The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 30, 1905, Page 14

—_—— xi #e sheey, a < "= —~<r, = SSF ‘ See ee. rowing Seeds for Market Good Seeds Are Half the Battle GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL a text-book of hor- se books find One of the most thriving busin } seedm i in the United States today and which) ticultt seemingly carries on its Vv re rd-| their way iuto rural homes and bee * | less of the fluctuations of e basis by which tae amateur great exchanges, is the gr er derives a knowledge of var and selling of secd From s and even methods of growing plants eens in the cc under varied conditions. usiness has grown s Seed Crowing a Bi value in measured by t! seed trade has lions. The first begint much as has the cy business commenced Where a few b forner with © talicoes or bool:s. to cliim for it houses and busine having interests which every portion of the globe, The P ims probably were the first of seeds into this country, ucht with them seeds ot ts cuitivated by them ia their s of Industry. ged quite as * first with error ae ‘half-tones and color plates, of peas tirst sold in Newport has grown to hundreds of bags, and the few thousand packets to millions, The modern sced house has every mechini- eal contrivance to aid in making the business economical and systematic From the cellar to the mailing reom everything is so arta 1 tl Sis ee ral BEATING OUT TEMP SEED IN KEN- TUCKY, “English and Dutch homes, These of fourse were of such plants ats were tonsidered necessaries of li barley and pens, while fruit trees were also set out miaiy be tilled with ‘uracy and dis- Early r lourde. show that in) 1763, /Ptteho | During the Lite summer and Nathaniel Bird, a book-dealer of yw. | carly fall catulogues are prepared for ed ind one nd seeds par ibution, Whik dvertised garden see aay from London, The fol-j fer dis an auheuncement was | port, Rh. 1, qua arrived owing year handred sole houses thousand daily business thirt Connecticut. onion how receive six New York city hemp and | uring the busy son, sre advertised for sale as| Of course to supply this enormous oston, however, be- | trade mueh attention musi be paid to Hal center in the early | the growing of the seed, The present for the sale|development of garden-sced growing In 1767 out of twen-| | no when David Landreth estab- in the Toston Ga-|tished a s lealers in seeds, Dur! phia in 17 AN ove made by Gideon Welles that he had | Boe for sale, choice seods In w ing the comme days, was the chief city ty-six : wette, S: During the Civil) War Harvesting Sorghum Seed In Nebraska. al Few Lumpkins Lor Seed ee the ad-; this cou largely depended upen ypare | foreign m: ing the War for Independ iry this comnine t orders | letters a day was considered a large | rkets for seeds, but between | Ithough it y GO and IS70 as many seed farms ~ leved here Ww but | were shed as had heen during coeds in any|the tt before the conflict. iyi Groy me expert _and_ the he trade and the flower-seed sold is i Europe. d from Since the days of al of attention ed testing for quality tion. Seeds have been fi been heated until they have been broken and the cen of ated or have popped; they fracture ome noted; they have been cut and judged 5 inside, | 1 the appearance of the irious experiment stations of the United States have, for a long time, paid much attention to practical seed testing, ture for nearly eight years has con- ducted a trial ground in connection with its seed laboratory where studies FIELD GROWN LILIES FOR BULBS, The bar-! of varieties are made, Samples are also planted of the vast quantities of seed sent out for ( ongressional dis- tribution, The Department has in fact done much to purge the country of dishonest seed dealers, and a large force is consiantly employed securing seeds from dealers and testing them, HW sood farm at Philadel | fp A CLOVER SEED STORE-HOUSE, both with regard to their germinative quality 1 their trueness to name. Ther g ation, and “it opportunity for adulter- lawhy farmers are apt to consider tl aving money if they can get SC 1 reduced rate, find- ing out when it is too late that they have been swindled with false varie- ties or that perhaps 50 per cent. of their seeds fail utterly of germination. Personal Seed Tests. The average farmer, however, would do well to carry on a little seed test- ublishment of his own each ud this course js advocated by the Department of Agriculture. In market ifrom the seedmen A Pioneer Seecsman, ist As good seed In 1784, David 1 h commenced |as he could save himself and