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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. 



Laboratory 

 Number. 



13SS 

 2232 

 1427 

 1409 

 2108 

 2024 

 1534 

 2157 



Kind of Seed. 



Retail Price. 



Crimson Clover 



Crimson Clover 



Red Clover 



(No Dodder.) 

 Red Clover 



(Dodder present.) 

 Orchard Grass.. 



Orchard Grass 



Redtop 



Redtop 



SO. 15 per pound. 

 .15 per pound. 

 .20 per pound. 

 .20 per pound . 

 .20 per pound. 

 .20 per pound . 

 .20 per pound. 

 .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. 

 11 per cent. 



96 per cent. 

 48 per 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 — Field Sorrel, Buckhorn, Large Mouse-ear 

 Chickweed. 



Clover, Crimson — 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, Rugel'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 arvenis (L.) Ktz.), 

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

 arvensis (L.) Bobs.), 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.). 



Following are given the standards for purity and germination required 

 by the seed act : 



