U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY— BULLETIN NO. 19. 



B. T. GALLOWAY, Chief of Bureau. 



KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS SEED 



HARVESTING, CURING, AND 

 CLEANING. 



BY 



A. J. PIETERS, 



BOTANIST IN CHARGE OF SEED. LABORATORY, 



EDGAR BROWN, 



ASSISTANT BOTANIST, BOTANICAL INVESTIGATIONS 

 AND EXPERIMENTS. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 



1902. 



