PROPAGATION BY MEANS OF SEEDS AND SPORES 33 



Test Per Cent 



Inert matter 



Weeds 



(Kinds of weeds notes on) 

 Germination (per cent) 



There is an organization of " Seed Analysts of North America," 

 that meets in annual convention. It comprises the officers in 

 the different states associated with the working of the seed 

 laws, representatives of the United States Department ^of 

 Agriculture and of the Canadian Department of Agriculture. 

 Many of the experiment stations and departments publish 

 results of seed-tests. The influence of all this activity has 

 developed a public consciousness on pure seeds, established 

 legal procedure and developed accurate methods of testing. 

 A representative summary from one of the state publications 

 will indicate the nature of the enterprise. This is from New 

 Hampshire. That state enacted a pure seed law in 1909, 

 requiring the publication annually of a bulletin showing the 

 results of all seed-tests made officially in the previous year, 

 placing the administration of the law in the hands of the State 

 Commissioner of Agriculture, who appointed the agronomist 

 of the Experiment Station as his regular agent for making all 

 tests and analyses. The table on page 34 is from Bull. 180. 



3. THE HANDLING AND SOWING OF SEEDS AND SPORES 



When one comes to the sowing of seeds, one must be pre- 

 pared to give them good care and much thoughtful attention. 

 They have been the result of much energy on the part of the 

 plant. Care of the seeds themselves, of the earth in which 

 they are sown and in the follow-up treatment adds much 

 to the satisfaction in growing the plant. 



