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The object of this new Association is that of " advancing all 

 questions connected with the testing and judgment of seeds," 

 which is to be attained by comparative tests and research at the 

 various seed-testing establishments throughout the world, by 

 standardising the methods and terms used in connection with 

 seed testing, and by the organisation of Congresses, publication 

 of technical papers, &c. FuU particulars of its methods of 

 procedure will be seen in the Constitution of the Association 

 which is printed in English, German and French in this Report 

 {see pp. 115-117, pp. 217-220, and pp. 171-174, respectively). 



Ministry of AGnictrLTURE and Fisheries, 

 London, 



March, 1925. 



