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With the greatest pleasure we
give'below an article which appeared
in the South IlhfSXrated and whiefe to®
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doubt will prove of interest to the
ladies:
‘tProminentifflor'ong those who cast
their fortunes wish the prog r ess awdl
development of Atlanta; and wfh©
have gained faaae and fortune wish
are Dr. W. A. and Me*s.
Rosa F. Mormfcfe, M. D.
Br. W. A. Mcnnish was born in
southern Germany, and comes froKc a
family of eminent surgeons and phy
sicians. His gaaridfather was a awsted
surgeon and physician: an uncle was
court physician no the Grand Ofike
of Mecklenburg. His father a pram
inent government official.
Dr. Monnish .graduated at Atlanta
Mediaal College after which he aat
teiuled the Royal Saxon Hospital
for women at Dtesden, Germany, af
terwards taking another full c®a?se
at’the New York postgraduate Gol
lege and Hospital. After returning
ifroiEi Germany he associated haraa&Sh
with? the Private “Sanitarium for Worn
en, established fey Mrs. R. F. Mai>
nist, M. D. Has success has boen
■consistent with t s*2 growth of Atlanta,
niiEabering.amoag his patients some
■of its best citizens.
Mrs. Rosa F. Monnish enjoys the
distinction of beirg the first fernafe
physician ever graduated and pra&-
’ticing in the south. She graduated
’in ibGSi, afterwards attending a spec
ial course in Berlin, Germany, the®
taking,a post-grad icate course in New
York. She enjoys the reputation <af
being; the most skillful female phy
sician in the treatment of the diseas
es of women, in tike south. She es
tablkhed the first private sanitarium
for women in Atlanta, in 1884. Her
patronage is the best and
most *reftned womemin the south.
This-sanitarium is-situated in one
of tiie .most popular *ad healthy sec*
tions of Atlanta, is as- elegant three
story etone structure (as shown by
cut) fcttediup with all modern conven
ience* end is the only institute in the
south where ladies exclusively are
treated and under the charge of a
competent, graduated
Germam (Female Physician. This
has overcome a great as
the moot modest young lladies will
not feel the feast hesitancy rto consult
with and be treated by one of their
Mwn sex, which meets witk the ap
proval of suli refined and modest wom
en who naturally object to .come in
contact' with all classes and sexes
■commonly met with in so-called
private infirmaries.
Patients remaining in the sanita
rium receive separate rooms aadl have
the strictest pritiacy combined with
pleasant refined surrounding* and)
all the comforts of a quiet home. A
branch office for the treatment ot
diseases of womett, diseases of the
skin and nervous system, in charge ot
Dr. W. A. Monnish, is located in tfce
Chamberlin— Johnson Building cor
ner Whitehall and Hunter Sts.
Ladies requiring the services oe
the above physicians can address or
consult them at No. 3 Church St.
from 9am, to 6 pm, all their cor
respondence and consultation is
treated strictly confidental.
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Test For Farm Hands.
An old Illinois farmer whose ex
tensive domain lies not far from Chi
cago employs, a novel method in
selecting men to help him work his
farm, says the Chicago Daily News.
He sends each applicant out in the
field on a 'blazing hot day with the
■order to find a four-leaf clover. The
majority'hunt about in a careless vray
for five or ten minutes and then >walk
back to the barn and say they "toould
ut find ;eny.”
Then'the shrewd old intimate of
Mother Nature remarks, drj%, “I
guess ysu needn't hang around here
any longer. I don" want anjfoody to
■work tfor me who hasn’t patience
■enough to hunt up a four leaifclover.”
Bicyclists, base ball and foot ball
■teams will find Dr. Tichenors Anti
-septic the very thing they ‘'need ’ir.
their’business” when the raoe is end
ed and the game is finished. For
Sore muscles, Bruises, Sprains, etc,
it is'.©. K., and ‘"don’t you forget it.”
Clear, and pleasant as perifume and
•costs’Only 50c.
When You Write Letters.
gentlemanly. Receded 'bad
manners are likely to rise iqp -some
•tiay<to rebuke you.
Think seriously. Hastily written
■words are dangerous, eve® it© the
writer himselt.
