Show TEST TESTING ING SHALL SMALL SEEDS gyC EXCELLENT ELLENT METHOD FOR OATS WHEAT ALFALFA ETC FTC bordins ry blotting paper with square marked 0 off ff will be fie found entirely satisfactory mke tit tho teet test every year BERT ZALL national crop improvement ira mr uc pro service A simple method ot of testing email small bains tor for germination la ix to take on an ordinary piece of white blotting pa per about live or alx air inches wide by 19 inches binche long fold told twice making pa ner per about square BB an in cut mix the sample thoroughly so 0 o that when you count out needs thoy they will fairly represent the entire lot take them ae as they come largo large email mail shriveled smutted and wood eeds seeds if there aro are any in the sample mark of squares oa on ono one page C seede seeds wrapped in blotting paper of blotter after folding place one kernel in each square fold as shown in fig I 1 after wetting thoroughly wrap teat test in waxed buttered paper after inserting a strip of cloth about ten inches long to act as an a wick pilo up tho the tests as an in pig fig 2 with wicks leading into a glass ot of water keep cool but do not let the test freeze read the test in six to ten ton dys days ninetysix ninety six seeds needs should germinate it Is important to test all of the seeds every year because tor for many reasons there ure time times a when tho the germination of tho the seeds Is very low and a poor crop as for in Z I 1 9 2 wick wicks lead to water stance the tho oat crop of 1913 is largely due not only to tho the weather but to the fact that a great deal of the seed waa vao not in proper condition to plant |