Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-14
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS

spring, but be sure they are we'll dried off before they are put away and that they are kept in a cool, dry place so they will not start to grow. Keep them at almost the freezing point if possible.
 Save the first we'll formed and well filled out ear of sweet corn in each of the early, medium and late varie- ties. One ear of each kind will be well matured. Then pick the ear and hang in a dry place till it is thorough ly dry An enormous amount of seed corn would not germinate last spring because there was too much moisture in the seed. It was not thoroughly dried and in consequence the low temperatures of winter destroyed the germ and rendered the seed unfit for l use So be sure to get it we'll dried One ear of each kind will no doubt furnish plenty of seed for any home 1 winter or it may be shelled and put into a paper sacks and stored away l from mice
 | One large ripened cucumber of each type, both the picking and the slic- | ing, will furnish an abundance of seed for the garden next year. Leave the cucumber on the vines until it is well | yellowed. Then split lengthwise take l out the seeds with the pulp that ad- 1 heres. Allow this to stand and fer ment for twenty four to forty eight hours, after which time the seeds can I be freed from the pulp, washed till clean, then well dried, and stored like | others. Do not save crooked or i'll shaped fruit for seed unless you ex- pect to nave the same kind next year. l frWTn 0f nA Hv-r-f6 oI-lxy tomatoes. Allow them to ripen well, crush and put in a dish to ferment l for a few hours. Then the seed will separate from the pulp. Put some water in the dish and wash. The seed will settle to the bottom and the pulp and refus can be poured off. 1 Place the seed on paper, allow them to dry well, and then put in small envelopes for winter storage. Sum mer squash can be left till the shell is very hard. This should then be
 opened, the seeds removed like the cucumber and saved for next year Winter squash can be kept till used when the seeds can be dried and put
 away for next year. A pumpkin in
 like manner will supply all the seeds the neighbors will need and your own
 besides. The fruits will serve the | purpose of the household use and
 supply seeds also.
 Bear in mind that all seeds before
 being put away for winter must be
 thoroughly dried Then store then
 in some dry place where there is not much variation in temperature. Tt
 has been said that the average living
 room furnishes nearly correct con
 ditions for seed storage. If the seeds
 are moist when stored, or if they are allowed to collect moisture the seeds win become mouldy or perhaps
 start to germiDate and thus weaker
 their vitality. A tight tin can ol
 glass fruit jar makes good recepta
 cle for storing seed as these vii
 likely keep out the mice and insects Some may think that because there
 are several varieties near each othel their seeds will be mixed. This ma! l be true with some, but suppose the!
 do; the mixing is not necessarily /; } detriment, it may indeed be an i'm
 provement on the old order. Man. l plants, however, do not cross readil.
 so will not trouble in this way. Thi
 should make no difference with tn, !; home garden in these times of wa Fl emergency. You not only help t meet the emergency, but when nex spring comes you will be ready t plant when the. proper time arrive
 and not be compelled to wait around
 till some one gets the seeds that vol want. Transportation will no doub
 continue to be overtaxed then as vel
 as now. Save and help-A. I
 Stevens, Connecticut Agriculture