Book Description

"(1) It is important that farm seeds be tested before they are sown. (2) Seed testing in its essential features giving practical results can be done more easily than is generally believed. (3)By means of seed test the actual value of seed in question as compared with seed of the best quality can be determined and damage to the crop or the land due to noxious weed seeds can be avoided. (4) Practical seed tests can be made with simple equipment by anyone interested in the purchase or use of seeds. (5) It is readily possible for the farmer to make practical tests of seeds, thereby safeguarding against partial or complete loss of crops. (6) Seed testing is admirably adapted for practical exercise work in elementary agriculture in rural schools (7) The essential preparation for making seed tests consists of providing the simple apparatus necessary and of becoming familiar with the general purposes and methods of testing and the features of importance peculiar to tests of particular kinds of seeds." -- p.47