C. P. HALLIGAN, B. S., Asst. Horticulturist
O. RAHN, Ph. D., Asst. Bacteriologist
A. C. ANDERSON, B. S., Asst. Dairy Husbandryman
J. B. DANDENO, Ph. D., Assist. Botanist
G. D. SHAFER, Ph. D., Research Asst. in Entomology
M. A. YOTHERS, B. S., Asst. in Entomology
W. GILTNER, D. V. M. M. S., Research Asst. in Bacteriology
C. W. BROWN, B. S., Research Asst. in Bacteriology
F. A. SPRAGG, M. S., Research Asst. in Crops (Plant Breeding)
C. S. ROBINSON, M. S. Research Asst. in Chemistry
MISS Z. NORTHROP, B. S., Asst. in Bacteriology
MISS L. M. SMITH, Ph. B., Asst. in Bacteriology
O. B. WINTER, A. B., Asst. in Chemistry
MRS. L. E. LANDON, Librarian
SUB-STATIONS.
Chatham, Alger County, 160 acres deeded--Leo M. Geismar in charge.
Grayling, Crawford County, 80 acres deeded.
South Haven, Van Buren County, 10 acres rented; 5 acres
deeded--Frank A. Wilkin in charge.
The designer of this bulletin first had in mind something of the sort
for the use of his students, not only the undergraduates, but others
living on farms, or teaching in Michigan and elsewhere. Whoever grows
seeds to sell, or buys seeds to sow, should be benefited by consulting
the illustrations which are unsurpassed for accuracy by anything in this
country. They were all made by Mr. F. H. Hillman. A hand lens costing
from twenty cents to a dollar is almost indispensable in examining our
seeds. The brief descriptions are necessarily made by using definite
scientific terms, which are explained in a glossary at the close of the
work. A few weeds are not illustrated, for the reason that the plants
have ceased to produce seeds, such as the horse radish, and some of them
are not conspicuously bad. Not far from half the illustrations are made
from small seed-like fruits, likely to be mistaken for seeds, such as
are produced by dandelions, burdocks, narrow-leaved dock, all grasses.
Cuts of seeds of several clovers are inserted that students may learn to
distinguished them from weeds too often mixed with them.
No apology is offered for making use of the decimal scale instead of the
cumbersome antiquated English scale, which fortunately is gradually
growing out of use. In the back part of the bulletin are duplicate
copies of the decimal scale that any one can cut out and use for
measuring.
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