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Fig. 2.—Weekly march of germination, 1913: Method of sowing 
(2) Germination started five days earlier under the shallowest 
cover than under the deepest. 
(3) The shallowest sowings, 34 inch and Y inch, showed the most 
rapid rate of germination. 
(4) The period of most active germination occurred in the last half 
of June and the first half of July, from three to four weeks after 
sowing. 
