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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1905)
mam? urowing oeeas lor Mantel Good Seeds Are half the Battle One of the most thriving bnslnosso In the United States today and which aoetnlngly carries on Its worn rcjraru loss of the fluctuations or stocks on the prrnt exchanges. Is the growing and soiling- of needs, 1-rotu ainall Ih Klnnlngs iu the colonial period this business has grown po that now its value In measured by the tens of mil lions. The first boginnmg of the seed business commenced In small shops where a few boxes of seed shared a corner with codfish or a shelf with calicoes or books. To-day It has come to claim for Itself immetie ware houses and business establishments, baring Interests which extend to evry portion of the globe. The Pilgrims prolmhly were the first introducers or seeds into this country, for they broueht with them seeds of the plnuts cultivated by them In their GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL seodman's a ere tit. Is a text-book of hor ticulture. Millions of these :okflnd their way Into rural homes and become the imsis oy wmcn uu nuiaieur garu etier derlws a knowledge of varieties and oven methods of growing plants under varied conditions. SccjS Crowing a Blf Industry. The seed trade lias changed quite as much as has the catalogue, liret with its woodcut engravings, to excellent grown In this country for at least fifty years. The amount raised, even nt the present time. Is not sufficient to meet the trade and the greater part of the flower-aecd sold In Imported from Luropo, Importance of Seed Testing. Since the dnvs of tradition a etvnt deal of attention has been paid to seed testing for quality of gcrnilim lion. mmhjm nave tcen floated or lmv noeu neated until they popped; tin' have bvn broken and th fr.ir-tntv noted: they have been cut and Judgoi by the nppearatui of the Inside, tmous exH-rlment stations of th l niteti states have, for a long tltn rum iiiucii auenuon io practical seec testing. The ivpartmeut of Agrlcul Mire ior netiriy eigiu years nua oon- duetet a trial ground In Connection With Its ocd laboratory vhero Btudies . ft at. ' BEATTXG out hemp seed in kex. TlXKY. English and Iutch homes. These of course were of such plants as were considered necessaries of life corn barley and peas, while fruit trees were also set out. Early records show that In 17G3, Nathaniel Bird, a book-dealer of New port, H. 1., ndvartised ptrden seeds just arrived from London. The fol lowing year an announcement was made by Gideon Welles that he had some choice Connecticut onion seeds for sale. In New York city hemp and flax seeds were advertised for sale as early as 17t!o. iioston. however, be ing the commercial center In the early days, was the chief city for the sale of garden seeds. In 17"'. out f twenty-six advertisers in the Boston Ga zette, six were dealers in seeds. Dur- FIELD GROWN LILIES rOB BULBS. half-tones and color plates. The bar rel of peas lirst sold In Newport has grown to hundreds of bags, and the few thousand packets to millions. The modern seed house has every mediant cal contrivance to aid In making the business economical and systematic. i-roni tne cellar to the mailing room everything Is so nrrangod that orders may be nued witn accuracy and dis patch. Puritiff the late summer and early rail catalogues are prepared for mailing, .and seeds packed In readines for distribution. While one hundred letters a day was considered a large nusiness tuiny years ago, some nouses now receive over six thousand daily during the busy season. Of course to supply this enormous trade much attention must be paid to the growing of the seed. The present development of garden-seed growing began when David Landrcth estab lished a small seed farm at I'hlladel phia in 17S4. During the Civil War of varieties aro made. Samples are also planted of the vast quantities of seed sent out for Congressional dis tribution. The Department has In fact done much to purge the country of dishonest seed dealers, and n large force U constantly employed securing seeds frotu'dealers and testing them, s fvr V - ' water and a warm place In the kitchen. A stitch In time often snves nine, and a little trouble a mouth be fore! planting time may make the farmer or the gardener consldernhlti money and conduce greatly to his hap piness and good temper. Nothing Is certainly more aggravating than to plow, tine the ground well, plant, and then, as the golden moment of spring slip by, wait in vain Tor tin young plants to appear, or secure only a half stand. TUB WOOlt.VAX'S STRIDE, Harz'esting Sorghum Seed In Nebraska. A Few Pumpkins For Seed Ing the War for Independence the ad vertising of this comruodity appar ently ceased, although it is hardly be lieved that there was not a time but what one could purchase seeds In any of the large cities of that period. A Pioneer Seedsman, In 17S4, David