a less | Oo} ions in Vh elphia; Bernard cost. The business of seed-raising in- x in thet » ciiy in’ 1800, /ereased rapidly after the war, 3 "1805, ¢ rhurn begun being established in’ v: to sell sceds in New by 1839/the eastern United the population had i: sed’ from | Sed growing comme ed in Califor- abit three million in 1790, to ten » when R. W, Wilson planted 59 and a half millions. To meet ihe |acres to heets, onions, lettuce and ear- rots for seed purposes. Two Thousand Acre Seed Farm. growing demand vegetables and Lowers, these ten and a half millions required more than three and a half times as m: sus were used in 1790. Deat es red themselves in the principal cities and crossed the . mountains. Along with the Onion and lettuce are reaching out for trade came the inc sing size and rominence of the catalogue, The ear- liest seed catalogues were mere lists not intended for general distribution. Thorburn probably issued the first seed catalogue as early as 1823, sbortly after the civil war the cata- legue became more prominent. Its size was increased and a few illustra- tions appeared, Novelties were not as numerous twenty years ago as they are today; they were not given so much attention either. Today there is not an important extalogue but gives considerable space to novelties. Seedsmen are on the alert for novel- ties; they are the money makers. The modern catzlocue, with its profusely j Mlustrated pages while in a sense the dive, kale, kohl-rabi, yj arsnips | seed growers, that there 596 seed farms, seed farms. an effort to collect statisttes of soed- fusal of a m aber of the large firms the farmers growing seed for them, the information secured was very in- complete, fevoted to the raising of flower seed, Flower seeds have been mad he could get! From this beginning the business he < grown to enormous proportions. Now a single firm of growers devotes annu- ally some 2,000 acres to seed crops. staple seed crops, while carrot, celery, leek, en- and parsley are all grown by California While the census of 1890 showed were in the United States containing 169,580 acres, the census of 1900, with incom- plete returns, showed more than 2,500 The Census Office made growing farms, but owing to the re- handling seed to furnish the names of Not a small part of seed-growing is i Yaa sf body a pamphiet methods of testing seeds, and found to be defective in cle in its place. not _be the seedman’s, seed de: idea_ th: men themselves beiag imposed upon. wld, | $0 that it is well for the individual Tegularly | grower to test each batch of farm or he expects. to plant. The test which he can make will show him nothing regarding vari- eties; he may be getting a common instead of some high-priced novelty, that can only be determined at the end of the year; but the gov-- ine are effectually holding the more irre- sponsible seedsmen in line, and the farmer himself can check up with his Sue on the question of germi- garden seeds which eabl ernment experiments along this Seeds Germinate Quickly, “Most seeds will germinate in from three to ten days. The apparatus re- juired is et q very simple—a n, som @ cotton batting,’ iittle The Department of Agricul- | fact, the Department will send any- { describing simple Firms with any reputation behind them can not afford to work off poor seeds, and if a lot of seed is tested rmina- tive qualities, the seedsmen will prob- ably stand ready to supply a good arti- The fault,in fact, may Although the attempt to convey the they raise their own seeds on their own farms, such a practice is manifestly imposstble where vast sup- piles of seeds are furnished. They raise some of the seeds, but large quantities are contracted for by them with other growers and farmers, and there is alwuys a chance of the seeds- and a warm place in the | A stitch in time often saves a little trouble a month be- may make the r considerable greatly to his hap- good temper, Nothing is more aggravating than to} i well, plant, and noments of spring vain for the young r, or secure only a half pli stand. ——— THE WOODMAN’S STRIDE, With a Long Swinging Step, He Covers Much Ground and Pre- serves a Perfect Balance. A woodman walks with a rolling) motion, his hips swaying an inch or} more to the stepping side, and his pace | is correspondingly long. His hip ac- j tion may be noticed to an exaggerated degree in the stride of a professional pedestrian, but the latter walks with a heel-and-toe step, whereas an Indian’s or sailor's step is more nearly datfeeted. In the latter case the center of gravity is covered by