The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-05-12


Of the above association. They will be
found timely and of interest to agrcul-
turists generally.
HOW SEED BUYERS ARE SWINDLED.
In April, 1869, hardly more than ten
Years ago, farmer in SaXony forwarded
to Professor Noble, Director of the En-
pertinent Station at Tharand, some four
or five samples OF grass seed which he
had bought, and asked for their botanical
identification The examination reveal
cd the surprising fact that scarcely 30
per cent. ci one OF the samples at least
was of the species indicated by the label
attached. This discovery led DR.. Noble
10 undertake an examination OF the stock
Of prominent sced-hOuscs in Germany.
and the results, published in his work of
over 600 pages have been the means of
creating an entirely new branch of scen-
tlhC Investigation for the student, and for
the farmer another protection against in
tcntional o1 nnN itting deceptja1l Among
the visible results OF Prot. Nobble's work
is the establishment in Europe Of no less
than ID Experiment Stations, whose chief
duty is the examination OF commercial
seeds. Noble himself has tested over
5.hO0 samples. We can sum up the re
INNS -. f,IIows. rhn ,,.l,a, nD'l a..
of pure seed in commercial samples was
iuunu To hc -. The average per cent. OF
foreign substance was H. OF the 50 per
cent ot seeds which We're what they were
represented r. be, ONLY II per cent. were
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URN now 10 the consideration OF Ameri-
lll SEEDS during the year
AdinE June 'alth. lNE'. the value OF gar
len. agricultural and horticultural seeds
imported into the njted States amount
l Id nearly seven hundred thousand
dollars Let any one examine
l'- CRAY Manual. and he will find hum
ledS ot weeds described which We're not
atlFe hut have been introduced from
.hroad. Writing upon this subject, my
Nntl trend, l)r lhurber, uses. editorial
the following language IN the natural
u~ulpUJl"li on SeedS II would appear that
-c scattering Ui seeds Of weeds was most
riuUN provided t0r But, however
."untlHntlN these are disseminated by
t.ura. agencies, the careless farmer sows
"lat Nature cannot do he puts them in
Nr"-prtPaied Soll, where they Will be
sure To- grow. Next summer, or later,
@e shall have from some Of these same
t'mers letters dnd specimens. The let
t"ls VIII be to thls purport "A new
weed has appeared ID our fields. or mead
0"s threatening ID XIII out everything
else; What Is il and how shall we get rid
f vr n-bc ,'1 fid y HI!o % ~ Ia rete Deioi mf
course we shall trv to answer each in
rv as we'll as We can. The ..Whnre
j il come from :" we can answer now
.u carefully sowed it that cool March
Eiv with your clover will bring for
slrd one more prooftlat American seeds
,e certainly often impure. 1t is thar the
European Experiment Stations and hot-
uistS are constantly finding weed seeds
t ituDortati0us from america