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Mix the seed thoroughly and count out 100 or 200 
seeds just as they come, making no seletion. Put 
them between a fold of cotton flannel or some similar 
cloth, taking care not to let the seeds touch one an- 
other. Lay the cloth on a plate, moisten it well, but 
do not saturate it, cover with another plate, and keep 
FIG. I5—HOME-MADE S. ED-TESTER 
A Closed; B, Open 
in a warm room where the temperature will not go 
above 86° F. The cloth should be moistened from 
time to time, and the sprouted seeds counted and re- 
moved every day. Grass-seeds are not as easy to test 
as clover and many of the vegetable seeds, for they 
require much more exact conditions, needing an.alter- 
nating temperature. If asample of grass-seed tests 
well by use of the simple method mentioned above, it 
