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Southland Times, Issue 1292, 12 August 1870, Page 2

Choosing Seed. — In a late " Farmer ** are a few good sensible^inW :^ ;^n =!r ?ne importance of selecting- and soVing good seed for the growth of grainr" ~ Prof. Buckman, the writer, says that by good seeds he means well-developed seeds, as opposed to badly grown immature starvelings, or seed of bad s^ock *Mjd poor quality ; that the farmer should ever sow these latter ought to be a matter of surprise, seeing that in the breeding of stock he is careful in selecting what will best suit his purposes. In oats in particular are farmers exceedingly careless in their choice of seed.. Good, oatp, according to sorts, will 'range from 1 401 b to 501 b per bushel. Anything below the lowest of these figures he considers, a degenerated :. sample.* -7 "-From mahjT'experi ments it has resulted that oats are more apt to go back in the weight per bushel than any other, grain, arid too much attention cannot be given to this particular in the choosing of seed grain'; practically . therefore the most highly developed and heaviest seed should be employed for the most successful-growth of the crop:; nor only, with oats, butwitK all grain crops, the best results may, be expected from well-grown mature seeds, just as much as from choice and selected breeding animals. - 7 - 'a TEsrrNO Seed Gobn. — Seed corn should be carefully selected in the fall from, .the, earliest, largest arid soundest ears,': an4 hung up through the winter in thecriJß.bjri the husk. A little care and attention in thiß manner wiil insure perfect and* pure seed. Seed corn should be carefully "' tested, as it sometimes happens that early cold weather destroys- the germ- of the corn, while there is no external appearance to show it ; and farmers jfliolldliot tale : the precaution to select their seed in the fall, but take it from the i crib, are liable |or be badly sold from this cause. Professor* Bliss, of the Illinois Industry. lTniversifcy^ tested thirteen samples of seM"cdr*i,"ahd7 found that the different lots varied fromfour to ninety-six per cent. This result is sufficiently suggestive toeyery corn planter" to test his seed at once./ The Journal of Agriculture, in alluding to the Professor's^ experiments, says :-— We have'been taughjrv to select those ears for seed that are filled out at the tip, and to reject the grains on an inch or so at the tip, and also at the butt. We regard this as sound teaching. _ The full ear is the early one, while the_ late one is defective at the tip -because its silks are not sufficiently opened and exposed before the impregnaling^pbllen has all. been blown away from the tassels. - (It is for the purpose of furnishing pollen L tor these late ears that some have recommended planting a little seed oyer the field 1 about two or three weeks after the main crop was planted.) - The full ear is therefore^ more mature, but the grains at the tip^ should be rejected, because they are small; r and have not a sufficient amount of nour- '" ishment to give the plant a -r^rous starts ' and those at the butt should be rejected because they are very liable to b^damped when the breezing weather comes on, and the germ will be killed. If, however, these? • ears have been pulled jnst after the husks begin to turn white, stripped and hung - in a dry place, they will become thorough--.' J ly dry before cold weather, and in wat case we consider the grains at the butt a of the ear as good as any other for seed; Hobiowax's Oiktmbnt. — Xuin which wa-fyom - • will, go where you please, persons will be roond 1 - who have a ready word of praise for this Oint* ■'■ ment. For- chaps, chafes, scalds, bruiM, and • sprains, it iB an invaluable renjpdyj-lbrbsd legal caused by accident or cold, it may tojaf-R-flkkßtlj- V. relied upon for effecting a sound sadpfcnnaneat cure. Incases of swelled " ariclee, erysipelas, gout, and rheumatism, Holloway's Ointment gives the greatest com Tort by~roducirig the infla* mation. cooling the Wood, soothing th«; nerves, adjusting the circulation, and. expelling, the impurities. This Ointment should have a plafe^M f every nursery: It will cure tiie long- list, of skm *•-. affections which originate in childh9o3 " : sinii'/gsm.'~ l 6srength with the cMld'a growth. ; ' Y-''!','™* •