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EXPERIMENT STATIOX. 



[Jan. 



We have been obliged to sacrifice much valuable time from 

 experiment work, owing to the difficult}^ 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 1906. During the year 

 many improvements have been made in the appliances used for 

 separating seed. A Bishop & Bal)Cock 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: — 



Tahle I. — Records of Seed Oermination, 1907. 



Kind of Seed. 



Onion, . 



Tobacco, 



Corn, 



Timotliy, 



Celery, . 



Miscellaneous, 



Total, 



Number 



of 

 Samples. 



40 

 2 

 9 

 4 

 3 

 1S9 



247 



Germination. 



Averase 

 Per Cent. 



86 

 91 

 63 

 98 

 83 

 44 



Highest 

 Per Cent. 



Lowest 

 Per Cent. 



98.5 



92 

 100 

 100 



91 

 100 



57 

 90 



96 

 70 



