REPORT OF THE DIVISION OF AGRONOMY AND BOTANY 



FOR 1914 



By James L. Burgess, Agronomist and Botanist in Charge. 



GE^sTERAL REMARKS. 



According to the provisions of the North Carolina Pure Seed Act, 

 seed samples have been collected and analyzed since the act went into 

 effect, July 1, 1909. The present publication is the fourth report of 

 seed tests made by this Department, and includes all samples received 

 from July 15, 1913, to July 15, 1914. During that time 1,773 samples 

 in all have been tested; -total agricultural seed samples 955, samples 

 from inspectors 727, samples from individuals 228. Total samples for 

 purity was 872, total samples for germination was 948. Germination 

 tests were made of 818 samples of vegetable seeds. Also 123 samples of 

 tobacco seed were received and cleaned for farmers of the State. 



The volume of work in the Seed Laboratory in the handling of agri- 

 cultural and vegetable seeds, has almost doubled within the past year, 

 as the following tables will show. 



TABLE IvTo. 1. 

 Total Number of Samples of Agricultural Seeds Received. 



Alfalfa 



Barley 



Beans, Soja 



Beans, Velvet. 



Grass, Kentucky Blue. 



Chufas 



Clover, Alsike . 



Clover, Burr 



Clover, Crimson 



1913 



10 

 3 

 1 

 8 



19 

 2 

 2 

 1 



66 



Clover, Red .... ! 51 



i 

 Clover, Sweet 1 



Field Corn . 73 



Cow Peas ' 14 



Meadow Fescue 1 



Italian Rye Grass .•_ I 1 I 



Orchard Grass... 9 



Tall Meadow Oat Grass .__ I 2 



German Millet I 12 



Pearl Millet __J n 



1914 



28 

 3 

 4 

 1 



34 



12 



1 



131 



98 



3 



28 



1 



2 



7 



51 



14 



14 



6 



