SEEDING, PLANTING AND YIELDS 



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Peecentage op Purity and op Germination op High-Grade Seed. 



Seed 



Alfalfa 



Barley 



Beet, garden . . . 

 Beggarweed .... 

 Bermuda-grass . . . 

 Blue-grass, Canada . 

 Blue-grass, Kentucky 

 Brome, awnless . . 

 Buckwheat .... 



Cabbage 



Caraway 



Carrot 



Cauliflower .... 



Celery 



Clover, alsike . . . 

 Clover, crimson . . 

 Clover, red .... 

 Clover, sweet . . . 

 Clover, white . . , 



CoUard 



Com, field .... 

 Com, sweet .... 



Cotton 



Cowpea 



Cress 



Cucumber .... 



Eggplant 



Endive 



Fescue, meadow . . 

 Fescue, sheep's . . 



Flax 



Hemp 



Kafir 



Kale 



Lettuce 



Melon, musk . . . 

 Melon, water . . . 



Purity 

 Per cent 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 98 

 95 

 95 

 90 

 99 

 99 

 98 

 98 

 99 



98 

 98 

 98 

 96 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 98 

 96 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 99 



Germination 

 Per cent 

 95 

 85 

 98 

 98 

 *150 

 90 

 90 

 85 

 85 

 90 

 96 

 95 

 90 

 85 

 85 

 85 

 95 

 97 

 95 

 90 

 90 

 95 

 99 

 94 

 90 

 95 

 90 

 96 

 90 

 85 

 90 

 85 

 95 

 90 

 97 

 95 

 98 

 96 

 96 



Seed 



Millet, common . 

 Millet, hog . . . 

 Millet, pearl . . . 

 Mustard .... 



Oats 



Okra 



Onion 



Orchard-grass . . 



Parsley 



Parsnip .... 



Peas 



Pumpkin .... 



Radish 



Bape 



Red-top .... 



Rice 



Rye 



Rye-grass, Italian 

 Rye-grass, English 



Salsify 



Sainfoin .... 

 Sorghum .... 

 Soybean .... 

 Spinach .... 

 Spurry 



Sugar-beet (large balls) 

 Sugar-beet (small balls) 

 Sunfiower 



Teosinte 



Timothy 



Tomato 



Tobacco 



Turnip 



Velvet bean .... 

 Velvet grass (hulled) 



Vetch 



Wheat 



*Each beet fmit, or "ball," is likely to contain two, to seven 

 the number of sprouts from one hundred balls. 



The seed-bed. 



The numbers given in the table represent 



^^ .X.xrv 



The character of the seed-bed, or the ground in which the seed is planted, has very much to do with 

 the success of the crop. A vigorous start is a long step toward a good crop. Such a start contributes 



to early continuous growth, the plant has "constitution" to with- 

 stand adverse conditions, it may be able to overcome insects or 

 plant diseases or to recover from the attacks of them. The fit 

 preparation of land has for its object the making of a good seed- 

 bed, the increasing of the pasturage for roots, the physical and 

 chemical ameli- 

 oration of the 

 soil. If the seed 

 germinates 

 freely, it must 

 be in close con- 

 Fig. 192. Hand broadcast seeder. tact with a 



firmly settled soil. This means that the soil must be 

 finely broken and evenly surfaced. Many implements 

 are now manufactured to aid in putting the finish on 

 the seed-bed, as smoothing harrows and special forms 

 of cultivators. After the crop is well up, the seed-bed pig. 194. a horse broadcast seeder. 



