GERMINATION TESTS. 



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Table No. 3. — Seed stripped June 18; put in rick on ground June IS, 6 p. 



Sample. 



When taken. 



Temperature, 

 degrees F. 



Part of rick. 



Percentage of 

 germination. 







148 



Inside 



Top 



Inside 



do 



Top 



3 



b 





91 



e 

 d 



June 20, 10 a. m 



June 20, 6 p. m 



142 

 132 



.5 



.5 



1.5 



f 

 g 



June 21, 10 a. m 



104 

 * 153. 3 



Inside 



do 



.5 



.5 





* This temperature was that recorded by a maximum thermometer, which was placed inside the 

 rick and not removed until it was opened at the time the last sample was taken. 



Table No. 3 shows the germination of samples taken from seed 

 stripped on June 18 and put in a rick on the ground that afternoon 

 at 6 o'clock. The next afternoon, after twenty hours, the tempera- 

 ture was 148° F., and the sample taken then germinated only 3 per 

 cent, while that taken from the top of the rick at the same time 

 germinated 91 per cent. 



Table No. 4. — Seed stripped June IS; put 



in sack on gro 



und June 18, 



10 a. m. 



Sample. 



When taken. 



Temperature,! p t f . 

 degrees F. 1 ran OI sacK - 



Percentage of 

 germination. 



a 



June 20, 10 a. m 





Top 



55 



b 





134 

 128 

 135 

 130 



Inside 



do 



do 



do.. 



39.5 





June 21, 10 a. m 



41 



d 



June 22, 5 p. m 











1 









Table No. 4 shows the germination of samples taken from a single 

 10-bushel sack of seed stripped on June 18 and laid on the ground 

 outdoors. As there was a smaller bulk than in the ricks the temper- 

 ature did not run so high, but the vitality of the seed was steadily 

 reduced and at the end of four days was practically destroyed. 



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