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The Station's instructions for sampling seeds are as follows : 

 THE CONNECTICUT 

 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, 



New Have!T, Conn. 



Instructions for Sampling Seeds. 



The Purity and Germinating Power of Seeds intended for 

 Farm and Garden use are learned by examining a small average 

 sample. From a weighed amount of seed the pure seeds are 

 culled out and weighed, foreign matters and especially noxious 

 seeds are identified, the vitality of the pure seed is tested by care- 

 ful sprouting trials, and a report is drawn up of the results. 



As the test of germinating power requires some time for its 

 completion, a report on samples sent in cannot be ordinax'ily 

 expected in less than two weeks. 



The examination o^ grass-mixtures can only be undertaken in 

 special cases. It requires a large outlay of time and labor which 

 is not often justified by the results. 



lu selecting a sample for examination the greatest care should 

 be used to have it represent accurately the whole amount from 

 which it was taken. This result will be secured by proceeding as 

 follows : 



1. Mix well together with the hand and arm the contents of 

 the package (bag or barrel) or packages of seed. 



2. Take out five or six small handfuls or cupfnis* fi'om various 

 parts of the package, mix these together and take a part of this 

 mixture for the sample. 



3. Send of the smaller seeds — red top, white clover, timothy, 

 etc., two (2) ounces ; of beets, turnips, red clover, etc., four (4) 

 ounces ; of wheat and cereals, and of peas and other legumes, 

 eight (8) ounces. 



4. Samples may be sent by mail, or otherwise, prepaid, and 

 should \)Q, plainly labelled and addressed to 



Conn. Agricultural Experiment Station, 



New Haven, Conn. 



* A small cup may be closed with the palm of the hand, forced down to the 

 desired place, then filled and withdrawn. 

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