CORRELATING AGRICULTURE IN SOUTHERN STATES. 



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SEED STORING. 



Care should be exercised in storing seed that its vitality may be 

 preserved. Extremes in temperature, excessive moisture, and attacks 

 of rodents, insects, etc., should be provided against. If the farm 

 buildings are not equipped with a room especially prepared for 

 storing seed, racks should be used, which may be suspended from 

 points inaccessible to small animals. To prevent insect injury, 

 grains especially should be fumigated with bisulphid of carbon. 

 Seeds that are likely to be affected with fungus diseases should be 

 treated with a formalin solution before planting. 1 



SEED TESTING. 



The work in testing garden and field-crop seeds should prove one 

 of the most interesting, as well as one of the most valuable exercises 



Fig. 7. — Sand tray for testing seed corn. 



that the club members and the schools can engage in. No special 

 skill is required. 



The accompanying seed- testing device (fig. 7) will suggest the 

 principal equipment. 2 



The value of seed testing in securing regular stands of healthy, 

 vigorous plants can not be overestimated. 



PLANS FOR SCHOOL GARDENS. 



The plan for the school garden will depend upon a number of 

 things, among them being the land available, the number of pupils, 

 and the size of the individual plats. In the event that the school 



1 See IT. S. Dept. Agr. Farmers' Buls. 243 and 544. 



2 Special attention is called to U. S. Dept. Agr. Farmers' Bui. 428, Testing Seed in the Home and in the 

 School. 



