48 The Bulletin. 



The North Carolina farmer who sells seeds should feel that he is 

 doing his neighbor more harm by selling him, through the seed house, 

 clover seed infested with dodder, for example, than he would by selling 

 him inferior meat or damaged grain through the market. -When a 

 farmer assumes this attitude towards his fellow farmer, he then has a 

 right to demand that his neighbor treat him likewise. There is little 

 doubt that the large majority of our farmers would no sooner sell 

 dodder-infested seed than they would sell a hog sick of cholera. But 

 here and there a careless farmer is found who does not appreciate the 

 importance of clean, pure seed; hence the note of caution sounded 

 above. 



The Department stands ready at any time to analyze and test any 

 seed for any farmer or any seedsman of the State, prior to their offer- 

 ing such seed for sale to the general public. The Department, therefore, 

 urges these two parties to the seed trade to take advantage of this oppor- 

 tunity, and thus eliminate, as far as possible, the multitude of agricul- 

 tural sins that are now reducing the crop yields of the State and forcing 

 the consumer to import millions of dollars worth of foodstuffs that 

 might be grown at home. 



It is interesting to note in this connection how effectively the pure 

 seed law is working in this State. During the year 1910-11 an aver- 

 age of one seed sample in every sixteen was found to be adulterated. 

 During the year 1911-12 only one sample in twenty-four was found 

 to be adulterated. During the year 1912-13 the adulteration of agri- 

 cultural seeds in this State was reduced to the remarkable figure of one 

 sample in every 79.6. We confidently expect next year to reveal not 

 more than one sample in every one hundred carrying adulterations. 



LEAF TOBACCO SALES FOR JULY, 1913. 



Pounds sold for producers, first hand 1,335,018 



Pounds sold for dealers 76,841 



Pounds sold for warehouses 47,118 



Total 1,458,977 



LEAF TOBACCO SALES FOR THE YEAR, 

 August, 1912-August, 1913. 



Pounds sold for producers, first hand. 133,037,451 



Pounds sold for dealers 7,779,935 



Pounds sold for warehouses 4,198,297 



Total 145,015,683 



