272 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



eaten seeds and shrunken empty seed coats. Mere discoloration or 

 slight shrinking of seeds should not put them among inert matter. 



The purpose of the foregoing clnssification is to nuike it desirable 

 on the part of dealers to aim to attain a high standard of quality so 

 as to be able to grade the seed as "pure," On the other hand, it will, 

 enable dealers wlio do not have the appliances for cleaning the seed 

 proiK?rly to otlVr it for sale (provided it is not too foul) if a state- 

 ment accompanies it that >\"ill show the pros])ective purchaser that he 

 is not getting pure seed. 



The State lioard of Agriculture should be authorized to charge a 

 moderate fee for all analyses of seeds sent in voluntarily, this to be 

 required of all or only of seed dealers or not at all at the discretion of 

 the Board. It may often occur that it is desirable to encourage farmers 

 or seed dealers to send in seeds for analysis and in such cases, the fees 

 would not be charged; on the other hand, certain swd firms have made 

 use of the College in the past to analyze their seed samples instead of 

 having a seed analyst of their own and for such cases, it seems desir- 

 able to be authorized to charge a small fee for analysis and another 

 for any germination test requested. 



The expense of the seed analyses, taking sami)les, etc., should be 

 borne either directly by the State as at present or by the imposition of 

 a small annual license fee upon all seed dealers (perhaps exempting firms 

 or persons who offer only small i)ack('ts of flower and garden seeds and 

 not seed in bulk). 



