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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Off. Doc. 



ORCHARD GRASS. 



There is great variation in the germinative power of Orchard 

 Grass. The seventeen samples ranged anywhere between 33 and 96 

 per cent, and while the selling price per bushel did not vary much 

 from |2.00 per bushel, the cost of pure germinable seed ran from 

 $2.08 to $7.72. The chance for adulteration is great, and frequently 

 Meadow Fescue is liberally employed, but this grass seed was pres- 

 ent in but two samples of Orchard Grass and then in such small 

 quantities as to be an incidental impurity. The foreign seeds most 

 commonly present are Red Clover, Curled Dock, Wild Peppergrass, 

 Ribgrass and Sheep Sorrel. The bulkiest impurity is chaff and 

 broken stems and leaves. 



MILLETS. 



Five samples of Millets were sent in by the agents of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. These also show the greatest variation in 

 cleanness and germination. It is an easy matter to clean millet 

 seed w'ith the modern cleaning machine, and there is no excuse for 

 more than one per cent, of impurity in any sample. 



ORCHARD GRASS. 



Character and Cost of the Seeds on the Market. Standard of Puritv, 

 90 Per cent. Standard of Germination (not yet fixed). 



Number of Sample. 



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3. . 



11. 



23, 



42. 



62. 



68, 



107, 



118, 



126. 



128, 



143, 



1B6, 



165, 



171, 



185 



191, 



19S, 



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