Thursday February 14, 1907.
PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND COTTON PLANT.
Test Your
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Dead Seeds or Adulterations a Serious MatterTests are Easily Made.
The planting of dead; seeds to
occnpy the soil to the exclusion
of a valuable plant is a serious
matter. -The testing of seeds is
a small matter.
1902, all seed being one year old,
were as follows: '
Beans, 86 per cent; beets, 128 per
cent; cabbage, 82 per cent; carrots,
61 per cent; cauliflower, 77 per cent;
If the crop is worth raising, if it celery, 53 per cent; cucumbers,
is worm " wnne to Know Deiore we
plant our seed whether that seed is
alive, just how "much of it Will come
up, and also how much of it is really
the seed of the crop we-, think; we are
planting. ' '
s Let the small farmer take a lesson
trom the business man, and first know
what he is buying; second, after buy
ing it testit ".to. make sure that the
goods specified have been deliyered:
Practice of a Very Rich Man.
I know of one man so wealthy that
his name has become almost synony
mous with money, who is running a
farm on business principles, and in
purchasing seed takes care that he
gets value received. Before ordering
86
per cent; egg plant, 58 per cent; let
tuce, 64 per cent; musk-melon, 77
per cent; onion, .76 per cent; parsley,
67 per cent; parsnip, 48 per cent;
peas, 4 5 i per cent ; ; pepper, 76 per
cent; pumpkin, 74 per cent; radish,
8 8 per cent; salsify, 6 7 per cent:
spinach, -82 per cent; squash; 87 per
cent; sunflower 9 7, per cent; tomato,
85 per cent; turnips, 95 per cent;
watermelon, 82 per cent. V
To show the effect of age upon the
vitality of seed, , the" following table
from the same source is reproduced:
Seed stated to be less than one
year old, 76 per cent. - c
Seed stated to be between one and
two years old, 63 per cent.
Seed stated, to be between two and
his supply of seeds he sends to yari-I three years old, 21 per cent.
ous dealers . and asks for samples-; He
then takes a portion of the sample,
examines it for purity, and "also tests
it for vitality. If the seed seems
pure and alive, he then purchases the
seed with the understanding that it
is to measure .up to the standard of
the sample. When the seed filling the
order comes, it is again testedutb see
that this seed is of. the, same quality
as the original sample. If a man of
great wealth sees fit' to put into prac
tice such checks and controls as this
to insure the purity and vitality of
his seed, how much more is it neces
sary, for the small farmer to guard
carefully these points? -
Beware of Adulterations.
Impurity of seed is a very-com
mon matter, either intentionally or
through carelessness of the seed men
There are numerous instances where
the number of weed seed in "a pound
of clover seed ranges from 20,000 to
200,000. There are numerous in
stances in North . Carolina where
seeds purporting to be oats contain
more than 50 per cent of some other
kinds of seeds. Grass seed are woe
fully adulterated,: and so all along
the ' line. Few seeds indeed are ex
empt from impurity of .one kind or
another.
" Each farmer, should learn to know
the seeds Of his crop and the seeds
of the various weeds, and should ex
amine each purchase to be sure that
no weed seeds are among the. seeds
of his crop
And as nearly important as weed
seeds is the question of dead seeds.
Through avarice, some unscrupulous
seedsmen seek to become free of old
poor seed and mix these- old seeds
with new ones, thus lowering the av
erage germinating power of the seed
as a whole. .
Simple Method of Testing Seeds.
For this reason it is well to test
samples of seed before planting, them
to . ascertain what proportion will
si.-rvm Tliic.-tootm'iv ho To ny
iUiuc uy imo -kvak "jnrf
ly made by placing a few of the seeds,
say one hundred, in a plate or cigar
box containing some moist sand or
soil. Place the7 seeds on the top of
the sand and then, you can moi e
readily detect their germination and
get the results of : the test sooner.
Place this germinator where it will
be warm and see that it does not dry
out, and when your seeds have done
Secjd stated to be between three
and four years old, 59 percent.
F. L. STEVENS,
A. & M. College, Raleigh, N. C.
Peas Wanted.
Kindly advise us if you can. put
us in touch of any, parties from whom
we could get cowpeas.
Thanking you in, advance for your
prompt, reply, we remain,
L. O. MOSELEY.
Kinston, N. C.
Governor-elect Hoke Smith, of Geor
gia, in a recent address to young
men,' made announcement as toiiows
of his life-purpose for the future:
life in studying the problems which
concern the State and South, and in
writing and talking about them.
