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the samples the maximum and the minimum percentages of sprouting 
were as shown in the following table: 
Average 
Variety. Maximum.| Minimum. of 19 
Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. 
Kentucky: blueierass:: 2-3-5 2262 e2 so ee ne eee ee ae 7 0 Z 
Red top sc. 2 vases Pech se soe eae, eee neace ee Jes eoseencecees 63 4 25 
Mimothy 222 A: Se ese She as see Sh ee ce SS 96 42 76 
These are not lhkely to be abnormal percentages, since, according 
to Professor Hunt’s calculation, with an ordinary seeding of 30 
pounds to the acre, if only 2 per cent germinates there would be 40 
plants to the square foot. But the question may still remain as to 
whether the soil or the temperature were unfavorable or whether the 
seed of the Kentucky blue grass was in some abnormal condition. 
(Agr. Sci., Vol. IV, p. 4.) 
