. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 189. Seed storage room. Quality in seeds. The merits of good agricultural seeds lie in the following characteristics: They are " strong," or able to produce vigorous normal plants; They are free of disease ; They are of the proper variety or strain ; The sample carries no impurities or adulterations. Whether seeds are strong depends in part on the vigor or strength of the plants that produced them, in part on their age, in part on the way in which they were grown, and in part on the way in which they have been handled and ke
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 189. Seed storage room. Quality in seeds. The merits of good agricultural seeds lie in the following characteristics: They are " strong," or able to produce vigorous normal plants; They are free of disease ; They are of the proper variety or strain ; The sample carries no impurities or adulterations. Whether seeds are strong depends in part on the vigor or strength of the plants that produced them, in part on their age, in part on the way in which they were grown, and in part on the way in which they have been handled and kept. Tables of longevity,—that is, of the number of years that seeds retain their germinating power,—are of some value in determining whether seeds of a given age are likely to be good. Such a table, compiled from various sources, for some of the field crops is given below. Such tables present only averages, however, and are likely to be of more use as information than as advice. Many conditions influence the longevity of a seed. When well ripened and kept in a dry cool aerated storehouse, the viability may be retained longer for some seeds than the figures indicate. The. y» Fig. 190. Poor and good cabinets. In the chest on the left, rats .-ind luiee pas'^ i*eadily from one drawer to the other. In the one on the right, this is impossible be- cause of solid partition between drawers. (Cornell Keading-Course Bulletin,) (131). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954, ed. New York, The Macmillan company
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