. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. 142 PRACTICAL ADVICE OX SEED-TESTING third to one-half the price of those with which they are mixed. Red clover, alfalfa, Kentucky blue- prass and orchard-fjrass seed are the principal ones affected. The seed of yellow trefoil is imported in. Fig. 211. "Seeds" or perigynia of species of carex, sedge plants that are sometimes found in grass seed. large quantities from
. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. 142 PRACTICAL ADVICE OX SEED-TESTING third to one-half the price of those with which they are mixed. Red clover, alfalfa, Kentucky blue- prass and orchard-fjrass seed are the principal ones affected. The seed of yellow trefoil is imported in. Fig. 211. "Seeds" or perigynia of species of carex, sedge plants that are sometimes found in grass seed. large quantities from Germany to be used as an adulterant of red clover and alfalfa. It is a low- p^rowing, leguminous plant not cultivated in the United States and of no value where red clover or alfalfa will grow. Bur-clover seed, which is combed out o£ South American wool, is also imported from Germany and mixed with alfalfa seed. English and Italian rye-grass and meadow fescue seed are frequently mixed with orchard-grass seed in vary- ing proportions. Canada blue-grass seed, although used to some extent in this country, is imported in large quantities from Canada, to be mixed with, or sold as Kentucky blue-grass seed. All of these seeds used as adulterants resemble so closely the seeds with which they are mixed that they are difficult to distinguish. In the following discussion, enlarged pictures are given of the true seed, in order that the examiner may distinguish adulter-. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York : Macmillan
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