242 SUGAR BEET SEED. 



seeds in six da3's, at least ninety-five germs should be 

 obtained, and in fourteen days not less than 150 germs. 

 Seeds may be refused if surrounded with mildew, or if 

 containing more than 18 per cent, moisture and more 

 than 4 per cent, impurities; if, under germinating 

 test, 100 seeds give less than eighty-eight sprouts in 

 six days and less than 140 sprouts in fourteen days, 

 and if from 100 seeds there are less than sixty-five 

 sprouts in six days and less than seventy-six in 

 fourteen days. 



Gratification. — If seeds contain from 3 to 4 per 

 cent, impurities, the price undergoes some changes; 

 this is also true if the moisture percentage is between 

 15 and 18. If loo seeds give eighty-eight to ninety- 

 five germs in six days, the weight of the seeds is 

 reduced 0.33 per cent, for each germ less than ninety- 

 five. If 100 seed's give within fourteen days 140 to 

 150 sprouts, a deduction of weight of 0.66 per cent, per 

 germ less than 150. 



If there are only sixty-five to seventy seeds in 100 

 that germinate in six days, 0.5 per cent, is deducted for 

 each seed not germinated below seventy. If there are 

 seventy-six to eighty seeds in 100 that germinate with- 

 in the period of fourteen days, i per cent, of the weight 

 for each seed not germinated below eighty will be 

 deducted. In Bohemia, the testing of seed is generally 

 made by two chemists, or in laboratories of experiment 

 controlling stations. If the analyses show a difference 

 which is not greater than i per cent, in the impurities, 

 I per cent, of moisture, six sprouted seeds and twenty 

 germs, the average is taken of the two analyses. Other- 

 wise a third chemist is selected. 



Those purchasing inform the seller by telegram or 

 registered letter as soon as the seed sent reaches its 

 destination; if the seller does not send his representa- 

 tive within six days, the buyer alone takes upon him- 

 self the question of analysis. Two samples of twenty- 



