TESTING SEEDS. 



37 



Standards of the Purity and Germination of Agricultural Seeds. 



Seerl. 



Seed. 



- z 

 OS 



Alfalfa 



Asparagus 



Bailey 



Beans 



Beet 



Blue grass, Canadian. 

 Blue grass, Kentucky 



Brome, awnless 



Buckwheat 



Cabbage 



Carrot 



Cauliflower 



Celery 



Clover, alsike 



Clover, crimson 



Clover, red 



Clover, white 



Collard 



Corn, field 



Corn, sweet 



Cotton 



Cowpea 



Cress 



Cucumber 



Eggplant 



Fescue, meadow 



Lettuce 



Kafir corn 



Per 



Per 





cent. 



cent. 





98 



85-90 





90 



80-85 





99 



90-95 





99 



90-95 





99 



*150 





90 



45-50 





90 



45-50 





90 



75-80 





99 



90-95 





99 



90-95 





95 



80-85 





99 



80-85 





98 



60-65 





95 



75-80 





98 



85-90 





98 



85-90 





95 



75-80 





99 



90-95 





99 



90-95 





99 



85-90 





99 



S5-90 





99 



85-90 





99 



85-90 





99 



85-90 





99 



75-80 





95 



85-90 





99 



85-90 





98 



85-90 





Melon, musk 



Melon, water 



Millet, common (Setaria 



italica) 



Millet, hog (Panicum mil 



iaceum) 



Millet, pearl 



Mustard 



Oats 



Okra 



Onion 



Parsley 



Parsnip 



Peas 



Pumpkin 



Radish 



Rape 



Rye 



Salsify 



Sorghum 



Spinach 



Spurry 



Squash 



Timothy 



Tomato 



Turnip 



Tobacco 



Wheat 



Per 



Per 



cent. 



cent. 



99 



85-90 



99 



85-90 



99 



85-90 



99 



85-90 



99 



85-90 



99 



90-95 



99 



90-95 



99 



S0-X5 



99 



80-85 



99 



Til-::, 



95 



70-75 



99 



93-98 



99 



85-90 



99 



90-95 



99 



90-95 



99 



90-95 



98 



75-80 



98 



C5-90 



99 



80-85 



99 



85-90 



99 



85-90 



98 



85-90 



98 



85-90 



99 



90-95 



98 



75-80 



99 



90-95 



*Each beet fruit or "ball" is likely to contain from 2 to 7 seeds, 

 balls should yield at least 150 sprouts. 



One hundred 



EXAMINATION OF SEEDS BY THE STATION. 



The law allows the dealer to base his guaranties upon tests 

 made by himself, his agent or the Maine Experiment Station. 

 As the Station has no funds available for this purpose, a charge 

 sufficient to cover the cost of making the tests must be made. 

 The charge for testing seeds for purity will be one dollar per 

 sample, in the case of seeds of one kind. In the case of seeds 

 sold in mixtures, the charge will be one dollar for the sample and 

 twenty-five cents additional for each kind of seed said to be 

 therein. Mixtures are difficult to separate and determine, and 

 for this reason an extra charge is necessary. Seeds will be 

 tested for purity for any person resident of the State, whether a 

 dealer or not, at the above rates. The Station reserves the right 

 to publish all results which prove of general interest. 



Persons desiring to send seeds to the Station for testing can 

 obtain on application, blanks similar to the following, on which 