Remember letter files. ‘‘(Burn ’this
letter” is an injunction often <iisre
garded; and letter files are positively
•conscienceless tale bearers.
Do not forget that your handwriting
’is a '"eery trustworthy witness against
you. If, therefore, you are angr£,
bettei inot write at all; tor ane day 1
you vwSl wish you had beers binder,
and The exclamation will be a sad
•one, ‘'What I have written S ihave
written.”
Do mot proclaim ysur cowardice,
for tooinaany men write in letters in-!
•suits they would be afraid to 'Utter in
•face to rfia.ee interviews. Insists are
cowardly, .but when designedly -given
in 'letters-or newspaper articles, they
ame pitiably craven.— Ex.
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Good lodks are really more lihan
•skim .deep, .depending entirely on a
heaiitifa.y .condition of all the vitaS or
gan*. Jif the liver be inactive, you
have a bilious,look; if your stomach
be disordered, you have a dysjieptic
look; if your kidneys be affected, you
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Purifies tbe iblot’d, cures pimples,
blotches amd boils, and gives a good
complexion. Every -bottle guaranteed
Sold at W. A. Wright’s Drug Store.
50c per bottle.
No man ever -turns a deaf ear to
advice that coincides with his views-
Some girl* can sweep into a room
with style and grandeur, .but when it
comes to sweeping .out a 000m —well,
that’s another story.
Beauty Is Blood Deep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, b>
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
Mid that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, —beauty for ten cents. All drug
gets, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c. .We.
The first in true knowledge is to
know that we do not know.
Adversity is the grindstone on which
we lose enough to put an edge of
usefulness on our lives.
It isn't so much whether a man is
guilty as how much he can aftord to
pay his lawyers.
Better have a good medicine and
j not need it than to need it and not
have it. See? Then just before you
get hurt, buy a bottle of Dr. Tiche
nor's Antiseptic. It is a record break
er for Wounds, Burns, Bruises, Scalds,
etc, lor man and bcust, SOC5 OC- a bottle
at all drug stores.
FARMERS URGED TO
GROW MORE WHEAT
COMMISSIONKK M'KVKX* KKCOM-
MtCNDj FLAM ING LARGELY
OK llll> GRAIN.
AS TD SOIL AND PREPARATION
Tlmik Has <:’<• Kor Grarglu Soil Til
lers lo Maks a Radical Slitff In
riirir Operations If They Would
I’rospee,
Welldirocted diligence and industry
lire generally crowned with a suitable
return. To carve owe a perfect form, to
frame a pure thought, to paint a beau
tiful picture is worthy of the highest
ambition. To do something, to camse
two blades of grass to grow where >one
grew before, to act well cur part, to
know that we are not drones in the'busy
hive is an indescribable satisfaction.
The'fboy who lands a single fish t'trap6
his first catch-of birds, after a Icing and
wewry day of anxious toil, experiences a
keener delight iu the possession than he
could possibly feel had the same work
been accomplished by other hands. The
some is true'of the man who turns the
Hallow lands and cultivates the respon
sive soil that he may enjqff'hu daily
‘Bread. Believing, there fora, 1 that wheat
■culture in.its broad sense would be an
industry of vital interest tc our farmers
•at this time, we shall devoso most of the
space of our August talk to wheat. The
exact origin of wheat may not be known,
still we tinay reasonably conclude that
wheat was among the fruits of the first
garden. When Hiram, king of Tyre,
was building the temple Solomon sent
him wheat; hence we conrclude that this
most esculent grain wws'very early iu
our history regarded asvitiost excellent
food.
