New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 157 



regulation weight of sample was used and the seed impurities 

 counted as were also crop seeds in the sample. From these data 

 the percentage of each was determined by the proportional num- 

 ber of seeds in the sample. The percentage of inert matter was 

 determined bv weight. 



REPORT OF ANALYSES OF SAMPLES OF SEEDS COLLECTED BY THE 

 COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE DURING 1912. 



o 



% 



0) 



ft 

 ti 



a 



CO 



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

 and place of collection. 



Composition. 



Foreign 

 seed. 



Inert 

 matter. 



Pure 



seed. 



256 

 253 

 173 

 169 

 207 

 212 

 166 

 378 

 353 

 259 

 367 



206 

 210 

 104 

 170 

 271 

 358 

 366 



Alfalfa : 



Alfalfa... 



Chas. F. Saul, Syracuse. 

 Alfalfa 



Craver-Dickinson Seed Co., Binghamton 

 Alfalfa 



C. A. Session & Son, Palmyra. 

 Alfalfa Seed 



Dorchester & Rose, Geneva. 

 Alfalfa 



Louis Bush, Lowville. 

 Anchor Brand 



Gilbert & Nichols Co., Fulton. 

 Cane 



R. A. Mather, Canandaigua. 

 Choice 



W. R. Perkins & Co., Newburgh. 

 Eclipse 



John A. Reynolds, Albany. 

 Eclipse 



Elmore Milling Co., Oneonta. 

 I. X. L 



Jansen & Shuestis, Fonda. 



Alsike Clover: 



Alsike Clover 



Milton T. Jones, Utica. 

 Alsike 



Louis Bush, Lowville. 

 Alsike Clover 



Albert G. Johnson, Jamestown. 

 Alsike 



Dorchester & Rose, Geneva. 

 Alsike Clover 



Frederick L. Jennings, Elmira. 

 Alsike 



Becker & Co., Central Bridge. 

 Alsike 



Jansen & Shuestis, Fonda. 



Per ct. 



.32 

 .40 

 .48 

 .27 

 .12 

 .31 

 .18 

 .12 

 None. 

 .03 

 .22 



2.70 

 6.15 

 3.47 

 1.86 

 4.37 

 .39 

 .09 



Per ct. 

 1. 



.50 

 .40 

 .60 

 .20 

 1. 

 .40 

 .90 

 .80 

 .80 

 .10 



.80 



2. 

 1. 



.20 

 .30 

 .50 

 .10 



Per ct. 



98.68 

 99.10 

 99.12 

 99.13 

 99.68 

 98.69 

 99.42 

 98.98 

 99.20 

 99.17 

 99.68 



96.50 

 91.85 

 95.53 

 97.94 

 95.33 

 99.11 

 99.81 



