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Show Simple Method To Test Seed Grain As it is always a risky business for a farmer to plant seeds which have act been t sted for impurities and for ;;ermina ion, Professor J. C. Hogen-.;on Hogen-.;on extension agronomist of the Utah iJtate Agricultural college, urges planteis to test their own seed for termination. Here is a simple method that has proved rather effective and one which ;fives a good idea of the value of seed which is being considered for use: Take two ordinary tin plates and fi'l one with good, sharp, clean sand, wet down well. Cover this with a piece of blotting paper. Now, count out 100 seeds just as they come from the seed you are thinking of planting. Scatter these selected seeds pretty well over the wet paper and then cover with another piece of wet blotting blot-ting paper. Cover this with the other tin plate placed upside down. Set the plates aside in a rather warm place and be sure that there is enough moisture in the sand to keep the paper wet. At the end of five days remove the upper plate and paper and count out the seeds that have germinated well. Gocd seed has a germination of from 95 to 99 per cent. If the test shows a germination of less than 90, hesitate hesi-tate to plant from this seed supply. |