now TO PROCUHi-. CJOOl) AND TIIUE SKElJS. 2V,\ 



xisi' {}( lliis sml is vtTV yrcuily IcsscikmI. [Tliis is on iiccomil <»t' 

 liu* work (tl" till' foiisiilt inif Itolaiiist. | 



** Scvt'iit y-six s;im|tl('s of cocksroot jorclianl j^russj 'veiT on tiir 

 wiiolc puro. Six luTci'iit Iiiul some small net <jrass seeds in Miciii, 

 and ill one case r»*(> per cent, of \'orksiiire I'oif [llolcns htnahi.^,) 

 Were iiieltiiled in tlie sample. 



"A fair ])roj)ortion of (iTt samples of mea(l(»w foxtail was found 

 ij^ood. No less than (If percent of the samples of .{(jroslis allut 

 var. stitliuiifmt, liorin or creeiJiTiLj heni, were infested with ergot;, 

 a m<»st danjicrons fununs. 



"(Mit (d" !".*t; samples of clover, 11> per cent of the red (dover 

 contained sci'ds<d' diulder. and 'i'^ ])er cent of t he alsike contained 

 seeds of t his ])arasite. 



'* l''ewer samph'S of grass mixtnn^ have heeii snhmitted to me 

 during the past yeai', hnt 1 he samples examined have more firmly 

 convinced me that it is most nndesirahh^ for growers to ]>iirchase 

 their seed in this form. One mixtnre consisted entirely of rye 

 grassi's, with souu' trefoil and a little clovei", and in addition the 

 rye grass was infested with ergot. Another eonsistcil of rye 

 grass with one j)er cent of other grasses and (dovers, " 



If railroad companies find it necessary to employ engineers, 

 if trnstees t hink it hest to (Mn[)loy u landscape gardener to lay out 

 a |»ark or cemetery, if huilders employ andiitects, why shonid not 

 the farmers, at a trilling ex|)ense to eaidi, emj)loy ii consniting 

 holanist iit an experiment station, to examine seeds heforo 

 pundiast! ? 



We look f(trward with hope to the time when every State shall 

 liave one or mon^ suidi stations. 



To some (extent, the following jihin aulopted hy i'rofessor Siiel- 

 ton, of Kansas, will work widl: 



"Onr pnuitice, which has heen (Mitiroly HJitisfaetory, has Ikh'II 

 t(» send to those dealers who miike a s})0(ualty of grass seedrt in 

 the sections where the; seeds are raised. Wo luivo always sent 