When I ran for Governor last year I
decided definitely to give up working
for .money and to devote the remain
der of my life to working out these
problems for Georgia and the South.''
The 1907 Girl Yours for the Asking
Have you made her acquaintance?
Now is your only chance. After
much trouble : and expense, The
Sharpies Separator Co., of Wes
Chester, Pa., have succeeded beyond
their hopes in reproducing from life
In the softest and daintiest colors,
the sweetest dairy maid that ever
graced a cream separator calendar
or was ever offered by any cream
separator company as a free .picture
suitable for framing. This calendar
and this free picture, are like the
Sharpies Tubular Cream Separator-
you can t appreciate eiiner ?oi iuem
until you see them.. Worthy a place
in-every home. The Sharpies Sepa
rator . Company will send the calen
dar with this picture, on it to - you,
free, for the names of two neighbors
who keep cows but have no Tubular
Cream Separator. Or they will send
free the same picture, made larger
for framing and without the calen
dar pad attached, for the names of
five neighbors" who keep cows but
have no Tubular Cream Separator.
Calendar and picture both sent free
for . names of seven neighbors who
keep cows but have' no Tubular.
Write at once before the supply is
gone, sending two names for the cal-
germinating, determine what number endar with smaller picture on it, or
of them have "done so, and you can five for the large picture without
thus obtain the percentage of viabil- calendar pad attached, or seven for
ity. Do not look for too high a both.. You must mention the name
standard: You cannot expect 100 per I of this paper to get them. Address,
cent-in any case. ." " ; I The Sharpies Separator Co., West
The, results obtained in germina-1 Chester, Pa., Chicago, in., loromo,
tion tests in the State of Connecticut, Canada:' ,
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WHO 10 RIGHT
ABOUT TH BEST
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G R E A
Every cream separator, manufacturer, old and new alike, claims
that his separator ietter than any other. WHO IS RIGHT?
Who can honestly make such a claim? We will leave the answer
to you but wi-h to submit a few facts for your consideration. The
DE LAVAL machine wasj the original separator and it has, been
manufactured for twenty-eight t years, twice as long as any other
machine. The world's best inventors and mechanics have been
constantly working and trying to better it and thousands of dol
lars have been spent annually in this effort The DE LAVAL has
for m my years been thoroughly tested, tried and used in every
civilized country in the world land kinder every; conceivab e con
dition. Over 800,000 have been sold to date, iEeveral times all
; other makes combined From f these "tests and experiences the
-DE LAVAL experts have learned what a cren separator must be
to be called BEST. The DE fLAVAL machine of to-da repre
sents this knowledge. Every! feature of its construction is the
result of years of study and practical experience and the expendi
ture of vast sums of money.- Nothing has .been left undone that
would help to make and keep the DE LAVAL the 8 EST of all sepa
rators. No f eparator buijt to-day contains any feature whatever,
not used in the DE LAVAL, which has not at some time or other
been tried out by the DEjLAVAL exberts and cast aside for some-
:" thing better in the present D E LAVAL construction. Consider
these facts well, consult every experienced sepa ator user you can,
. learn all that is possible about cream separators and tell us WHO
you think is RIGHT. Meanwhile send for a DE LAVAL catalog
of separator facts and reasons, to be had for the asking.
The De Laval Separator Co.
Randolph & Canal Sts.
CHICAGO
1213 Filbert Street
PHILADELPHIA
9 & 1 1 Orumm St. .
SAN FRANCISCO
General Offices:
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NEW YORK.
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TORONTO .
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Contains all the money-maklnsr points of dairyinar. Among
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When to Feed, What Foods . Produce - Most Milk. How to Take
Care of Milk-Producing Foods, How to Feed Silage, the Care of
the Milch Cow, and many other' profitable and practical suggestions
that help swell the profits of the dairyman. With the book we will
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most out of you milk by usmgithe-
Shandies VlpiilMair1
(Spearon Separation"
We guarantee that with a Tubular vou can
get 50 per cent more cream oyeri the old
pan method of kimming, j. and 6-per cent
over any other cream separator made.
Sharpies Separators get all the -cream and
the Tubular is the easiest running, easiest -
cared for, and easiest kept clean There
is just one tiny piece in the bowl, the milk
'can is low and handy, the bearings are
self oiling. " .Write for the 'Business
Dairying" at once stating j number of
cows you keep. Ask for booklet D. 283
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Mr. S. I. Boyer, Venetia, Pa., says ."The Tubular makea'me $255.00 yearly."
Tho Ghsrploo Separator Co.,
Toronto, Can. WEST CHESTER, PA.
Chicago, 111
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