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Show AGRONOMIST GIVES SIMPLE METHOD TO TEST SEED GliAIX As it is always a risky business busi-ness for a farmer to plant seeds which have not been tested for impurities and for germination, Prof. J. C. Hogenson, extension agronomist of the Utah state agricultural college, urges planters to test their own seed for germination. Here is a simple method that has proved rather effective and one which gives a good idea of the value of seed which is being be-ing considered for use: Take two ordinary tin plates and fill one with good, sharp, clean sand, wet down well. Cover Cov-er this with a piece of blotting paper. Xow, count out 100 seeds just as they come from the seed you are thinking of planting. Scatter these selected seeds pret- ty well over the wet paper and then cover with another piece of wet blotting paper. Cover this with the other tin plate pland upside down, SetiesiJtes 3 side in a ra-"Tiier ra-"Tiier warm place and he sure that there is enough moisture in the sand to keep the paper wet. |