Landreth commenced operations in Philadelphia; Bernard M'Mahon, in that same city iu 1S00, while in ISCi, Grant Thorburn began to sell seeds in New York. By IS-'iO the population had increased from about three million in 17'jO, to ten and a half millions. To meet lie growing demand for vegetables and flowers, these ten and a half millions required more than three and u half times as many seeds as were used in 1790. Dealers established themselves in the principal cities and crossed the mountains. Along with the reaching out for trade came the increasing size and prominence of ttie catalogue. The ear liest seed catalogues were mere lists not Intended for general distribution. Thorburn probably issued the first seed catalogue as earlv as 1S23. shortly after the civil war the cata logue 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 catalogue but gives considerable space to novelties. Seedsmen are on the alert for novel ties; they are the money makers. The modem catalogue, with its profusely illustrated pages while In a sense the this country largely depended upon foreign markets for seeds, but between 1SJ0 and 1S7U as many seed farms were established as had been, during the thirty years before the conflict Growers also became expert and the market gardener found he could get from the seedmen Just ns good seed as he could save himself and at less cost The business of seed-raising In creased rapidly after the war, farms U-ing established in various parts of the eastern United States. In 1S75 seed growing commenced in Calif or nia, when It. W. Wilson planted 50 acres to beets, onions, lettuce and car rots for 6eed purposes. Two Thousand Acre Seed Farm. From this beginning the business lias grown to enormous proportions. Now a single firm of growers devotes annu ally some 2,fXK) acres to seed crops. Onion and lettuce are staple seed crops, while carrot, celery, leek, en dive, kale, kohl-rabl, jarsnlps and parsley are all grown by California seei growers. While the census of 1800 showed that there were in the United States JjiXJ seed rarms, containing l(i9,.rS0 acres, the census of 1000, with incom plete returns, showed more than 2.SO0 seea rarms. The Census Ofllce made an effort to collect statistics of seed- growing farms, but owing to the re rusai of a number of the large firms handling seed to fa tibm the names of me farmers erowr.-j" seed for tlmm the information secured was very in- .WIllJil-lttJi Not a small part of seed-growing Is devoted to tiie raising of flower wed. Flower seeds have been regularly A CLOVLH SEEL STuIlE-UOUSE. lwth with regard to their germlnatlve quality and their triteness to name. There Is great opportunity for udulter atiou, and many fanners an; apt to consider they are saving money if they can get seeds at a reduced rife, U mi lug out when it is too late that they have la-en swindled with false varie ties or that perhaps 5 ler cent, of their seeds fail utterly of germination. Personal Seed Tests. The average farmer, however, would do well to carry on n little wed test ing establishment of his own each year, and this course Is advocated by the Department of Agriculture. In With Long Swinging Step II Covers Much ('.round and Pre serves a Perfect Balance. A woodman walks with a rolling motion, his hips swaying an lucu or more to the stepping side, and his pace is corrcsttondlugly long. Ills hip ac tion may be noticed to nu 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 lint footed. In the hitter en so the center or gravity Is covered by the whole foot. The m1so is ns secure as that of a roim walker. The toes are pointed straight forward. or even a trltle 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 manner, one Is nut so likely to trip over projecting roots, stones and other traps as ho would be if the feet formed hooks by iHlntlng outward. The ad vantage is obvious in snow-shoeing. If the Indian were turned to stone while in the act of stepping, the statue would rolahly stand balanced on one root. lis gait gives the I Hubs great control over uls movements, no is atways Hlscd. If a stick cracks under him It is because of his weight, and not by reason of the Impact, lie goes silently on. and wltu great economy or rorce. His steady balance enables IHui to put bis foot down as p'ntly as you would lay an egg ou the tublc. American Cheese I'nxJuetioa, Twcntv vears aro the cheese supply f Great Britain was largely furulxhed v the United States, but to-day Can- Ida has taken the lead and far out- striped us as an exporter of this com modity. In lvso the United Slutes nt 131.2iW.77tJ pound of cheese to riit Britain, while In 1!H only .l.M).li0 pounds were shipped to that country. Canada, on the other hand exHrtel over 31,ihHi,nio pounds twen ty-tlve year ago as against I'l.s'.'.'.:!-.'