How Crops Grow a Treatise of the Chemical Composition Structure And Life of T
How Crops Grow a Treatise of the Chemical Composition Structure And Life of T
Samuel W Samuel William Johnson
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, 1862-3, p. 77, ) experimented with seeds of wheat, rye, and a species of Bromus, which 306 HOW CROPS GROW. were 185 years old. Nearly every means reputed to favor germination was employed, but without success. After proper exposure to moisture, the place of the germ was usually found to be occupied by a slimy, putrefying liquid. The fact appears to be that the circumstances under which the seed is kept greatly influence the duration of its vitality. If seeds, when first gathered, be thoroughl...y dried, and then sealed up in tight vessels, or otherwise kept out of contact of the air, there is no reason why their vitality should not endure for ages. Oxygen and moisture, not to mention insects, are the agencies that usually put a speedy limit to the duration of the germina- tive power of seeds. In agriculture it is a general rule that the newer the seed the better the results of its use. Experiments have proved that the older the seed the more numerous the failures to germinate, and the weaker the plants it pro- duces.
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