Seed bag

(Artesian well) a packing to prevent percolation of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and the sides of the hole.

See also: Seed

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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'The provincial government is providing a subsidy of Rs700 on each cotton seed bag to farmers if they purchase it from the agriculture department,' they added.
He added that Rs 1000 subsidy on cotton seed bag was being given to facilitate farmers.
He was found dead in his Fayetteville apartment on April 3 with an opened seed bag and a 33-ounce bottle filled with seeds and water.
Nauman Ahmad Langrial said a subsidy of Rs 1,000 was also being given on each cotton seed bag and under this scheme seed was being provided for cultivation on 100,000 acres of land.
The Punjab government has announced to provide subsidy of millions of rupees on approved varieties of cotton seed bag under the banner of Khadim-e-Punjab Kissan Package.
The seed bag should not carry any foreign matter apart from the seed itself.
Rawalpindi -- Under special directives of Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Chief Minister, Punjab agriculture department is going to provide subsidy of millions of rupees on approved varieties of cotton seed bag under the banner of Khadim-e-Punjab Kissan Package.
Subsidy worth Rs 700 is given on every recommended seed bag. Subsidy vouchers would be provided in cotton seed bags during April 2018.
The problem I have with preinoculated seeds is you never know how long the seed bag has been in storage and under what conditions it has been stored.
Water above the packing is pumped out and a ram is placed in the well: "The ram is allowed to fall, striking the seed bag first, thus preventing the water from escaping upward on account of the great pressure of the ram and causing the water, under the heavy pressure applied to it, to be forced out through the openings in the well-tubing and thus opening the crevices in the well."
Assume that there are [T.sub.i] ([T.sub.i] [is greater than] 1) plants for cycle i, and [N.sub.i] ([N.sub.i] [is greater than] 1) of them are selected with each contributing [S.sub.i] seeds to the seed bag of Cycle i + 1.
Nauman Ahmad Langrial said a subsidy of Rs 1, 000 was also being given on each cotton seed bag and under this scheme seed was being provided for cultivation on 100, 000 acres of land.