Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-25
.ESALL RECOMMENDS
SELECTION Of SEED

Ito tte Small Grain Farmers o. the
( state
/ Dr. aud 1e practically impossible
200 over estimate tho value % he far
mers. Individually and 10 all OF the
people. collectively. 10 every farmer
eoll, 90 al once into his wheat
a dnther Hmall-grain fields and SCI
lerf Iu tho bundle the choicest 81
~ me nridg. where the grain is trr
heaviest and frcest from weeds. and
shock carefully 10 itself bundle
enough 20 thresh twice az much -,..
as wiil DO needed for The coming -@a-
sou just az soon 40 these special.
selected bundles are dfy enough Boo
'fe nsll shocks b. will boz ad,isaaI.
10 re-shook them ,n larger shocks o.
small sacks. ana 20 cap these shock
or stacks with pieces OF tent clofl
~ heavy duck saF Two yards square
8 small piece OF old IRON stone d.
small bOl,k 0f wood an each Of rs.
four rorgers OF This cloth will hold
10 boz place and Rill protect the grain
from any rain thar may fail Wnei
th" grain i- thoroughly dry and yOr
are ready 10 throsh D. s'-a that the
machine is cleaned OF all weed seed
and other grain and thresh these
specially selected shocks first ano
put this grain away In a rat-proof
bin until such time as you can screen
b more carefully and separate the
small from the larger grains. 80 that
you viii use only the choicest as seed
n viii be- well 10 put air pipes a.
reasonable distance apart through the
bin 10 prevent heating Any kind OF
an air pipe that has a few airholes IN
Il and is open and exposed 70 the air
az each end. will answer this pur-
pose Not having these pipes, planks
or rails. put through the body Of
the grain, while not nearly so good
as the pipes. VIII 20 some extent
ventilate II Or better stu take
three pieces OF plank Ike, or any
convenient size and make V-shapei
pipes that are long enough 10 pass
from one end % end or side 10 size
Of the bin through the grain These
pipes can Doc made strong enough 20
stand the pressure and still not boz
nailed tight enough 20 prevent the
of the air Later IN the
season, when the hurry OF the harvest I
time is over, get an Old-fashioncl I
u heat cleaning machine that will sep /
iratc the light and small grains from .
the heavy Failing 20 procure a
cleaner, the same object can be OBJ
tanned by using ks plank and max.
NIX frame Two Bog four feet with
cross pieces TOP and bottom. 10 trace
d. and cpIoFIul The bottom with sire T.
netting OF suct size that tuo small 7.
grains viii pass through and tht Iars .
20 ones viii not Swing this. VH
IAN easily boz done With No .3a
'anlzed wire and pour say uusbd
be wheat af time into This size
bottom box and shake b uutl
mail grains have passed throu-t ou
he floor. Then by uuhookIuA out
'ld of thc boN. The .1Igcr grains caa
BE- poured on to sheet OF into Il
aok. repeating until an is SEPARATED
his is OF course. crude. tedious and
los bat 10 you have no better meth
vi OF separating the bad from tuu
God. % is worth dollar for eyer,
'ut DO Viii cost The probabilities
re that ten per cent of the wheat.
ats and barley or other grain in your
icld this year is infinitely superior
q ne other ninety per cent. Il Won |
liant all Of b as is usually done. Won
ntI'" deterioration a. nine 10 one.
would he just az REASONABLE, ~
Top selecting The best animals ym
aise for breeding purposes and 10
Urh tl"u AN loose promiscuou-Iy
ud hope for Improvement. as II b. 20
Iahi me inferior instead OF the su-
.erior seed and expect 20 increase the
Weight and the value Of your crops.
Z every seed ot every kind thar s
tainted in fH. State ot Texas trun
"N on Htra 'he most liroeo..
'' developed the hardest
,aNics' .hat 'he farmer could proc
H" from h.s own srauary alI other
Dudirous being equal 'he crops Of
.e state would boz more than dou-
l"a lhv weak seed may Htc mr |
he.r product will be of littI, 1u,
he strong seed will live and the
roduc' will be Of great value
HENRY EMAIL.
Resident Texas Industrial Congress