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TABLE II—Summary or Taste I. 
Hard seed from | Hard seed from 
Series I Series IT Series IIT Series I Series IT 
From harvest, | From harvest, | From harvest, From harvest, From harvest, 
days—none. days—10 days—25 days—31, plus days—s0, plus 
first test first test 
% % Toapl a %e % % % % 
Head 1 Vi fst fea" ees ir BOstae leerascise SG20V Re oe wes [eS Seven oencortearege sre 90.7 
Head 2 eee eee hater EAE) | Specie: SOMO SAIE Mapereetorni ls terotarea letersi setetets | 48.5 
Head 3 ORO alls crepe tates ye ee GRO Macs ae allbswetre 4 aero sears sabe 84.4 
Head 4 DONG salneAereee BS By allline..w reece LOOEOO ent eie alle ticteecra tree cece 91.2 
Head 5 I Rte: Hl [Pane ce [5 aa Kegel Pee ae te OS Caen Peace llnecmirares omen 85.4 
Mass 1....|........ Bison: oe (at an (ee eee 88 13:8 lia 
Mane2s 0s |(Saceree = Shor Wh eowed COR eee. el eee ew se Seiot 1. 0s. eee 
AVG! wh 28.0 4.4 fy feu) tee 98.2 | 88 78.8 80.3 
In Table 1 are given the detailed results obtained from the individual 
heads and from the duplicates in the mass tests. In Series I it is to be 
observed that in every case there was a large percentage of hard seed. 
After the first five days, or first count, very few seed germinated. The 
majority of the seed that germinated did so during the first five days. 
After twenty-four days had passed and no germination had taken place 
for several days this series was broken up. However, upon a second 
thought it was decided to see what effect letting these seed dry out and 
then retesting would have. The hard seed from one of the mass tests 
was used for this purpose, and the table shows that 60.5% of the hard 
seed germinated. However, after a period of seventeen days no more 
seed would germinate in this lot. In Series II it was decided to try out 
the hard seed from all of the tests by first letting them dry out on the 
pads. The data in the table show the results of these tests. In Series III 
there was so small a percentage of hard seed that it was not deemed 
necessary to retest. In Table 2 is shown the summarized results of the 
tests. From the data presented above we may make the following 
observations: 
1. Immediately after harvesting only a very small percentage of 
germination may be expected from timothy seed. In the case of the 
individual heads tested, an average of 28 percent was obtained, while in 
the mass selections only an average of 4.4 percent was obtained. In 
ten days after harvesting the individual heads had practically doubled 
their germinating power, averaging 57.5 percent. The mass selections 
had very greatly improved, averaging 72.2 percent. In twenty-five days 
