Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29

with the warm weather the plant
ing season for the farmer 10 now on
hand. The success or failure Of his
crops depends chiefly on how he be-
gins them--that is, the selection OF
the best seed varieties procurable and
the way he plants them.
The farmer who plants good seed
Is az sure OF harvesting good crops
as the farmer who plants bad seed OF
low terminating power and vitality is
OF harvesting bad crops. Through
out the vegetable. as well as the ami
mai kingdom, the subtle influence OF
heredity is supreme and universal.
BY the utilization Of this override
pendable faculty possessed by all
plants to reproduce in their offspring
the more prominent qualities and
characteristics Of the species and indi-
viduaI. farmers may constantly I'M
prove the quality Of their farm prod
ucts and likewise vastly increase
their Yields. This is the secret OF
Luther Burbank's fame and success
How TO Get Best Seed.
Where, then, can the farmer obtain
seed best suited TO his land purposef
II he had the time and GOOD luoB-
nent. he could have found In his own
fields last fall good varieties; he
could have selected the best-oeveiopeo
corn stalks and ears and the pest-
developed cotton stalks ana Dolls
and taken his seed from these. now
ever. II he failed to do this, ana
ths+ "a probably the case with the
great majority OF the farmers, he can
@ef Inc best and In the long run the
eheapest varieties from some reliable
eeed breeder or seed store OF unques-
toned reliability. The ADVERTISE
ments of such dealers may be found
IN adjoining columns of The Sunday
American.
If Il usually safer for the farmer to
DEPEND on such dealers than on ms
avn necessarily superficial Judgment.
rhose who have good seed judgment
NAV make big money by improving
varieties for the seed houses tnem-
selves. - ,,.v,,
c.ref,,l In planting the seed. II ne
AZ not Il Is useless to expect the
hest rasults. A strong stand may
ari,y he obtained when the seed are
,ia,,tsd uniformly at the right depth
and 81 the proper distance. SUNG
nasa IN nianting pays as well In most
nrora Az oyercrowding. Soils OF GER,
taii fertility can only germinate Wen
! certain number OF plants, and there-
FORE the farmer must first study ms
ts,ra To leave bare spaces In one
snot and 10 bunch the seed in another
means failure for crop IN tne De-
~ course. the land must be prop
erlv prepared before planting time
TfnieSs ii is, II Is almost an impoAsi-
h,iitv ID get the seeds IN right. even
with the best OF farm equipment
Methods Of Planting.
In regard TO the methods of plant
tne there can be no we'll defined laws,
Good Judgment must be relied upon,
and even then weather ana otner
conditions may upset the best-lale
plans. The best depth Tor corn anu
cotton may vary from year TO year.
The season this year follows close
~ ,inon the heels Of the GOLD snap
that has enveloped tbs South from
end Ia end, and tho heart OF the
farmer and the orchardist Is MADE
glad at the prospects of fair weather
mskinK propltious the work Of plant
ing. -
millions upon. millions of seed win be
sown in the fertile soil which the
rains have made soft and ready to
receive them.
Farming has become q science, and