Excerpt from Kentucky Bluegrass Seed: Harvesting, Curing, and Cleaning The seed of Kentucky bluegrass forms an important item in the grass-seed trade of the eastern United States, both in the'domestic market and for export. In the absence of precise statistics, it may be stated that the annual crop averages from to bushels, with-a value of to In the progress of our studies in the seed laboratory a surprising variation was found in the percent age of germination of this seed. It was suspected that the vitality of the seed was injured at some Stage in the process of harvesting or curing. An investigation was therefore institutedwhich has involved an examination, by Mr. Pieters and Mr. Brown, of the field operations of the growers in Kentucky during the harvesting seasons of 1900 and 1901, together with an extensive series'of germination tests-conducted in Washington. This investigation, the first results of which are here with published, has demonstrated conclusivelythat the frequent low germination of Kentucky bluegrass Seed is in reality. Due to improper treatment during the process of curing'the crop, which results in over heating the seed and destroying its Vitality. The investigation has demonstrated, further, that this overheating is preventable. It is believed that a drying apparatus can. Be used which will obviate the difficulty and take the place of the expensive hand labor or expensive storage facilities which otherwise are necessary. Further experiments relative to such appa'ratus are planned for the coming year.