264 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 

 MILLETS. 



Off. Do^. 



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

 90 Per cent. Standard of Germination, 85-90 Per cent. 



27, 



2S. 



146, 



217. 



218, 



100 



100 

 99.9 

 98. 2 

 93.3 



95.5 

 57.8 

 91.5 

 87. 8 

 77.8 



96 



58 



91.5 



88.3 



77.8 



e 







«s 



3,200 

 16,240 



$1 46 



2 It 



3 &S. 

 1 84 

 1 72 



MILLETS. 



Number and Character of Foreign Seeds in a Pound of Each Sample. 



Number of Sample. 



Lady's Thumb, . 

 Lamb's Quarters, 

 Tumble-weed, ... 



Witch Grass 



Finger Grass, ... 

 White Vervain. . 

 Kugel's Plantain, 



Total Foreign Seeds in One Pound, 



27. 



28. 



148. 



27 

 41 



217. 



150 



10 



40 



3,000 



,200 



218. 



30 

 30 

 SO 



is.ood 



150 

 10 



16,240 



KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS. 



The greatest extremes in quality of seeds were met with among 

 the sampU'S of Kentucky Blue Grass. There were twenty-three sam- 

 ples submitted to tests. Four of them were ''lawn mixtures." No. 

 16 contained l.j per cent, of ^Vhite Clover; No. 26 was composed of 

 15 per cent. White Clover, 20 per cent. Timothy, 15 per cent. Meadow 

 Fescue and 50 per cent. Kentucky Blue Grass (by weight); No. 80 

 contained 60 per cent, of White Clover, and No. 83 had in it 25 per 

 cent, of Orchard Grass and 9 per cent, of W^hite Clover. The ger- 

 mination tests in these cases were made of the Plue Grass only. 

 The seed of sample No. 21 was dark in color and had a musty smell. 

 Several samples had considerable chaff, and No. 160 had, besides the 

 few seeds accredited to it in the table of foreign seeds, a goodly sup 

 ply of White Clover and Timothy. Only four of the twenty-three 



