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EXPEKIMEXT STATION. 



[Jan. 



We have been obliged to sacrifice much valuable time from 

 experiment work, owing- to the difficulty experienced in moving 

 and setting up equipment, and it has been necessary to omit 

 certain lines of investigation from this report. 



2. Seed Work. 



Work has increased in this line to some extent during the 

 past year, 359 samples of seeds having been tested and sepa- 

 rated in 1907, as compared with 231 in 190(3. During the year 

 many improvements have been made in the appliances used for 

 separating seed. A Bishop & Babcock blower has been in- 

 stalled for the separation of tobacco seed, and altogether much 

 attention has been given to the development of improved appa- 

 ratus for this work, which has resulted in the production of an 

 exceptionally efficient method. Arrangements have also been 

 made for separating onion seed by electric power. Constantly 

 increasing interest is being shown in seed testing and seed sep- 

 aration, and in this State as well as others considerable inter- 

 est has been aroused in making people realize the necessity for 

 pure seed. 



The following tables give in brief the seed work done in 

 1907: — 



Table I. — Records of Seed Germination, 1907. 



Kind of Seed. 



Onion, . 



Tobacco, 



Corn, 



Timothy, 



Celery, . 



Miscellaneous, 



Total, 



Number 



of 

 Samples. 



Averace Highest Lowest 



Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. 



Km 

 100 

 91 



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