-New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 705 



Report of Analyses of Samples of Seeds — (concluded). 



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XI 

 E 



3 



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

 and place of collection. 



Composition. 



Foreign 

 seed. 



Inert 

 matter. 



Pure 

 seed. 



971 

 968 

 754 

 983 

 1087 

 923 



901 



918 



1007 



Timothy (concluded): 



Star 



W. B. Newell. Little Falls. 

 State 



Mohawk Valley Cooperative Co., Fort Plain 

 Strictly Prime 



George D. Northridge, Malone. 

 Strictly Prime 



Fayette Getman & Son, Ilion. 

 Strong 



C. A. Bunn, Richmondville. 

 Wren 



C. A. Dewel, Flemingville. 



Alsike and Timothy: 



Alsike and Timothy 



Forrest Seed Co., Cortland. 



Timothy and Alsike: 



Timothy and Alsike 



Robert Schutt, Dryden. 



Vetch: 



Vetch 



Edw. F. Dibble, Inc., Honeoye Falls. 



Per ct. 

 .02 

 .02 

 1.17 

 3.29 

 .19 

 .23 



.45 



5.98 



2.25 



Per ct. 



.15 

 .25 

 .60 

 1.70 

 .70 

 .60 



.80 



5.20 



1.50 



Per ct. 



99.83 

 99.73 

 98.23 

 95.01 

 99.11 

 99.17 



98.75 



88.82 



96.25 



METHOD OF ANALYSIS. 



Numerous inquiries have been received relative to the methods 

 employed in making a purity test by " count " in compliance with 

 the provisions of the seed law which requires that the percentage of 

 foul and foreign seed shall be determined by a " count " of the number 

 of such seeds in any given quantity of the designated crop seeds. 

 In making the analyses reported in this Bulletin, the rules and 

 regulations for seed testing as adopted by seed analysts were followed 

 as closely as possible. The regulation weight of sample was used 

 and the seed impurities counted, as were also the crop seeds in the 

 sample. From these data the percentage of foul and foreign seed 

 was determined by the proportional number of seeds in the sample. 

 Inert matter, which consists of broken seed, chaff, stems, dirt, etc., 

 was weighed and recorded as percentage by weight of the entire 

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