CLEANED, TREATED AND TESTED SEED 
FOR COLORADO 
W. W. ROBBINS, H. E. VASEY and G. E. EGGINTON 
I. CLEAN, PURE, VIABLE SEED—ITS NEED. 
The main object of this Bulletin is to point out the great need 
of having all seed cleaned, treated and tested before it is planted. 
It urges the placing of clean, treated and tested seed in the soil. 
This year there is going to be a scarcity of some kinds of seed. 
Therefore, it is all the more urgent that the seed we do plant be in 
the best condition possible when sown. We are not placing special 
emphasis here upon the planting of more seed so much as we are 
the use of seed of high quality. There being a seed scarcity, every 
effort should be made to raise the quality of the seed we have on 
hand. This can be done by extra care in cleaning and treating. By 
testing, we hope to find out and eliminate seeds of low quality, be 
in a position to advise recleaning when found necessary, and give 
data which will guide the planter of seed as to how much to sow 
per acre. 
We must get the most out of the seed we liave, the most out of 
the acreage we have, and the most out of the labor Ave expend. We 
must not have crop failures nor low yields this year through any 
negligence of our own—through any negligence to make the condi¬ 
tions of which we have control the very best. Weather is beyond 
our control, but we can see to it that the seed we place in the ground 
is of the very best quality obtainable, that the soil in which it is 
sown is in the very best condition for germination, and that the 
plants are properly cared for from youth to maturity, and harvested 
at the proper time, and in the correct manner. 
It is disheartening to the farmer to prepare his field with the 
greatest care for sowing, expending much labor and valuable time 
of man and beast, and subjecting his machinery to wear and tear, 
to find that the seed sown does not germinate well, or that the crop 
is accompanied with a vigorous growth of weeds, which growth 
increases the labor expended in caring for the crop, decreases the 
yield, causes the farmer to suffer an unnecessary dockage at the 
mill, and contaminates his seed and soil for the following crop 
season. The acreage in such a year does not live up to its pro¬ 
ductive capacity. 
