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they are about ready to sow. Then they will water clean it 

 just before they are ready to sow, dry it just enough to run 

 it through the drill, and in that way they will hasten the ger- 

 mination two or three days. But if you are going to sell it, 

 you want to be very careful to have it thoroughly dried. 



ASSOCIATION SEED SERVICE. 



Mr. Greffrath : Before we take up the question of our 

 Seed Service, I would like to announce to the members of the 

 Association as a nominating committee the following: W. L. 

 Bonney, W. F. Hahauer, M. Jennings, R. Kilbourn. 



The Seed Service. 



Mr. Greffrath : The next thing in order is the discussion 

 of our seed matters. As you knoAv, this Association has 

 established a committee to look after our seed problems. Mr. 

 Work, who has been much interested in this and has given 

 much time in looking up parties that are making a business 

 of growing good strains of seed, after making a large num- 

 ber of inquiries as to these seeds, is in a position to present 

 to the Association quite a number of different strains. Mr. 

 Work has asked me to assist by looking after orders. It has 

 been his business up to the present time to find out where 

 these strains can be procured and get the prices of the seed, 

 and requesting that the orders be sent to me. I have received 

 quite a number of orders and had them filled, but the Seed 

 Service is not taking hold with our mem.bers as it should. 

 For some reason or other someone must have started the ball 

 rolling well on a certain kind of Danish Ball Head cabbage, 

 because we took all the seed a certain grower had to offer. 

 With the other seeds the orders are far fewer than they should 

 be. Many of the growers want seeds not listed on the circu- 

 lar letters mailed to them. They should make their needs 

 known to our Secretary, and he would know what kind of 

 strains to look up. Mr. Work has taken up the matter of 

 getting strains of peas from a leading grower. The grower 

 quoted a good price, and up to the present time I have not 

 had an order for a single ounce. That puts us in a bad light. 



