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KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS SEED. 



Table No. 5. — Average samples from bulk lots. 





Sample No. 



When 

 stripped. 



When 

 sampled. 



Where cured. 



Percentage of 

 germination. 



6 .. 





June 

 June 

 June 

 ....do 

 ....do 

 ....do 

 ....do 

 June 

 June 

 June 

 ....do 



22 

 28 

 20 



June 

 June 

 June 

 ....do 



25 

 28 

 25 



26 

 24 









8.... 

 10 



In warehouse 



do 



75.5 

 35 



11 



do 



42 



12 



22 

 20 

 21 



14 

 17 

 19 

 18 



19 



22 



14 



....do 

 June 

 June 

 ....do 

 June 

 June 

 . . . .do 

 June 

 June 

 ....do 

 June 

 ....do 

 June 

 ....do 

 ....do 

 June 

 ....do 



do 



20 



14 ... . 



do 



84 



15 





17 



16 ... . 



do . . 



87 



18 ... . 



21 

 27 



20 

 21 



18 



27 



26 





69 



19 



do 



43 



20 ... . 



do 



92 



22 





June 

 June 



June 



June 

 ....do 



June 

 ....do 



June 

 ....do 



June 





2 



23 





87 



24 





78 



26a... 





52 



26b... 



do 





27 



do 



81 



28 





81 



29 ... . 





66 



30 ... . 





25 



31 ... . 





3 









Table No. 5 shows the germination of 21 average samples taken from 

 large lots of seed which were being cured in the ordinary way. Of 

 these, 6 germinate 25 per cent or less and are worthless as commercial 

 samples, while 9 germinate over 75 per cent and would be graded as 

 first-class seed. The other 6 samples, germinating from 35 per cent 

 to 69 per cent, would be considered poor to fair. 



SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 



These tests show that only half, or less than half, of the seed is cured 

 in a way which makes it first quality and sufficiently good to be sold 

 in the European market, where a large part of the best seed is sent. 

 Radical changes should be made in the methods of curing. It is abso- 

 lutely necessary that the seed should not be left twelve to sixteen hours 

 without stirring, as the heating from fermentation will destroy the 

 vitalit} 7 of the seed in that time. 'When the curing takes place out- 

 doors, with the possibility of not being able to stir the seed during a 

 rain, the ricks should not be over 16 to 18 inches high nor more than 

 12 inches wide at the bottom. If they are made as small as this, the 

 air will have a chance to circulate through them and prevent excessive 

 heating. 



The tests also show that this seed naturally has good vitality and 

 that there is no reason why Kentucky bluegrass seed should not rank 

 as high in respect to quality as clover or timoth\ T seed. 



