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1 — How a. Seed Starts to Grow By a V. GREGORY. r Agricultural Di%>lsicn. Iatssa Stat* Callage Carry right. IOC*, by America. Feme UwsilHee '

A SEED is a simple thing to look at It might as. well be e k pebble or a grain of eand for all there seems to be to It Only a bean, you my. yet there's a greet deal more to that bean than yon ever dreamed of. Take a beau -just an ordinary white bean cut of the pantry— and look at It The smooth white outer covering la the seed coat It is almost water tight and is a protection for the parts that Ile-wltbin. On one side you will notice a very conspicuous spot This is the seed scar and is the place where the little stem that fastened the bean to the pod was attached. Near one end of the seed scar, or hilum, as the botanlsta call jt is a small round bole, the mlcrcpyle. If yo'u pnt a bean In water It will soon begin to swell because of ibe water which it absorbs through the micropyle. Now. take a bean that has been soaked for a few 1 — jg

' coat will come off easily. The part of the bean that is inside is found to be splif In two lengthwise. These two halves are called cotyledons, which Is onJy another name for seed leaves. Spread the cotyledons apart carefully. If you look closely you can see a little plant tacked snugly away between them. Just to one side of the middle is a small stein, the caullcle. Fasten ed to it is the it rtc. 1— a little

plumule, . a tiny bean plant. bunch of leaves su small that you may have difficulty in making them ■ out. Farther on. at the end of the beap, Is the stubby root, or radicle. . These different pans are found In every iced. no matter how small. j Now that you have seen what Is In ( the bean, examine a pumpkin seed in the, game way. It is much the same ] Inside as the bean, only flatter. The ■ hilum ia at the pointed end, and the I plumule is so small that you may not , ^ be able to see It at all. In these two seeds there are only two main parts, r the seed coat and the little plant. By ' °i far the greater part of the room Inside the seed coat is taken up by the fleshy seed leaves. r Now let us look at s different kind ' of a seed. Take a kernel of corn that has been soaked for several hoars and , j cut it in two lengthwise the narrow ( 1 way. The hack of the grain Is made I up In part of a hard, flinty substance j J and In part of a white, meal^luyer. A I ( large part of the front of the kernel is , I taken up by the soft, oily germ. , ! Look at the cut section of the germ | 1 carefrtlly. The little plant can be t j made out very plainly. The little , ; pointed stem which points upward and , | outward is the cotyledon. There In only one cotyledon in corn Instead of two, as in the other seeds you hare 1 examined. If you will take a cotyledon _ of a corn plant that has been left in a warm place until It has commenced to : grow and cut it in two lengthwise you vflll see that the inside Is packed with layers of tiny leaves ready to unfold as soon as their turn comes. This is the plumule. The other parts of the little corn plant you will be able to make out with Uttle trouble, j Yon have donbtless been wondering what the rest of the kernel,, the part back of tne germ. Is for. While it Is not a part of the plant itself. It Is of very great use to It, as we shall see. The little plant when It begins to grew must have food. At first It has tfo roots to get this food from the sol!, so it must get Its nourishment from some other source. This source Is the part of the kernel outside of the germ Itself, or the endosperm. In the pumpkin seed and the bean the endosperm and the cotyledons are the same— that is, the food material Is stored In the large, fishy seed leaves. This food material consists largely of starch and oil. Neither of these can used by the developing plant without first being changed to a liquid form. This Is one of the reasons why .seeds will not germinate without wa-

; ter. The other reason is that the water is needed to soften the seed coat so the plant can get out But this a.arcb and oil will not dissolve in water Without first being changed to a' soluble form. This Is accomplished by means of ferments called enzymes. If yon will pnt a piece of starch on your tongue' for a moment you will find that ; It will begin .to taste sweet. This is j ' because the ferments in the saliva are j • changing It to sngnr. The enzymes in i . tbe endosperm work in much the same way, changing the starch and oil to , sugar and other soluble substances. are dissolved by the water and j to feed the growing plant. These <guymes cannot work without -J air and warmth. Yon already know' that a seed wtl! not germinate In cold ground, and, If you will put aomf ' in e glass of water and learer .s- y ... "

tnem Tor several days you will find that they will not germinate, no matter how, warm they are kept, because they cannot get air. The reason is that without both air and wtnntfa the enzymes cannot prepare the food for the plant and If It cannot get food of course It iraunot grow. After the plant haa started to grow tbe seed coat is no longer of any use to It. In some plants, such do corn, ■ the little plant finds its way out very 1 easily. The little pumpkin plant with 1 Its .heavy coat has a harder time. In1 deed, were It not for a little contrivance with which nature baa provided It It could not get out at all. This is a tiny book on the lower end of the seed. This hook catches on the end of tbe seed coat and peels It back aa neatly a a you take off your coat Watch for this In a germinating pumpkin or squash seed and aee If you cannot notice it In some seeds, like hickory nuts, the plant Is unable to get out until the aeed coat is cracked by the frost or to some other way. We have seen that a seed cannot start to grow unless It has moisture, warmth and air. It not only needs these, hut It needs them In the proper proportions. In a light, sandy soil moisture Is often lacking, and the seed is slow In germinating for this reason. In such a soil growth will start more quickly If the soli is packed tightly around the seed. Tbe seed will soak up moisture more rapidly it the particles of soil are In close contact with It on all sides. Packing down the soil In the row with the fiat slfle of a hoe or with a board or with tbe broad, flat planter wheels in tbe field helps tbe seed to absorb moisture and so hastens germination. In a heavy, sticky clay soil there Is j usually plenty of moisture, but air is often lasting. If such a soli Is packed down toe tightly over the seed the particles are forced so closely together that very, little air can get through, and hence germination Is delayed. In a soil of this kind seeds should never planted very deeply. Tbe most important factor of all Is warmth. A cold soil may have moisture and air In exactly the right amounts, and still the seed will not start to develop. Even If It does begin to grow progress will be slow, and the plant will have a weak, unhealthy look. .It Is 'of the utmost importance to -wait until the seed bed is warm planting tbe seed. Many seeds which wonld rot or produce only spindling stalks If planted In a cold soil will grow Into strong plants If planting Is delayed nntll tbe soil has become warm. Any seed will make a stronger, better producing plant if it bas a warm seed bed to start from. The rapidity with which soil will warm up in tbe spring depends a great deal upon tbe nature of tbe soil Itself. A sandy soil warms up quickly be- 1 cause the air can get down Into it 1 ! easily, thns warming It all the way I through at once. Another reason for tbe higher temperature of sandy soil I Its greater dryness. As lone as water Is evaporating rapidly tbe ground will be cold. Tbe process of evaporation requires a great deal of beat. ' E- , b ;i

FIG. n— HOW A SQUASH PLANT TAKES OFF | 1 ITS SEED OOAT.

We can help tbe Boll to become warm In tbe spring, tben, by doing all that we can to check evaporation. Did I you ever notice bow quickly the sur- ! face of a wet field became dry after it ! had been harrowed? This is because ' stirring and loosening tbe soil stops I the water from coming up from be- | 1 low. Tbe water In the loose upper ' I layer soon evaporates, sod aftgr that _ the beat Is used In warming tbe soil Instead of turning tbe water into vapor. Of course If we are not going to allow the surplus water to be given off by evaporation we must provide tile < drains and ditches to carry It away. | We shall study more about drainage asd the movement of water through I the soil to another article.

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