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MISSOURI AGR. EXP. STA. RESEARCH BULLETIN NO. 17 



Treatment 17, where seeds were soaked three hours and then frozen, 

 shows 40 per cent of germination; and 22, where seeds were soaked 

 24 hours then frozen shows 16 per cent of germination. This is good 

 argument in support of the advice which is frequently given that while 

 seed corn will stand considerable freezing in storage if dry, it is badly 

 injured by freezing, if moist. 



TABLE 17. EFFECTS OF VARIOUS TREATMENTS ON GERMINATION OF SEEDS 

 KEPT IN COMMON STORAGE UNTIL MID-WINTER. TREATMENTS MADE IN 

 JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1913. SPECIES, Citrullus Vulgaris, SCHRAD 



*See page 34 for detailed treatments. 



In Table 15 it is seen that Lima beans even when dry, are badly 

 injured by freezing, while if they are moist (treatment 17) they are 

 slightly more injured, but if thoroly wet (treatment 22) freezing will 

 greatly reduce germination. In these three instances the total percen- 

 tages of germination were 42, 40 and 26 respectively. Ether appar- 

 ently had little effect in either hastening growth or bringing about a 

 higher percentage of germination. 



