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PROPAGATION BY MEANS OF SEEDS AND SPOKlLS 33
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Weeds
(Kinds of weeds -
Germination (per cent)
Per Crew!
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There is an organization of ” Seed Analystsof North America,”
that meets in :~mual c0nvention. It comprises the officers in
the dif-ferent states associat,ed with the working of the seed
laws, representatives 0f the I’nited States Department of
Agriculture and of the (‘nnadian Department of Agriculture.
RIany of the experiment stations and departments publish
results of seed-test,s. The influence of a.11 this activity has
dc~loped a public c’onsc’iousness on pure seeds, established
legal procedure and rlevrloptvl accurate methods of testing.
A representative summary from onto of the state pub!kations
will indicate the naturv of the enterprisr. This is from n’ew
Hampshire. That statti t~na~~tecl a pure seed law in 1909,
requiring the publivat ion a~muall~~ of :I bulletin showing the
results of all stvtLtt5ts IW& ofkiall~~ iu the previous year,
placing the ~1(1rrlinistrntic)n of the law ii) the hands of the State
Conaniissiorirr of .\griculture, who appointed the agronomist
of the Experimrnt Statirm as his regular agent for making all
tests and aual,ss~. The table on page 34 is from Bull. 180.
3, THE I-i.~NI)T,lN~; AND SOM’TN(; ()I+’ SEEDS AND SPORES
When one COI~W to thcb sowing r)f stvds, one must be prepared
to give them good c’are and muc~h thoughtful attention.
They have l~cn tliv result of ~nuch energy on the part of the
plant. (‘are of the set& themselves, of the ea.rth iu which
they are sown arid in the follow-up treatment adds much
to the satisfaction in growing the plant.
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