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PROPAGATION BY MEANS OF SEEDS AND SPOKlLS 33TeatInert matterWeeds(Kinds of weeds -Germination (per cent)Per Crew!notes on)There is an organization of ” Seed Analystsof North America,”that meets in :~mual c0nvention. It comprises the officers inthe dif-ferent states associat,ed with the working of the seedlaws, representatives 0f the I’nited States Department ofAgriculture and of the (‘nnadian Department of Agriculture.RIany of the experiment stations and departments publishresults of seed-test,s. The influence of a.11 this activity hasdc~loped a public c’onsc’iousness on pure seeds, establishedlegal procedure and rlevrloptvl accurate methods of testing.A representative summary from onto of the state pub!kationswill indicate the naturv of the enterprisr. This is from n’ewHampshire. That statti t~na~~tecl a pure seed law in 1909,requiring the publivat ion a~muall~~ of :I bulletin showing theresults of all stvtLtt5ts IW& ofkiall~~ iu the previous year,placing the ~1(1rrlinistrntic)n of the law ii) the hands of the StateConaniissiorirr of .\griculture, who appointed the agronomistof the Experimrnt Statirm as his regular agent for making alltests 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 SPORESWhen one COI~W to thcb sowing r)f stvds, one must be preparedto give them good c’are and muc~h thoughtful attention.They have l~cn tliv result of ~nuch energy on the part of theplant. (‘are of the set& themselves, of the ea.rth iu whichthey are sown arid in the follow-up treatment adds muchto the satisfaction in growing the plant.,:,\i , yi!‘i, ’/ I;!/‘I,; l,D