The first public le’.tenlssued from the
Department of Agriculture, after the
present Commissioner .'had been in
stalled. was an appeal Ur the farmers of
Georgia to sow largely •of wheat and
oats. However, it is but.) justice to state
that the Macon Telegraph nearly a year
ago* took up the wheat and grain ques
tion, and offered prixes for the best es
says on wheat- growing. These papers
•were read at a convention held at Ma
con, and called by that griper last Octo
ber. The attendance "was small, but
• the pa tiers were good. Unusual as it
may seem, this daily paper kept up the
agitation in favor of'wheat growing,
making it u feature of almost every is
sue, and a great many farmers were in
duced to plant who haiiirnot planted be
fore. A special point made, and in
sisted on, hud great vnoight, and that
was that the negro farmer, who
had a wife or daughter in a white
•.man’s kitchen, oouid make cotton
at 3 cents per pound; while the white
farmer could not make it, lor less than
18 cents. Therefore, there was a disas
trous competition between the white
■aud black cotton planter, and the for
mer was going to the wall on -low
iprices, while the latter was improving
ihis condition, and continuing to swell
■the receipts at all the port&aud all the
markets. The white man must make
;a shift in his farming operations. Iu
■order to make this point come home at
iouoe, aud to give a zest to the start, the
Maoon Telegraph offered gold prizes for
the best yield in wheat, and these
prixes were awarded at a second wheat
■growers’ convention, which was held in
Macon on July 12 of this year. The
lauteff.convention was largely .attended
and the report from the wheat fields
■was most gratifying. The honors went
to Sfciaulding and Washington .counties
in Che.distribution of the prizes. One of
the most encouraging signs of the times
is the great interest in wheat and grain
growing "Which has developed in the
state within the last few months. It
may be -said, therefore, that thiia work
has bees fairly started; but much is yet
to be done, and this department will
continue to contribute all it can to this
splendid movement.
A PERFECT VARIETY OF WHEAT.
Since the growing wheat plant and
ripening grain have ao many enemies to
encounter and climatic conditions af
fecting the yield of wheat, it is all im
portant to select a variety that can beat
withstand the many drawbacks inci
dent to thia grain. Hence, I will men
tion some of the characteristics incident
to a good variety of wheat. Get as
early a variety as possible, as a few
days, (some years.) means much with
this crop. Some wheat will fall before
it ripens, while the stems of another
kind will maintain an erect position
until the grain is perfectly ripe. Select
a variety with a strong and stiff stem;
select the wheat also that will best
withstand the extreme cold weather.
Other things being equal, get the wheat
that haa a thin skin or bran. With
these few suggestions, select yonr seed
wheat and have it ready to plant in Oc
tober.
SOIL AND PREPARATION FOE WHEAT.
A farmer may sow the beet wheat,
and the best varieties, and Ml in hia
wheat crop, if he has failed in thorough
preparation and continued good man
agement of his soil from year to year.
One of the chief objects is to keep the
vegetable matter and minesai portions
lis near eras much on the surface as
possible, so that the roots of the plants
may sinks ant horsuntehy it stead of
striking oat in a more vsrrioai direction.
When they spread out horizontally,
they form a kind of mat in the soil a
few inches deep, which rises aud set
tles down bodily when the ground
freezes and thaws. Hence the soil may
freeze a number of times during the
winter and still your grain may not be
killed, as the roots are matted together
horizontally and the plants are not
thrown out of the soil. Ou the other
baud, if the vegetable matter aud fer
tilizers be mixed with a good depth of
soil, tbe roots strike deep, looking for
the fertile elements of the soil, and
they will be raised and broken by the
freezes. Now, if we cau break or turn
■over a few hushes of the top soil, and
| then pulverize the soil below this stra
tum, keeping the vegetable matter aud
fertilizers near the surface, we will see
•a remarkable yield in the wheat cr,.p.
We can rennewber before the war most
•of our wheat was raised on newly
cleajed laud. We could not plow it
deep, but simply harrow orscratch over
the rough new grouud aud put our
grain in. Then we had but- littie com
plaint of winter killed wheat. Then
nature did for us what we must do now.
We must, as far as possible, restore the
conditions of nature. Then we had for
the seed bed of our wheat the rich ashes
■of the burnt logs aud brush harrowed
-into the thin stratnm of leaf mould.
The wheat might have beau better in
•tlfeose days had the hard subsoil under
lying the leaf mould been broken up
a subsoil plow, without having
been turned above the rich mould.
”hen to repeat, keep the soil that is
est, or a thin mellow stratum of rich
soil, at or near the surface. Subsoil as
the conditions may demand.
SOIL FOR WHEAT.
The question is often *skod, why a
certain plot of ground, that yields a
good crop of aliuqst everything else,
will not produce wheat. And why?
