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CHAPTER X 



SEED 



To secure success in tillage farming, no 

 little attention must be given to considera- 

 tions of seed. If one is using home-grown 

 supplies, one may have to be satisfied with 

 seed that would not make a very attractive 

 market sample, or which does not show very 

 high power of germination. Seed produced 

 on the farm is not valued at so high a rate as 

 seed that is imported, so that one can afford 

 to sow somewhat thicker, and thus make up 

 for impurities such as chaff, husks and grit ; 

 but only under rare circumstances would 

 one be justified in using any seed whose 

 impurities were weeds. One of these rare 

 exceptions would occur where poor foul 

 land was being seeded, for with weeds natur- 

 ally present in practically unlimited quantity, 

 the addition of a few more can make very little 

 difference If, however, one is purchasing 

 seed, one should take purity, cleanness, and 

 germinative capacity into serious account. 

 As regards purity, it is evident that a pur- 

 chaser wants to be sure of obtaining the 

 particular species or variety of plant that 



