FARMING EXTRACTS. [From " New Zealand Farmer" Journal.] Saving; Seed.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 160, 28 August 1886, Page 2

FARMING EXTRACTS. [From " New Zealand Farmer" Journal.] Saving; Seed.

It is not generally the most economical plan to save'tfeed grown/from" plants in your, own garden. |£ It may save a shilling or two in the sprinri|but*'it may, cause a far greater Jloes in the<yalu.e of ,,the vegetables raised As a writer truly says, the growing of seeds is a business which requires special training and it is of great importance that seed should be properly grown and cured. The cost of the seed bears a small proportion to the value of the crop. For instance ; A pound's worth of cabbage seed will produce a crop worth from £20 to £40. The difference represents the cost of land and labour, plus the profit. Now it takes just as much land arid labour to grow a crop from poor seed as from good. Is it worth while for so small a sum to run so great a risk ? I do not mean to say that a farmer cannot give the growing of seed the proper'attehtidn, but practically he will not, for it is, with him, only a side issue to his business of farming. Seed grown from the same stock on the same ground year after year deteriorates, unless careful selection is made to -preserve purity. This selection the amateurs will not make. Let people by all means be economical, but let them remember that there is such a thing^ as unwise economy.