POINTS WORTH CONSIDERATION.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13479, 26 July 1912, Page 8

POINTS WORTH CONSIDERATION.

1. The loss due to weeds exceeds one million pounds sterling annually. 2. The greatest factor in th© spread •oi weeds in the use of impure seed.

3. Always ascertain what weed-seeds are present in a, sample before purchasing.

4. Reject any samples that contain an excess of weed-seeds.

5. Cheap seed is always bad, but high-priced seed is not necessarilj' always good.

6. Never sow weed-infected seed on the score of cheapness.

7. Tho sowing of cheap weed-infested tieed is the most expensive policy that a farmer can adopt.

8. Always ascertain the germination of grass and clover seeds before buy-

9. The weed-seed reference-card provides a ready means of .indentifying the snore common impurities of agricultural

seeds

10. The Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists tests any seed received from farmers free of charge. Why not avail yourself of this opportunity?