CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introduction 7 



Distribution of Kentucky bluegrass 7 



Quality of seed required by the foreign trade 7 



Adulteration 8 



Source of the market supply 8 



Factors controlling the profitable harvesting of seed 9 



Yield per acre and total crop 9 



Harvesting 10 



Season 10 



Harvesting green seed 10 



Methods — kinds of strippers 11 



Curing 12 



Present methods 12 



Turning the ricks r 13 



Heating 13 



Relative merits of indoor and outdoor curing 14 



Cleaning 14 



Effect of curing on the vitality of the seed 15 



Germination tests 15 



Summary of results 18 



Artificial curing 19 



Conclusions 19 



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