Simply because the'rootsof the plants
cannot tiud iu that soil the proper ele
ments of plant food to produce the
wheat graius. In one Roil the little
roots find all they need for -the perfect
developmentof the kernels of the wheat,
while in another soil the roots send ont
their numerous little months in search
of the nourishment they so much need
but never find. It is not in the soil,
and it must be supplied or yon will reap
in vain. The soil adapted to wheat is a
Boil in which the pratLomiaatuig charac
teristics are loam and clay, and this is
much improved by a large proportion of
lime, furnished either by nature or man.
Yonr soil must be dry, underdraiaed if
necessary, as it is impossible to make a
large crop of wheat if there is au excess
of water iu the land. Another feature
in a good wheat soil is, that it must
have an abundant snpgly of nitrogenous
matter with sufficient phosphoric acid,
potash aud lime. If the soil is lacking
in these elements, use plenty of barn
yard manure. Do not be afraid to use
plenty of it, and concentrate it: It is
better to put ten tons on -one acre than
to spread it on two; yon will make more
wheat per acre aud save more labor.
Also apply plenty of wood ashes; this is
very important, as these ashes contain
phosphoric acid, potash, lime and solu
ble silica, all essential elements in the
constitution of the wheat plant. Dr.
Lee of New York says, “I regard it as a
fact of great practical importance, that
wood ashes, even leacued ashes, found
on nearly every farm, contain all the
earthy elements of this invaluable bread
bearing plant. ” The organic elements
of the wheat form about 1)6 per cent of
its snbstance. Mr. Todd tells ns, that
water and its constituents, oxygen and
hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen, are the
four elementary ingredients of all culti
vated plants, besides their minerals.
These are indispensable, and fortunately
nature has provided an amonut of car
bon and nitrogen in the air, if not in
the soil, more than equal to the wants
of vegetation. Mnch of onr lands have
been run down by unwise cnltivation
and are well nigh exhansted. These
lands need nitrogen and available phos
phoric acid and potash and particularly
.lime. To restore these elements to onr
wasted lands, sow cow peas after grain,
And tarn them nnuer in the fall, first
.‘having broadcasted barnyard manure,
.ashes and lime; continue this plan for a
, few years, and yonr lands will grow
xiicher and richer, and yonr harvest will
be larger and larger, and the farmer
more independent as he grows older. It
is a well established fact, that without
nitrogon in some form it is impossible
to grow one kernel of good wheat. It
has been said by high authority, that a
quart of urine from a horse that has
been fed on grain contains nitrogen
enough to supply a bnshel of wheat.
Do we appreciate the money valne Of
this animal product? Fill yonr barns,
stables and lots with some good absorb
ant— such as straw, cornstalks, leaves
of the forest, pulverized charcoal, swamp
mack, and at the proper time compost
them, all the product of the farm, and
yon have a most saleable fertilizer for
yonr wheat.
PROPER DEPTH TO COVER WHEAT.
Mr. Tood of New York has experi
mented with wheat as follows: Four
teen grains of wheat planted 1 inch deep
in row No. 1. in row No. 2 14 grains
were planted 2 inches deep, the same
number of grains were planted 8 inobes
deep in the third row, in the fourth row
14 grains were covered 4 inches deep,
and so on ntil eight rows were planted,
increasing the depth 1 inch in tech row,
nntil the eighth row was planted.
Sight days after, it was foand that in
row No. 1, 12 of the 14 grains bsd come
up. In row No. 2 there were seven. In
No. 3 there were eight. In No. 4 there
were five. Iu No. 5 there were three.
In No. 6 there were only two. Those
grains planted 7 and 8 inches deep re
spectively did not come up at all, aud
upon examination it* was fouud that
only four sickly sprouts were attempt
! ing to reach the surface. What became
of the other grains seem to have been a
mystery. From this experiment, we
conclude that seed wheat must not be
planted too deep; suggesting the fallacy
of “plowing in,” as much of the seed
will be buried so deep that the
stems can never reach the surface of the
ground. We. therefore, suggest that it
is better to harrow your wheat aud fer
tilizers iu from 1 to 8 inches deep, ac
cording to the character of the soil, re
' membering that a thinner covering is
required iu close, heavy land than in
one light or sandy. A still better plan,
when practicable, is to use the wheat
drill after the land has been thoroughly
plowed, fertilized, harrowed, raked,
pulverized and thon rolled. This will
leave your land in excellent condition
for the propagation and growth of the
wheat plant, as well as a smooth sur
face, so important for the future harvest.
