| Show donation dM NATION TEST FOR A COMMON COMON ft RED 6 to make a ge test to fount out nay say cede be lure sure to them ae an they come and do not boose the beet best grains for the object is to find out what percentage of th total seed will grow the eee see i may be plant ed in a box of dirt or and sand kept motet moist or may be put between two blotter blotters or trips strips of canton flannel placed en on a a plate covered with another plate UP upside side down thie this pr prevent everts atlon keep the blotters moist but not in fn water an I 1 as near 70 degrees as pos bible sible the seeds each day and eee see how they are germinating geminating weak or low slow germination indicates indie atea that the beed seed will make weak plant plants sprouted seeds may be removed each day if desired some seeds require a longer time than others to germin ate the proper germination periods are as f follows 0 clover ond and alfalfa 3 to 6 daye days timothy and red top 5 to 8 days lays orchard grass 6 to 14 daye days kentucky blue graam 14 to 0 daye days ry by estimating the percentage of pure seed the exact per percentage can be found by using weights and multi plying thia this percentage by the percent age that germinate germinates marking in dec flee imala and dial ling the market price by thia this result you get the approximate cost of one bushel of absolute pure see I 1 e ernin of which will germin ate seed coating 10 per bused with a purity test of per cent ani atil a termination germination test of 94 per cent oste costs 10 69 1 er bushel for perfect see seel I 1 seed costing coating 10 per bushel with a purity test of wat and a germination test of 80 1 er cent on account of dead grains shows an acquill cost of 12 per bushel seel costing cording 10 per bushel with 1 purity test of 88 98 per cent causel cause 1 by we weid d in 1 oti waste matter ant an 1 a germination test of 80 per cent alios an actual coat cost of 1275 12 75 per beeliel thia tills lot ia Is about the same as lot two in actual value of perfect seed I 1 but is worth orth many dollars per bushel less on recount of wee acel I 1 seeds if it you want to go into the matter of mel sp 1 testing a little more thorough 13 1 send for farmers bulletin no from which much valuable con can be obtained the tle accept el system of making pur ity tests seems to be the only practical ore but a person not familiar with it ie jg likely to be dic dt civel lou ion would naturally suppose hat that DO 09 per tent cent purity meant DO 09 per rent peat of the amed s cd would be goo clump healthy grains hut but tills tilts la is not the case in making a purit test seel analis h N impurities as follows inert matter all broken weds seeds dirt birto sticks atiel kep cl daft aff and other oi similar nillar materials loreign seed meed including all seeds ex capt tl ose oso of tho the kind being examined I 1 call particular attention to tl ti c fact thai that U no mention ie Is mado made of the biad brahis jT aiE int even theu that a are re so badly flat ana an one can caa tell that elicio Is no life lift in them it Is i left to the like gorn tent test to show the actual value of the aads may inay con contain 23 25 per cent or more of tl e ee eie ie bortl ai seeds an I 1 till still test 49 per cent pure abolt ull all biting R tast the decd our self or I 1 ave it tete teste I 1 do io not rely tip on oil a claimed purity test alone but tiia u o this testing tie amount of deal gra InAthe camile contains homeer ho weier weer that blasci 1 grains are not of as n much in the long run ni as weel the very cry brightest annl an I 1 plural plu et ree peel I 1 test in lit W jer cent pure may contain enough weed eed sects of a noxious var lety to cause one to be lie cowit to aery square foot of ground one want wants to be careful in lit lining seeds this ear car for a lot of italian at e I 1 is baing imported which la Is not hardy Is 1 to diene disease and a smaller growth than tic tie native then too you know alth etel stel so no high in a few counis of leal gnina or nate 1 left insa in a b i 1 I of seel 1 akes n fukei an difference dlf diff trence in altie 1 C CJ J it 1 C cement ement Is 1 it itin ink ut list I 1 tj 1 of lea I 1 I 1 1 t make joints in ca cast t iron water pipes ipes |
