692 



Report on Inspection Work of the 



§ 341. Samples, publication of results of examination. The 



commissioner of agriculture or his duly authorized representatives 

 shall take samples of seed in triplicate in the presence of at least 

 one witness and in the presence of such witness shall seal such samples 

 and shall at the time of taking tender, and if accepted, deliver to 

 the person apparently in charge one of such samples; one of the other 

 samples the commissioner of agriculture shall cause to be analyzed. 

 The director of the New York agricultural experiment station shall 

 analyze or cause to be analyzed such samples of seeds taken under 

 the provisions of this article as shall be submitted to him for that 

 purpose by the commissioner of agriculture and shall report such 

 analysis to the commissioner of agriculture, and for this purpose 

 the New York agricultural experiment station may employ experts 

 and incur such expenses as may be necessary to comply with the 

 requirements of this article. The result of the analysis of the sample 

 or samples so procured, together with such additional information 

 as circumstances advise, shall be published in reports or bulletins 

 from time to time. 



REPORT OF ANALYSES OF SAMPLES OF SEEDS COLLECTED BY THE 

 COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE DURING 1913. 



4) 



s 



3 



Kind of seed, brand or trade name, name of dealer, 

 and place of collection. 



Composition. 



Foreign 

 seed. 



Inert 

 matter. 



Pure 

 seed. 



993 



501 



556 



624 



625 



907 



1009 



1055 



1079 



Alfalfa : 



Ace 



Kirby & Root, Cooperstown. 

 Alfalfa 



John L. Shultz & Co., Skaneateles. 

 Alfalfa 



James F. Burke, Glen Cove. 

 Alfalfa 



Briscoe & Tupper, Churchville. 

 Alfalfa 



Carr-Leggett Hardware Co., Port Byron 

 Alfalfa 



Francis X. Litz, Homer. 

 Alfalfa 



W. H. Ferguson & Son, Elmira. 

 Alfalfa 



G. L. Dana, Cobleskill. 

 Alfalfa 



M. W. Harroway, Richmondville. 



Per ct. 

 .56 

 .24 

 1.12 

 .20 

 .32 

 .04 

 .08 

 .20 

 .04 



Per ct. 



1.20 



.60 



.94 

 .54 

 .40 

 .60 

 .30 

 .40 

 .20 



Per ct. 

 98.24 



99.16 

 97.94 

 99.26 

 99.28 

 99.36 

 99.62 

 99.40 

 99.76 



