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seed. Yoa caa tell by examiiing it wha'.- 

 its condition is. If the seed is good in 

 other respects, bat is foul, clean it yourself. 

 But be sure to have it clean at all events. 



4th. Reject seed tliat has been kept 

 damp, or has been heated. Seed that Las 

 suffered eitlier cr both of these injuries may 

 germinate, bat it has lost a pa t of its vital- 

 ity, and should never be used for seed it 

 better can possibly be secured. 



5t,h. Do not sow mixed seed on the 

 same ground. Let the seed of one sowing 

 in the same field be of one kind alone.. 

 You will thus know what kind you are 

 growing, -and be able to compare results, 

 with an approach towards accuracy. 



(Jth. If possible, u-ever sow seed which j 

 is more than one year, or at most, two i 

 years old. Old seed may grow well. But ' 

 it may not. Prudence will suggest that j 

 seed should be u>sed before it has been ex- : 

 posed to decay, to insects, to dampness, or ; 

 Lo other injurious agencies. Experience ; 

 has taugl'.t thai> some of these are likely to : 

 ^irg'iire the kernel, if it is kept after the first , 

 year. j 



One way to get good seed is to select the 

 cleanest and best spot in your wheat field; j 

 where the grain grows most perfectly and is i 

 most mature. Then harvest and thresh \ 

 these portions separately, with the greatest '■ 

 care, and save the seed for sowing. Pur- i 

 sue this course for a number of years, and 

 you will produce what will seem to be a 

 new Viiriety of wheat. But it will only be 

 the same, developed and perfected in a 

 higher degree. This operation for securing 

 good eeed will pay in every department of 

 farming and gardening. 



A good mode of preventing smut is the 

 following: Spread seed w'heat on the barn 

 floor. Upon four bushels of wheat dash 

 from 12 to 16 quarts of human urine. Stir 

 the whole well together, Then add about 

 six quarts of fresh slacked lime, and ihovel 

 the wheat over till the lime is evenly dif^ 

 fused in the wheat. It should be sown as 

 soon after this preparation as practicable; 

 .for a long delay would injure its vegetative 

 powers. This mode of treating seed wheat 

 is deemed, in England, a specific against 

 smut. It has been practised in America 

 also by some wheat growers, who say it 

 has been uniformly successful. Tar water 

 will answer instead of urine, and is prefer- 

 red by many. 



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fl@»"Waiter, if you call this bread order me 

 a brick. I want something softer." 



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B^vMany complain of neglect ■who never 

 tried to attract regard. 



The Nursery Business. 



Of all the avocations in society, there is 

 none more responsible than that of the nar- 

 seryman. In the various kinds of business 

 pursued by our fellow men there is more or 

 less opportunity for deceit and fraud. In 

 the Nursery business there are peculiar fa- 

 cilities for deception. The purchaser de- 

 pends entirely upon the . representation of 

 the Nurseryman, as it regards the varioas 

 trees and plants which he obtains. If t'le 

 Nurseryman is an honest and intelligent man 

 and has managed his business with the strict- 

 est system, having his grounds so arranged 

 as to have each variety of fruits and plants 

 in its separate department, and has also 

 given his personal attention to the grafting 

 budding, &c., of the different varieties, so 

 there shall be no chance for mixture or 

 confusion, then, we say, the purchaser may 

 and will obtain the varieties of fruit trees, 

 &c., he desires. But if the nurseryman is 

 not honest and lets his business run to loose 

 ends, depending upon the help he hires, the 

 purchaser will be disappointed. And 

 what disappointment can be greater than 

 for one to purchase a large collection of 

 fruit trees, prepare the ground and plant 

 them with the greatest care, watch over 

 aud nurse them year after year, trim and 

 train them into nicely formed trees, with 

 expectations that they will repay him for 

 all the care and anxiety bestowed npon 

 them, and hoping in the evening of life 

 to enjoy the fruits that have been cultiva- 

 ted and nourished by bis own hands, and as 

 he thinks be is about, to enjoy them, finds 

 that he has been deceived. That the mon- 

 key paid for the trees has been squandered 

 and worse, that the use of the ground, the 

 labor be?towed upon them, have been lost, 

 that the affection which had been formed 

 from his long intercourse with them must 

 be turned into hate, and the trees in all 

 their beauty must be cut down because they 

 do not bear good fruit. Instead of the 

 finer varieties of fruits which he bargined 

 for. he finds he has only the poorest seed- 

 ling trees. What must be the feelings of a 

 man, we ask, to find that he has been 

 so outrageously deceived by bis nnrsery- 

 man ? His work must all be done over 

 again, But the next trees we warrant will 

 come from a man whose word can be relied 

 upon. Now this is no fancy sketch. — 

 Cases like these we have heard of repeated- 

 ly- 



The above, froiu tiu- Valley Farmer, is 



well aaid. We ari> aware that our farmers, 

 in this fast State, hiive little leisure on their 



