No. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



siiniyles reaclu'd the required standard in germination. All these 

 tests of liliK' (Jrass were made in sand in (he greenhouse, the final 

 record being hil^en after i?0 dajs. By referring to the table below, 

 it will be observed that the price of pure germinable seed is gen- 

 erally very high with reference to the samples examined. 



KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS. 



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

 90 Per cent. Standard of Germination, -15-50 Per cent. 



Number of Sample. 



■d 



3 

 P. 



a 

 o 





!^ 



3 

 J3 





o 



a 



<.- I" 

 °g 

 c . 



u-~ ^ 

 X m o, 

 g <u C 



~ ■V a 



1, 



ic. 



21, 



26, 



35, 



40, 



60, 



66, 



SO, 



83, 



1U6, 



112, 



115, 



125, 



1?4, 



144, 



155, 



160, 



167, 



170, 



184, 



190, 



219. 



7fi,l 

 Mixture. 



84. 3 

 Mixture. 



88. g 



82.4 



72.5 



68.4 

 Mixture. 

 Mixtura. 



89.2 



74.3 



62.4 



68.6 



72.6 



79.2 



68.0 



62.5 



74.4 



72.8 



85.4 



90.3 



93.1 



9 

 47. i 



S.! 

 18 



4 

 33 



3 



8 



36 

 48 

 46. 



8 



<j 



7 



5 

 22 

 20 



6 



2G 

 32 

 14 



7 

 55 



50 



25 lb. 



50 



IS qt. 



60 



00 



25 



00 



20 lb. 



20 lb. 



50 



35 



75 



50 



08 !b. 



20 lb. 



SO 



40 



50 



75 



00 



50 



20 lb. 



16,266 



GOS 



4,293 



233 



448 



2,720 



560 



1,400 



165 



4dO 



1,860 



2.380 



486 



2,212 



2,500 



18,354 



1,233 



650 



12,936 



30,065 



4,009 



1,474 



2,310 





tlO 



u <u 



3 a 



o % 

 O 



20 59 

 3C 84 



7 77 



7 51 

 16 67 

 23 82 

 39 lb. 



