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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 



Kind of Seed 



Retail Price 



Actual Cost 



Crimson Clover. 

 Crimson Clover. 



Actual 

 Value 



Red Clover 



(No Dodder.) 



Red Clover 



(Dodder present.) 

 2108 i Orchard Grass.. 



2024 J Orchard Grass. 



1534 ! Redtop 



2157 I Redtop 



).15 per pound...: $0.16 per pound... 95 per cent. 



.15 per pound--- 1 .30 per pound 11 per cent. 



.21 per pound.-. 96 per cent. 



.30 per pound... 48 per cent. 



.22 per pound... 73 per cent. 



.56 per pound...' 25 per cent. 



.22 per pound... j 87 per cent. 



.32 per pound...' 37 per cent. 



.20 per pound... 

 .20 per pound--- 

 .20 per pound... 

 .20 per pound- -- 

 .20 per pound... 

 .20 per pound... 



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, Kentuchy — Tield Sorrel, Buckhorn, Large Mouse-ear 

 Chickweed. 



Clover, Crimson — Black or Hop Medic, Wild Mustar4, 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 Plaintain, 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 N'orth 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 (Ciis- 

 ciita Epithymum Murr), Corn Cockle {Agrostemma Gitltago L.), Cheat 

 (Bromtis secalinns L.), Dog Fennel (Eupatorium capillifolium (Lam.) 

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



