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32 TH.E NCJRSERY-MANUA I,“ 111 t itc first play it is ncc~rssary to get, a representative sampIe byt:tkitlg sty4 fnmt top, sides, ntictrllc and bottom of sa,ck or bin and to mixtltorottgltly (HI ;I. c4otlt, ~MINT or stttootlt table*. A tltin-bladed knife is a(*ottvtG3tt 1.001 Ivitlt \vttic*lt to mix. ‘l’lie person should exercise rare notto lose seed or dirt wltik mixing, its N goocl test rcqttires careful weighing.Wlim satisfied uitlt tltcb ttlisittg, let tlttl test-er divide the sample into twoap1~roxitiiately qttal part. i; , clisc*ardittg one-ltalf and mixing the other, andrqw:kt tiivkfiiag iiiiil iiiiSiilg tirttil tfte pifi: is stttall enough to analyze."'1'1~ first stcl) itt ;tn;tl~~sis is to weigh tltcl sample carefttlly and recordt]lv jFtbig\it. ~~im(&l~,-~is ijr(j\jtls itic ttt;ttcrially, am1 for small seed, such as grassiincl rlovthr or alfalfil, ;lrv ticc*essar,y. A needle fastened in a wooden handleor n slittrp hit-I)itt st’rvt5 to Ibid c c)ttt stnall particles or to separate adlterittgbodies. i4ftc.r tlttb scparatiott is cotttplete, each pile shottld bewGgliet1, or ~lo~~~ly Mittt;tltb(l 1);)’ cottntitig.“If possil)lc, the w~tl SCCV~ ought to be identified in order t.o preventthe introclttr*tiort of 1~1 VYY~~~~ new in the locality or not yet started on thefarm in question. I(Itatl t if&t ion enables the farmer to know just whathe is planting, pertnitting hittt to escrcise choice as to whether such seedis the best he can find at it rt~asonal)lc price,”If a full test is ~~adc, it includes an malysis of purity a,nd arecord of Gal)ility. I:olh-ing is the form of report recommendedby Circ. 23 of the I’tajh StAion ::I rel)ort of the test. slioulti show the armlysis and percentagegel*lnillatio!l. ‘h followil~ g form of report gives the mostessential informat iuu :Kind of seed --SourceLocality to use it -TestPurityInjured seedOther crop seedVarietyProposed use -Per Ct??zt