New Series, 1907. 



665 



77zc test shozus plainly that some of the seed icould not have grozvn and that 



some is very good. 



Would it not be well to be certain that the seed is good beforie 

 planting it in field or garden ? This is what wise farmers are doing 

 and they find it pays. 



The seeds illustrated here were tested in a contrivance made of two 

 square, five-cent cake-tins such as are used for layer cakes. A double 

 layer of cotton wadding was placed on the bottom to absorb and retain 

 moisture; then a sheet of blotting-paper, marked ofif in numbered squares, 

 another sheet of blotting-paper above the seeds and the whole covered 

 with another tin of the same size, or a thin board — anything to exclude 

 the light, for seeds sprout best in the dark. 



