MARKETING COTTON SEED FOR PLANTING PURPOSES. 17 



WAREHOUSE SHOULD BE VENTILATED. 



The seed should be dry when stored and the warehouse well ven- 

 tilated. A warehouse admirably serving the purpose is one having 

 a floor clearance at least 12 inches above the ground, with double 

 walls, and having ample ventilation under the floor and between the 

 top of walls and roof. Concrete floors are not desirable, and, if the 

 building is of brick or concrete construction, the seed, whether in 

 bulk or sacked, should not be piled high against the walls, as con- 

 siderable damage to the seed is likely to result. If, however, it is 

 necessary to use a building having a concrete floor, the danger of 

 heating may be lessened greatly if not entirely prevented, by sacking 

 the seed and stacking the sacks, in the manner outlined on page 18, 

 on a slatted false floor built by laying 2 by 4 inch stringers edge- 

 wise on the concrete floor and nailing 1 by 4 inch strips across them 

 leaving a 2-inch space between each strip. Similar results may be 

 had by simply laying three 4 by 4 inch stringers on the floor about 

 8 inches apart and stacking the sacks on these in the same manner. 

 Such a plan also may be used advantageously in buildings or on 

 floors constructed of any other material. 



A patented ventilating system, consisting of tubes 6 inches in 

 diameter, made of perforated sheet metal or of heavy one-fourth 

 inch mesh wire, which are placed upright over holes cut in the floor 

 about G feet apart each way and which extend above the height of 

 the walls of the building, has come into limited use in cotton-seed 

 warehouses during recent years. When bulk seed is piled high in a 

 building so equipped these tubes or "flues" provide a constant cir- 

 culation of air. 



If more than one variety or strain of a variety is stored in bulk in 

 the same warehouse, separate bins should be provided and each bin 

 marked with the lot number (see page 20) given to the particular 

 strain or variety of seed stored therein. This arrangement will 

 reduce the liability of varieties becoming mixed and identify the dif- 

 ferent lots. Some such means of identification is necessary because 

 it is difficult, and in most cases impossible, to distinguish between 

 the varieties by the appearance of the seed. 



STOKING IN SACKS. 



Storing in sacks offers several advantages. Where the many 

 pi i uses of preparation are performed successively or as one con- 

 tinuous operation and the seed sacked at the recleaner and grader, 

 there will be no occasion for storing in bulk. When sacked, the 

 i may be moved or transferred at will and shipments made with 

 the least possible delay. Also when the bags arc arranged in the 

 warehouse in the manner described in the following paragraph, 

 injury to the germinal ion by heating is not so likely to result as when 

 stored in bulk. The bags should be stenciled immediately after 

 sacking with the lot [lumber assigned to this particular lol of seed. 