- pounds last year. This loss or trade, however, has not been Injurious, but on the other hand. Is caused through an excess of consumption at home over production, while re verso conditions prevail with our Canadian iickhNir. Canada was thus forced to seek the British markets for her plethora and to till up the place left vacant In that market by the withdrawal of the Unit ed States therefrom. While the United States, In IOiki, manufactured nearfy IJ.innI.OiiO pounds of cheese, the jw-r capita fac tory production was only .1.7 ounds, whereas, on the other hand. In I'.sil, Catmda produced VJI.inmi.inni hhiikIs, furnishing nearly 41. H jKiunds for each Inhabitant. It Is then-fore shown, by a report from Consul General Hollo way, of Halifax, that the Canadian export trade to which every one of our neighbors points with pride was not gained nt the expense of the Unit-. ed States, Tor they must export their cheese or get "snowed under." The United States can not ki-ep up in pn dtictlon with our increasing home consumption. 0OOO0OO0O00O0OOOO0OOOOO00O( NO OTHER WAGONS APPK0AC1I In Forfoct Adaptability Undor all Conditions to The Strong Old Hickory 8 QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Co. LOUISVILLE KY. tARGEST PRODUCERS OF FARM WAGONS IN THE WORLD oooooooooooooooooooooooo AMERICAN CKOWN SOAP U rn cti.tiriry nt p". jwrtecl clranarr for aulnmiitula mm lilnt-ry nj at' vliiilp; will nt In jurv llio nuwl highly puhtl.rd ktirfaco. Ma.lo (mm uro vrifrlablo oil. It yeur ilralrr tn- hot carry Auirrlt atl Crown Snap In ( , m ii.1 u lu mono an 1 xiitreu soil wo will ro that yrnir want am supplied, llit up in H and W II) kill. James S. Kirk & Company CUIC AGO, ILL. BOOKS BOOKS W have nMjhcl me khI oii mw. (ally Milled fr tarnicr. H..m tliat will holp every fariut-r to muke mcro out of hl tartu Write fur our lataloviio. WEIlll UUIILISIIINO St. l'uul MIuu. CO Mulberry Fences. There are hut few fences In Ja pan. The mulberry treo is planted In stead, the leaves of which furnish food for silk worms. Nearly 200,000 acres are thus utilized. 15 Jl pzfa ... .. ririivf.nl HOW TUX ELEPHANT GOT HIS TUBES. fact, the Department will nond any body a pamphlet deHcrlbing simple methods of teiitinjr needs. Firms with uny reitutatlon l)ehlnd them can not afford to work off poor uoedH, und if a lot of Keeil is tented and found to Ixj defective iu prmina tlve rpmlitles, the wtetlxmen will prol ably id and ready to supply a fjood arti cle in us place, u ne iauit.in iact, may not be the seed man's. Although tho wed dealers attempt to convey the idea that they raise their ewn seeds on their own farms, such a practice Is manifestly Impossible where vast mip- plies of seeds are furnished. They raise Home of tho Heeds, but large quantities are contracted for by them with other growers and farmers, and there Is always a chance of tho Bocds- men themselves bolnjr imposed unon. So that it Is well for the Individual prower to test each batch of farm or garden Heeds which ho expects to plant The test which ho can make will show him nothlnir reirardltnr vari eties; he nuiy be getting a common cabbage instead of some hlgh-prlccd novelty, that can only bo determined at tho end of the yeur: but tho gov ernment experiments along this line are effectually holding the more Irre sponsible seedsmen In line, and the farmer himself can check up with his seedsmen on the Question of cermt. nation,. . Seeds Germinate Quickly, Most needs will germlnnfp In from three to ten days. The apparatus re quired la very simple a pan, some cotton flannel or cotton batting, a little , A CALIFORNIA ONION PATCH. CARET A HO STICK. by Cane Preferred to Revolver Detectives. "President Roosevelt's epigram 'Speak softly and carry n 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 capitals. "And it is good advice literally as well as flgu ratlvely. Do not provoke quarrels; avoid them II you can. Hut bo 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 bei 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 ilguro 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 stjck with the tip somewhat in ad vance, grasping It firmly six inches or more below tho knob or handle. If you are confronted by an adver sary give him a sudden, hard thrust with the small end. The stomach la 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 recovers) you can withdraw the stick and hand him one on the head or the back of the neck that will out blm out of bimin pan for tome time to coma. . I Well Drilling Machines X fA T . . . .... vvcr io sizes aim styles lor ilrllling cither deep or shallow wi lls in any kind of soil or rx.k. Mounted on wheels or sills. With engines or horse iwc-rs. Strong, simple and durable. Any me chanic can opcruto them easily. SEND rOR CATALOCIE .WILLIAM BROS., Ithaca, N. Y A QiLrtor of es Corvtury o! unfailing scrvtco I rim in i n y.S Repeaters r-S the ortslnal tolld l"0 an4 iila eirfturi. tU ftl.ul i of cirUl lical nfi the rjjtn.:, at all ltmr. itirowa ll cmt'tirt aw.iy (torn him liifttcaii ot tiito hit 4 . 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