SEED THRESHING.
VALUE OF " BLOWINGS." The question of threshing-mill wasto is being investigated by tlio seed-testing section of the Plant Research Station, Palm erst on North. Several samples of " blowings" from threshing-mills have been iTceivorl by tho station lately, with inquiries as to tlio value of the material. Tho type and quality of the samples naturally varies considerably, bub the conclusion is that there must bo a fair percentage of good 'ryegrass left, in the mill dumps. One good example is shown in the following sample, described as "blowings" from a one-year stand, to bo had " merely for tho bagging" -.—Pure seed (small-seeded perennial ryegrass), 65.1 per cent.; other crop seeds (six species), 0.9 per cent. ; weed seeds (five species, mainly goose-grass), 10.2 per cent.; inert matter, 23.8 per cent; total, 100 per cent. Germination (of tho puro seed), 97.0 per cent. Pure germinated seed, 68.0 percent. Without taking into account the detrimental value of 10 per cent, of goosegrass, etc., tho samplo is worth, as ryegrass, approximately 5s per bushel on ruling values, ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20867, 8 May 1931, Page 17
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174SEED THRESHING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20867, 8 May 1931, Page 17
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