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the samples the maximum and the minimmn percentages of sprouting 

 were as shown in the following table : 



Variety. 



Kentucky blue 



Red top 



Timothy 



Per cent. Per cent. 



ol 



4 \ 25 



42 76 



These are not likely to be abnormal percentages, since, according 

 to Professor Himt'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.) 



