SEEDS 



To separate the seeds from the hulls and chaff, 

 you will need sieves of various sizes. I bought, 

 for a trifle, small pieces of woven wire cloth of 

 ten different sizes, from one eighth of an inch mesh 

 to the finest, and had a tinsmith remove the 

 bottoms from as many old tin tobacco-boxes 

 and substitute therefor the wire cloth. The 

 hinged lids should be allowed to remain upon 

 these boxes, as you will then be able to give 

 the pods a good shaking to dislodge the seed. 

 I numbered each box in rotation from the finest 

 mesh to the coarsest. It may be necessary to 

 pass the seeds through several sieves to clean 

 them satisfactorily. First use one so large that 

 all the seeds will pass through it, and thus get 

 rid of the hulls and larger particles of chaff, and 

 then use one so small that none of the seeds will 

 go through, and the smaller waste will dis- 

 appear. You should have at hand a good mag- 

 nifying glass, that you may examine your seeds 

 from time to time and become familiar with 

 their appearance. By its use you will quickly 

 learn to identify the perfect seed from the im- 

 perfect, or from the powdered bits of the hull. 

 Choice seeds I put through the sieves again and 

 again, getting thereby possibly three grades of 



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