Roosevelt Standard | 1929-06-27 | Page 3 | Much Money is Lost by Planting Inferior Seed

much money Is lostay lost by planting inferior seed thousands ot of dollars are lost every year by planting seed ot of low vitality seed of all field crops should be tested tor for germination before planting this Is IB especially urgent now for corn and sorghums sorg hums one cannot tell from the appearance of seed how well it will grow last year lots out of the lots of seed tested at the state seed laboratory germinated from 0 0 to 50 per cent this means that seven thousand acres would have been plant ed to seed which would not grow