FORMULAS FOR WHEAT.
The following ideas are made up with
the idea that the dominant element of
wheat is nitrogen, with phosphoric acid
aud potash holding a secondary place,
and also with the idea of furnishing
practically those quantities of the three
elements which a crop of 30 bnshels of
wheat per acre would remove from the
•oil. The formulas are given of differ
ent materials to suit the convenience of
different people living iu different local
ities; but all are so calculated as to con
tain practically the same amounts of
phosphoric acid, potash and nitrogen.
The quantities given iu each formula
•re the amounts to be applied per acre.
Where the wheat is planted iu the fall,
and nitrate of soda is given in the form
ula, the nitrate should not be mixed
with the other ingredients, but reserved
and applied us a top dressing in the
spring, when its effect will be immedi
ate aud very marked, imparting a rich
green color and increasing the yield. In
those formulas where nitrate of soda is
not an ingredient-, the result will be
much better if you cau afford to apply
76 to 100 pounds of nitrate of sodaiu the
spring as a top dressing, in addition to
the other formula applied iu tho fall:
Muriate of Potash 80 pounds
Acid Phosphate 107 “
Nitrute of Sodu 125 “
Muriate of Potash 20 pounds
Acid Phosphate., 140 “
Cottonseed Meal 230 “
Cotton Hull Ashes (20 per
cent K 20) 45 pounds
Acid Phosphate 180 “
Cottonseed Meal 286 “
Unleached Wood Ashes.. 164 pounds
Acid Phosphate 180 "*
CoUousced.Me.il 286 •*
Kainit 61 pounds
Acid Phosphate 137 “
Cottonseed Meal 143 “
Cottonseed.. 13 \ bushels
Acid Phosphate.. 133 pounds
Nitrate of Soda 13
Stable Manure 2 tons
Muriate of Potash 80 pounds
Acid Phosphate 167 “
Dried Blood 167 “
Muriate of Potash 15 pounds
Acid Phosphate (with 2
[>er cent Potash) 120 “
Cottonseed Meal 286 “
Kainit 68 pounds
Acid Phosphate 160 “
Nitrate of Soda 70 ••
Stable Manure 1 ton
Muriate 0/ Potash 20 pounds
Acid Phosphate 150 ••
Nitrute of Soda 04 “
Cottonseed 13 % bushels
Kainit 45 pounds
Acid Phosphate 132 *•
Cottonseed 26% bushels
Commercial fertilizer to analyze as fol
lows:
Available Phosphoric
Acid 4% to 5 p. ct.
Ammonia 4.86 per cent.
Potaah 8 per cent.
(Apply 600 pounds per acre of this last.)
Each of the above formulas will be ex
cellent for cotton, if the amount of aoid
phosphate in each is doubled.
WHEN TO ROW WHEAT.
Winter wheat may be sown too early
in the fall or too late, so we mnst select
the time between these periods to pat in
the seed. As we have stated before,
this plant encounters many enemies
which flourish only at oertain periods—
say in the fall soon after the wheat
conies up—then other enemies come on
in the spring before harvest. Drouth,
wet weather, freezing and thawing, all
have to be considered by the man who
would grow wheat successfully.
Now, then, looking to the dreary
winter, we find the strongest wheat
plants, those that are most firmly rooted
with a system of lnxnriant leaves suffi
cient to cover the surface of the ground,
will endure the rigors of our oold bliz
zard in winter, so common of late years,
with less injury. But on the other
hand, if we plant too early, so that the
plants attain a large size in a few weeks,
hordes of insects, in the form of the
wheet fly, will almost destroy the
planta This fly flourishes between the
early and late sowing. So we are
forced to choose the late seed
time; and in order to be prepared
to resist the adverse infloenoes of win
ter, we mast plow and harrow and pel-
Verize uud manure the soil and to en
rich the seed bed, that the young plant
will spring up from the seed deposited
iu the soil, after (he dreaded foes have
run their course, aud still have suffi
cient time to become well rooted before
tbe cold winter sets in.
