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Nuclear War Survival Skills, Cresson H. Kearny       ISBN 0-942487-01-X
Pages 92 and 93

SEEDS

     For thousands of years storing seeds has been an essential part of
the survival preparations made by millions of prudent people fearing
attack. Seeds are hopes for future food and the defeat of famine, that
lethal follower of disastrous wars.

     Among the most impressive sounds I ever heard were faint, distant
rattles of small stones, heard on a quiet, black, freezing night in
1944. An air raid was expected before dawn. I was standing on one of
the bare hills outside Kunming, China, trying to pinpoint the sources
of lights that Japanese agents had used just before previous air raids
to guide attacking bombers to blacked-out Kunming. Puzzled by sounds of
cautious digging starting at about 2:00AM, I asked my interpreter if he
knew what was going on. He told me that farmers walked most of the
night to make sure that no one was following them, and were burying
sealed jars of seeds in secret places, far enough from homes so that
probably no one would hear them digging. 

     My interpreter did not need to tell me that if the advancing
Japanese troops succeeded in taking Kunming they would ruthlessly strip
the surrounding countryside of all food they could find. Then those
prudent farmers would have seeds and hope in a starving land.

     If you doubt that enough of our current 'oversupply" of stored
whole grains, soybeans, milk powder, etc. would reach you after a
nuclear attack, you should store seeds known to grow well in your area.

When getting your supply of survival seeds, remember:

 Grains and beans are the best plant sources of energy and protein.

 Even if you have enough vitamins for several months, you may not be
able to buy more until long after a nuclear war.

 The deadly curses of scurvy, vitamin A deficiencies, and pellagra can
be prevented by eating the plants, seeds, and sprouted seeds described
earlier in this chapter.

 Plants grown from hybrid seeds give larger yields, but do not produce
as productive seeds as do plants grown from good non-hybrid seeds.

 Seeds of proven productivity in your locality may be more valuable
than money after a major nuclear attack.

 You should get mostly non-hybrid and store seeds, after learning from
experienced local gardeners which are best.