The Bulletin 



Seed Should be Tested and the Value Known Before Purchasing. 



The wisdom of having seed tested and of knowing the actual cost and 

 value of the seed to be planted may be illustrated by the following data. 

 These samples were tested in the laboratory, and are fairly typical of 

 the different grades of seed offered on the market at the same price. 



TABLE No. 3. 



Laboratory 

 Number 



1388.... 



2232. 



1427 



1409 



2108. 



2024 



1534 



2157 



Kind of Seed 



Crimson Clover. 

 Crimson Clover- 



Red Clover 



{No Dodder.) 



Red Clover 



(Dodder Present.) 



Orchard Grass 



Orchard Grass. 



Retail Price 



$0.15 per pound. 

 .15 per pound. 

 .20 per pound. 

 .20 per pound. 

 .20 per pound. 

 .20 per pound. 



Redtop - --. ! .20 per pound... 



Redtop. 



.20 per pound. 



Actual Cost 



$0.16 per pound. 

 1 .30 per pound. 

 .21 per pound. 

 .30 per pound- 

 .22 per pound. 

 .56 per pound. 

 .22 per pound. 

 .32 per pound. 



Actual 

 Value 



95 per cent. 

 1 1 per cent. 



96 per cent. 

 48 f)er cent. 

 73 per cent. 

 25 per cent. 

 87 per cent. 

 37 per cent. 



Weed Seeds. 



The three kinds of weed seeds of most frequent occurrence in the 

 principal kinds of agricultural seeds tested are given below, the one 

 found most frequently being listed first : 



Alfalfa — Buckhorn, Green Foxtail, Lamb's Quarters. 



Bluegrass, Kentucky— Yield Sorrel, Buckhorn, Large Mouse-ear 

 Chickweed. 



Clover, Crimsons-Black or Hop Medic, Wild Mustard, Slender 

 Foxtail. 



Clover, Red — Buckhorn, Curled Dock, Green Foxtail. 



Clover, White—Field Sorrel, Black or Hop Medic, Large Mouse-ear 

 Chickweed. 



Grass, Orchard — Field Sorrel, Buckhorn, Cheat. 



Oats — Cheat, Corn Cockle, Darnel. 



Redtop — Yarrow, Eugel's Plantain, Woolly Panicum. 



Out of 51 samples of Red Clover seed tested. Dodder was found to 

 occur in 21 samples, and in no samples of Alfalfa out of 8 samples 

 tested. 



According to section 5 of the North Carolina Seed Act, the occur- 

 rence of the following weed seeds in agricultural seeds to be used for 

 planting is considered unlawful: Wild Onion or Garlic (Allium vineale 

 L. and A. Canadense L.), Wild Mustard (Brassica arvensis (L.) Ktz.), 

 Couch-grass (Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv.), Canada Thistle {Carduus 

 arvensis (L.) Robs.), Wild Oat {Avena fatua L.), Clover Dodder {Cus- 

 cuta Epithymum Murr),Corn Cockle (Agrostemma Githago (L.), Cheat 

 (Bromus secalinus L.), Dog Fennel (Eupatorium, capillifolium (Lam.) 

 Small.), Wild Carrot {Daucus Carota L.) 