To be more definite, let the seed be
put in as late iu the season as it can be,
and still have sufficient time to throw
ont a system of roots and leaves large
enough to cover the entire surface of
ground before the cold blizzards come
upon it. Our best wheat growers in
Georgia plant from Oct. 1 to Nov. 1.
Every intelligent farmer will study his
environments, his soil aud climatic con
ditions, and then use his best judgment.
In tho preparation of this article I
am much indented to The Ypnng Farm
ers’ Manual aud the American Wheat
Culturis;. O. B Stevens,
Commissioner.
BORERS ON PEACH TREES.
Rest. Tim- and Method Kor Getting
Rid of This Pest. •
Question— -When ia the best time to
take borers from peach trees? Can you
suggest a wash that will prevent them?
Answer —The borer is a well known
enemy to the peach tree, and it has
long since been given up that the best
remedy is to get down on your knees
and dig it out with a knife or wire.
This work should be done in the fall of
the year as soon as the tree is ripened
up for the winter, and repeated in the
spring by the time vegetation sets in.
Sufficient earth should be removed from
the base of the tree to allow one to get
well down aud reach all of the borers.
An ordinary heavy pocketkuife is a
good instrument for this work. The
base o' the tree down to the roots
should be well scooped with a trowel,
that every tunnel of tho borers may be
discovered. These tuunels should be
followed until the larvae are fouud and
killed.
The spring going-over is to get the
borers that may have escaped the fall
treatment. Ou warm days during
spring aud winter, these worms are ao
tive, and as a result, gum is exuded
from the tree, which serves to detect
their presence. After the work has
been finished in the spring, it is a good
practice to hank the earth up around
the trunk of the tree to the height of
about 10 or 12 inches, to be left until
fall.
Very few if any washes applied to
the tree have given very satisfactory
results. Various solutions and mixtures
have been tried, in spite of all of which
the borers find their way into the trees
to a considerable extent. Conclusive
results have been obtained, however,
showing that some preparations will
prevent a large per cent of these insects,
from gaining entrance to the trees.
Below is given the formula for about
the best preparation for this purpose.
P. J. Bercktnaus’ company of Augusta
have used it with gratifying results.
WASH TO PREVENT BORERS. r, \
Potash (caustic) 2 pounds
Crude carbolic acid..." 1 gallon
Whale oil soap (dissolved
in hot water) 8 pounds
Lime '/ bushel
Water added to make 50 gallons of
mixture.
To give the mixture tho proper con
sistency, and to color it, two pounds of
finely ground tobacco dust should be
addetl aud well stirred In. The tobaooo,
however, is not absolutely necessary.
Remove a little of the earth from the
base of the tree and apply the mixture
to the trunk from the limbs down well
around the collar with a paint brush or
cloth mop. The first application should
be made April 1, and if it does not stick
well, a second application should be
made the middle of June. This mix
ture is not only protection against
borers bnt is a remedy for scale insects.
—State Entomologist.
COTTON HURT BY DROUTH.
Necessary to Ha Careful In Gathering
the Crop.
On aocount of the severe drouth the
greater portion of this state has been
subjected to during the pest five or six
weeks, the cotton orop hes been very
badly damaged. The bolls have been
forced open prematurely, aud the lint
and seed in the bottom bolls have not
been perfected. It is neoessary, there
j fore, that the farmers of the state be
very oareful in gathering their crop,
not only on account of preserving the
whiteness of their cotton, in oase there
( should be rain, bat also this bottom crop
should be picked as fast as possible,, so
i as to procure these prematurely devel
! oped seed in the first picking and nee
: them for feed or manorial purposes.
It is nocessary to preserve the best
seed of the crop for planting purposes
for another season, and, therefore, the
seed from the second picking should be
saved for planting eked. Gnat oare
should be taken to separate the seed
that are to be used for manures or
feeding purposes from the seed yon in
tend to use for planting purposes, as
the crop for another season depends
upon the care taken in selecting the
seed which you iutend to plant.
The seed from the seoond picking
will be more mature and have better
germinating power than the seed from
the first picking. A great many farm
ers complain of bad stands in the early
spring, and this is greatly oaneed by
the look of oare in seine ting the plant
ing seed —State Agricultural Depart
ment.