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CANADIAN FARM YEAR BOOK. 



Seed Selection. 



Select your seed. Sow only large, 

 plump, uninjured kernels. See that 

 the color is good, the hull not too heavy 

 and thick. Find out from observation 

 what varieties do the best in your dis- 

 trict. Put some blotting paper on a 

 large plate, moisten with water, and 

 on this place a number of the seeds 

 you are intending to sow. Calculate 

 the per cent, germination after it has 

 sprouted. It should go at least 80%. 

 Under that per cent, the seed is not 

 profitable to use. Keeip the plate in a 

 fairly warm place and keep moist until 

 seeds are germinated. 



Table Showing Dry Substance. 



Meadow Hay 85.7 



Red Clover 84.0 



Alfalfa Hay 84.0 



Timothy 85.7 



Corn (green) 17.1 



Potatoes 25.0 



Sugar Beet 2 5.0 



carrots also get good use from it. 

 Rape likes manure, but should be sup- 

 plemented by artificial fertilizers. 



Manure for clover seeding should 

 be done in the fall when spring sow- 

 ing is done. It will admirably follow 

 heavily manured potatoe land. Corn 

 needs from 20 to 23 tons for a maxi- 

 mum crop. 



How to Find Beginning of Growing 

 Season. 



Forty-three degrees is the begin- 

 ning of growth. 



Take the average temperatures in 

 your locality for the year. Then pro- 

 ceed to work out the following for- 

 mula: 



Suppose April 15 temp, is 41.7° 

 This is (too low, as the germination 

 temperature is 43°. The temperature 

 on May 15th is 53.5°. Now between 

 these there must be a date where 

 temperature is 43°. Proceed as fol- 

 lows: 



Fig. 81.— Direction of the Mne of draft for plows. 



Fodder Beet 12.0 Temp. April 15th 41.7° 



Turnips 8.0 Temp. May 15th 53.5° 



5L^?^^ ll'l The dilTerence in these 30 days is 



otts.:::: :::::::::::::::: 85:? 53.5—41.7=11.8. 



Corn (kernels) .'.'.'. 85.6 Difference between 53.5°, the temp. 



Corn (stover) .............'. 85!o of May and growing temp, of 43° = 



Gluten Meal 90.5 lO-S- 



Wheat Bran 86.9 10.5 difference between May temp. 



Cottonseed Cake 88.8 and growing temp, multiplied by 30 



Linseed Cake 87.8 (days) and divided by difference in 



f^^ T, • 4. 3 days which is 11.8 = 27 days. 



Crop Requirements. Formula = 



Potatoes, sugar beets and corn get Next temp, above date needed — 43x30 



the most average good out of farm- divided by 



yard manure. Turnips, swedes and Next temp, above — next below. 



