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EXPERDIENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Table III. — Showinrj Number of Samples of Seed Purity and Germi- 

 nation Testis made, and Seed Separation Work done^ at the Station 

 since 189'J. 



Yeau. 



1899, . 



1900. . 



1902, . 



1903, . 



1904, . 



1905, . 



1906, . 



1907, . 



1908, . 



1909, . 



1910, . 



1911, . 

 Total, 



NuMiiEH OF .Samples. 



Germination. 



27 

 17 

 53 

 42 

 131 

 217 

 126 

 247 

 190 

 273 

 296 

 355 



1,980 



Purity. 



18 

 27 

 12 

 100 

 30 



255 



Separution. 



87 

 112 

 160 

 143 

 115 

 135 



752 



Pounds 

 separated. 



144 



472 

 1,370 

 1,501 

 1,552 

 6,320 



11,359 



This table gives some idea of the increased interest manifested 

 in seed work by the farmers and market gardeners of the State. 

 Nearly 2,000 tests have been made for germination. 255 tests 

 for purity, and 752 separations made. The total weight of seeds 

 separated is 11,350 pounds. It must be remembered that all 

 the seeds separated were small, particularly tobacco seed, of 

 which it requires a great many to make a pound. A record of 

 the number of samples, with the average, maximum and mini- 

 mum germination of onion, tobacco and celery seed, is shown 

 in Table IV. 



