REPORT OF SEED TESTS FOR 1912. 



By O. I. TILLMAN, Botanist 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



According to the provisions of the JSTorth 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 second report of 

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

 from August 31, 1911, to August 31, 1912. During that time 878 sam- 

 ples in all have been tested; total Agricultural seed samples 657, sam- 

 ples from inspectors 435, samples from individuals 222. One sample 

 of sweet peas was submitted for germination test. Total samples for 

 purity was 548, total samples for germination was 648. Germination 

 tests were made of 220 samples of Vegetable seeds, also 170 samples of 

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



This Department wishes to state that the sample of Eedtop which 

 was published last year, from The A. Dickinson Company, Baltimore, 

 Md., as being adulterated 7 per cent with timothy was a sample sub- 

 mitted by the company, and not one taken from the trade. 



SEED SHOULD BE TESTED AND THE VALUE KNOWN BEFORE 



PURCHASING. 



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

 cost and value of the seed to be planted may be illustrated by the follow- 

 ing data. These samples were tested by the laboratory during the past 

 year and are typical of the different grades of seed offered on the market 

 at the same price. 



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 : 



