70 FARM GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES 
ber of germinating seeds in a pound. The following 
are taken from his list : 
sal ah Germinating 
Germination “26 
RP POWEEED Per cent. Number in 1 1b, 
Blue-grass, Kentucky : 85 1,581,000 
Meadow-fescue 3 99 233,640 
Meadow-foxtail 3 go 441,000 
Orchard-grass .. 2 95 404,700 
Rye-grass, English . 3 96 214,080 
Rye-grass, Italian . 3 98 264,600 
Tall fescue . , 96 236,160 
Tall oat-grass . go- 124,200 
Timothy... 2 98 1,293,600 
Sweet vernal . 5 80 590,400 
Since the American seedsmen give no form of guar- 
antee with their seeds, buyers must determine for 
themselves the quality of seed offered for sale. 
There is a great need for more regularly established 
seed-testing stations, where farmers may send samples 
of seed for analysis, and so know the relative value of 
seeds offered on the market, and consequently secure 
the quality of seed desired at a reasonable price. 
SEED CONTROL AND SEED TESTING 
While properly framed seed laws would tend to 
improve the quality of seed on the market, farmers are 
not helpless in the absence of such laws. Good seeds 
will be supplied whenever the buyer demands them if 
the dealer knows that what he offers is to be tested 
and the purchase made according to the result of the 
test. This is the system which has improved the qual- 
ity of seeds in Europe, and any one can send samples 
to any of the numerous European seed-testing stations 
