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PURDUE UNIVERSITY Agricultural Experiment Station Circular No. 31 LaFayette, Ind., January, 1912 AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION XIV SMALL SEED IMPROVEMENT All progressive farmers are now taking a keen interest in seed improvement, since due attention to this factor of crop production has been found to very materially increase yields of field crops. Clover, alfalfa, and other forage crops are grown fairly extensively in Indiana. Much more of the leguminous crops, however, should be produced, since they are valuable stock foods and soil improvers. Clover, alfalfa and grass seeds being so small, and the impurities and adulterants, apt to occur in them, so numerous, it is extremely difficult, without some study and practice, to accurately estimate the real value of various lots of these on the market and elsewhere. To assist all interested in these seeds, a Branch Seed Laboratory has been established by the Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Agricultural Extension Department, Purdue University, LaFayette, Ind. Examinations, tests, and identifications of all small seeds, both field and garden, are made in the Laboratory and reports furnished promptly, without charge. In the light of experimental and other evidence, it is now known that it pays well to use sound, pure, clean, vigorous seed on Indiana farms. Have your seed tested!
Object Description
Title | Extension Circular, no. 031 (Jan. 1912) |
Purdue Identification Number | UA14-13-circular031 |
Title of Issue | Small Seed Improvement |
Author of Issue |
Frier, G. M. (George Melrose), 1880- Merick, Lovina S., 1883- |
Date of Original | 1912 |
Publisher | Purdue University. Agricultural Extension Service |
Subjects (LCSH) | Seeds--Indiana--Testing |
Genre | Periodical |
Collection Name | Extension Circular (Purdue University. Agricultural Extension Service) |
Rights Statement | Copyright Purdue University. All rights reserved. |
Coverage | United States – Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Date Digitized | 06/09/2015 |
Digitization Information | Original scanned at 400 ppi on a BookEye 3 scanner using Opus software. Display images generated in Contentdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
URI | UA14-13-circular031.tif |
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Title | Extension Circular, no. 031 (Jan. 1912) |
Purdue Identification Number | UA14-13-circular031 |
Title of Issue | Small Seed Improvement |
Author of Issue |
Frier, G. M. (George Melrose), 1880- Merick, Lovina S., 1883- |
Date of Original | 1912 |
Publisher | Purdue University. Agricultural Extension Service |
Genre | Periodical |
Collection Name | Extension Circular (Purdue University. Agricultural Extension Service) |
Rights Statement | Copyright Purdue University. All rights reserved. |
Coverage | United States – Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Transcript | PURDUE UNIVERSITY Agricultural Experiment Station Circular No. 31 LaFayette, Ind., January, 1912 AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION XIV SMALL SEED IMPROVEMENT All progressive farmers are now taking a keen interest in seed improvement, since due attention to this factor of crop production has been found to very materially increase yields of field crops. Clover, alfalfa, and other forage crops are grown fairly extensively in Indiana. Much more of the leguminous crops, however, should be produced, since they are valuable stock foods and soil improvers. Clover, alfalfa and grass seeds being so small, and the impurities and adulterants, apt to occur in them, so numerous, it is extremely difficult, without some study and practice, to accurately estimate the real value of various lots of these on the market and elsewhere. To assist all interested in these seeds, a Branch Seed Laboratory has been established by the Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Agricultural Extension Department, Purdue University, LaFayette, Ind. Examinations, tests, and identifications of all small seeds, both field and garden, are made in the Laboratory and reports furnished promptly, without charge. In the light of experimental and other evidence, it is now known that it pays well to use sound, pure, clean, vigorous seed on Indiana farms. Have your seed tested! |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Date Digitized | 06/09/2015 |
Digitization Information | Original scanned at 400 ppi on a BookEye 3 scanner using Opus software. Display images generated in Contentdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
URI | UA14-13-circular031.tif |
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