. Farm grasses of the United States; a practical treatise on the grass crop, seeding and management of meadows and pastures, descriptions of the best varieties, the seed and its impurities, grasses for special conditions, etc., etc. Grasses. THE SEED 73 Mix the seed thoroughly and count out loo or 200 seeds just as they come, making no seledlion. Put them between a fold of cotton flannel or some similar cloth, taking care not to let the seeds touch one an- other. I,ay the cloth on a plate, moisten it well, but do not saturate it, cover with another plate, and keep. FIG. 15—I-IOME-MADE SEED-TES
. Farm grasses of the United States; a practical treatise on the grass crop, seeding and management of meadows and pastures, descriptions of the best varieties, the seed and its impurities, grasses for special conditions, etc., etc. Grasses. THE SEED 73 Mix the seed thoroughly and count out loo or 200 seeds just as they come, making no seledlion. Put them between a fold of cotton flannel or some similar cloth, taking care not to let the seeds touch one an- other. I,ay the cloth on a plate, moisten it well, but do not saturate it, cover with another plate, and keep. FIG. 15—I-IOME-MADE SEED-TESTER A Closed; B, Open in a warm room where the temperature will not go above 86° F. The cloth should be moistened from time to time, and the sprouted seeds counted and re- moved every day. Grass-seeds are not as easy to test as clover and many of the vegetable seeds, for they require much more exadl conditions, needing an alter- nating temperature. If a sample of grass-seed tests well by use of the simple method mentioned above, it. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Spillman, W. J. (William Jasper). New York, O. Judd company
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