the whole foot. The poise is as secure as that of a rope walker. The toes are pointed straight forward, or even a tritle inward, so that the in- | side of the heel, the outside of the ball | of the foot, and the smaller toes all do their share of work and assist in bal-| ancing. Walking in the woods in this manucr, one is not so likely to trip over projecting roots, stones and other traps | as he would be if the feet formed| hooks by pointing outward. The ad-| ge is obvious in snowshoeing. If} idian were turned to stone while | stepping, the statue would | nd balanced on one foot. | ‘s the limbs great control over his movements. He is always] poised, If a stick cracks under him it} is because of his weight, and not by }reason of the i ict, Le goes silently jon, and with at economy of force, | Ilis steady balance enables him to put lis foot down as gently as you would lay an egg on the tab Ee Americaa Cheese Production. s ago the cheese supply of Great Britain was lirgely furnished by the United States, but to-day Can- a has taken the lead and far out- | stripped us as an exporter of this com- }modity. In 1880 the United States et of y st gait gi Twenty y {sent 131,208,776 pounds of cheese to G eat Hritain, while in 1904 only) 180,960 pounds were shipped to that) ‘country, Canada, on the other hand, | exported over $1,000,000 pounds twen- | ty-five years ago as against 2 | pounds last year, s loss of t however, has not been injurious, but ‘on the other hand, is caused through an excess of consumption at home over production, while reverse conditions prevail with our Canadian neighbor, Canada was thus forced to seek the British markets for her plethora and to fill up the place left vacant in that market by the withdrawal of the Unit- ed States therefrom. While the United States, in 1900, manufactured nearly 282,000,000 pounds of cheese, the per vita fae. tory production was only 8.7 pounds, s, on the other hand, in 1901, wroduced 224,000,000 pounds, ting nearly 41.8 pounds for each inhabitant. It is therefore shown, by a report from Consul-General Tollo- way, of Ifuifax, that the Canadian export trade to which every one of our neighbors points with pride was not gained at the expense of the Tnit- ed States, for they must export their cheese or get “snowed under.” The United States can not keep up in pro- duction with our increasing home con- sumption, ne oy Mulberry Fenees, There are but few fences in Ja- pan. The mulberry tree is planted in- stead, the leaves of which furnish food for silk worms. Nearly 200,000 acres (are thus utilized, A CALIFORNIA ONION PATCH. CARRY A BIG STICK. Cane Preferred to Revolver by Detectives. “President Roosevelt's epigram— ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick’, has been quoted all over the world”, said an expert fencing master, who has taught sword practice in a dozen of the world's vitals, “And it is good advice literally as well as figu- ratively. Do not provoke quarrels; avoid them if you can. But be pre- pared for a tight corner. Many night policemen and detectives carry stout canes in preference to revolvers. The stick is always ready in all wea- thers. The revolver must be car- ried in the pocket, and only an expert can flash it on the instant. When you are in a situation where your stick is needed do not figure on using it as a club. An agile man can dodge the sweep of a stick, and knife you before you recover your guard. Carry the stick with the tip somewhat in ad- vance, grasping it firmly six inches or more below the knob or handle. If you are confronted by an adver- sary give him a sudden, hard thrust with the small end. The stomach is a most vulnerable point, and if you catch him fairly the chances are ten to one that he will double up like a jack-knife.* Before he har gtton | a can withdraw the stick and h itm one on the head or the back of the it will put him out of business some timeto coma Veta In Perfect Adaptability Kentucky Wagon NO OTHER WAGONS APPROACH The Strong Old Hickory MANUFACTURED BY LOUISVILLE, KY. LARGEST PRODUCERS OF FARM WAGONS IN THE WORLD Under all Conditions to Manufacturing Co. OO! AMERICAN CROWN SOAP igg green soap, consistency of paste, a perfect cleanser for automobile machinery and all vehicles; will not injure the most highly polished surface. Made from pure vegetable oils. If your dealer does not carry American | Crown Soap in stock, send us his name and address and we willsee that your wants are supplied, Put up in 12}4 2% and 50 Ib pails, James S. 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