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Tlie produce of the plant is then carefully Iwrvested and sown the following spring, when it again goes 
through the same routine for six or seven years, to secure constancy and fixation of its special characteristics ; 
the produce by this time may have increased to several bushels, when it is sown lor a cro]i. Whilst the crop is 
<n-o\ving our Kxiierts, who have watched the character of the Pca ever since it was a seedling in our experimental 
eroiindl examine every plant, eliminating any that show a weakness or lack of uniformity ; the crop is then 
harvested, slacked, and threshed, and eventually comes to our warehouse to be cleaned, hand-picked, and finally 
tested for germination. 
After arriving at our warehouse, the seeds go through several cleaning and other machines, m order to 
remove all dust, dirt, and other impurities. This dirt, dust, and light seed are drawn away by lorced tlraught to 
a special electrical machine which gathers and destroys the dust from all the machines. After being cleanei 
and graded, the seed is carefully picked over by hand; this being done whilst passing through lurther machines 
worked by electric power. These machines allow the seeds to pass beneath the well-trained eye of the pickers, 
of whom we employ several hundreds. 
C/tirtcrs Windsor Mangel 
germinaling. 
Caiiers Holborn Invicta 
Swede germinating. 
First Test. — P eas germinaling on warm, moist fell. 
After cleaning, the stocks are carefully checked and the testing processes commence. The first consists of 
germinating the seeds on warm, moist felt, the subsequent test being made in mould and on fibre. 1 he last 
test consists of growing the seeds on our experimental farms at the same time as our ctistomeis glow them, so 
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that we are thereby able to assure ourselves of the i)uality and trueness of each variety. By examining our trials 
from time to time we know exactly how the produce of our Seeds should ap|iear on the farms and in the gardens 
of our customers, and by the aid of our comparative tests we assure ourselves that our customers are growing 
the best and only the best, which are “Carters Tested Seeds.” 
Rav.-jks I’auk, L.inuon, S.W. — 1912. 
