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EXFERBIENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



SEED WORK FOR THE YEAR 1911. 



G. E. STONE. 



The seed work for 1911 has included, as before, seed germi- 

 nation, se(!d separation and testing for pnrity. The 355 samples 

 of seed sent in for germination exceeded the number for 1910, 

 and was the largest nund)er received since the work w'as inaugu- 

 rated. Sixtv-eight samples were tested for purity, and 135 

 samples were separated. This is not the largest number ever 

 received for separation ; the weight in pounds, however — 6,320 

 — was four times as great as ever before. Eighty-seven sam- 

 ples of tobacco seed and 42 of onion were sent in for separation. 

 The smaller number of samples received is due to a co-operation 

 among the farmers in buying their seed. 



The average germination of onion seed for IIM 1 was 70 ])er 

 cent., the highest 98 per cent, and the lowest 20 per cent. The 

 av(!ragc for tobacco was 84 per cent., the highest 95 per cent, 

 and the lowest 21 per cent., neither seed being quite up to the 

 standard. 



Tahlk I. — Bpcords of Seed Gcrminalian, 1911. 



