Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1918 — Seed Counter Serviceable. [ARTICLE]

Seed Counter Serviceable.

When testing seeds, it 18 necessary to count them and then space them evenly on moist sheets of blotting paper. A device has been developed which does the work accurately and quickly. It is used in conjunction with a vacuum pump operated by exerting pressure on a foot pedal, and consists of a metal contrivance having a square, flat surface with 100 small perforations. When this is brought in contact with a quantify of grain and a partial vacuum created, the suction draws a kernel over each of the orifices. By then placing the instrument on a blotter and releasing the pressure, the seeds are deposited in regular order on the sheet