000.-Rex Beach in THE |
Fight at Tonopah," in the April Every
oody's.