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CHAPTER V 

 BUYING PASTURE SEEDS 



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Buying Pasture Seeds . .47 



Necessity for Caution 47 



Mixed Pasture Seeds 47 



Buying Seeds separately 47 



Guarantees . . . . 47 



Gauge of Value .48 



Cost of Seeds 48 



Appearance and Weight . 48 



CHAPTER VI 



TESTING PASTURE SEEDS AT HOME 



Preliminary Considerations . , -49 



Introductory . . 49 



Useless Methods .... . .... . .49 



Taking Samples ... . . 49 



Testing for Purity . . 49 



Volume of Test Sample . . 49 



Genuineness of Seeds . . 49 



Impurities . 5° 



Method of Procedure .... 50 



Identification of Weeds .... . . 5° 



Testing for Germination . . 50 



Essentials for Tests 5° 



Temperature of Tests .... 50 



Supply of Moisture .5° 



Ventilation of Tests -5° 



Darkness of Tests 50 



Selection of Seeds 50 



Selecting Grass Seeds 50 



Number of Seeds . . . 50 



Preparing Seeds . . . . . . . .5° 



Duration of Experiment 51 



Hard Seeds . . . 51 



Home-made Germinators .... . . ■ 5' 



Precautions . . , 52 



Method of Procedure ... .53 



CHAPTER VII 



SOWING PASTURE SEEDS 



Protective Crops . . .... 54 



General Considerations ... . 54 



Thickness of Sowing . . -54 



Cereals to cut Green 54 



Cereals for the Grain 55 



Other protective Crops 55 



