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Table II. — Analyses of five samples of high-grade red clover seed offered for sale during 



the year ended June SO, 1906. 



The accompanying diagram presents in grgphic form a comparison 

 of the averages of the analyses of reel clover seed imported, as shown 

 in Tables I and II. 



ALFALFA. 



Table III gives the analyses of sixteen selected low-grade samples 

 of imported alfalfa seed, representing cargoes amounting to 275,572 

 pounds. Since the total importations of alfalfa seed during the 

 same period were 5,688,689 pounds, the low-grade seed furnished 

 about one-twentieth of the total. The quality of this low-grade seed 

 is similar to that of the red clover seed shown in Table I. The 

 germination is low and the seed in many samples is small or shriveled. 

 All but two of these lots contain dodder, and all contained on an aver- 

 age more than fifteen kinds of weed seeds. 



Table III. — Analyses of sixteen samples of low-grade alfalfa seed imported daring the 



fiscal year ended June 30, 1906. 



Number of 

 seed sample. 



Alfalfa other 

 seed. seeds. 



2929 



2941 



2942 



2996 



3002 



3003 



3047 



3068 



3082 



3158 



3393 



.3751 



4132 



4135 



4232 , 



4267 , 



Average. 



Per 



cent. 



84.56 



96.18 



88.58 



89.42 



88.06 



87.8 



90.46 



94.38 



91.01 



90.8 



94.63 



87.4 



82.02 



72.54 



63.85 



81. 31 



86.44 



Per 



cent. 

 3.52 

 1.28 

 1.98 

 3.68 

 3.24 

 3.54 

 3.97 

 2.59 

 4. .33 

 4.68 

 1.77 

 2.1 

 6.18 

 14.13 

 16. 79 

 4.38 



4.89 



Dirt 



and 



broken 



seed. 



Per 



cent. 



11.92 



2.54 



9.44 



6.9 



8.7 



8.66 



5.57 



3.03 



4.66 



4.52 



3.6 



10.5 



11.8 



13.33 



19. 36 



14.31 



8.68 



Dod- 

 der 

 pres- 

 ent, o 



Kinds 



of 

 weed 

 seeds. 



Yes. 

 No.. 

 Yes. 

 No.. 

 No.. 

 No., 

 Yes, 

 Yes, 

 Yes, 

 Yes. 

 Yes, 

 Yes. 

 Yes. 

 Yes, 

 Yes, 

 Yes, 



' Num- 

 I her. 



18 

 1 



14 

 ; 10 



': 12 



12 

 14 

 9 

 15 

 18 

 17 

 20 

 23 

 22 

 26 

 21 



Weight 

 of 1,000 

 alfalfa 

 seeds. 



Germi- 

 nation 



of 



alfalfa 



seed. 



Milli- 

 grams. 

 1,704 

 2,166 

 1,890 

 1,787 

 1,866 

 1,748 

 1,7.57 

 1,834 

 1,622 

 1,328 

 1,7.53 

 1,529 

 1,032 

 1,065 

 1,037 

 1,164 



15.75 I 1,580 



Per 



cent. 



79.5 



46 



53 



56.5 



52.5 



45 



58 



50 



63.5 



9 

 73. 5 



8 

 77 

 50 

 58.5 

 4.3.5 



Quan- 

 tity of 



seed 

 import- 



ed.b 



Pounds 

 10,208 

 12.106 



7,797 

 16,475 

 32.439 

 15,923 

 16,610 

 14,475 

 16,632 

 33,275 

 16,. 500 

 33,022 



5,610 

 11,396 



3,844 

 29,261 



51.47 



Price 

 per 100 

 pounds 



at 

 which 



seed 

 was im- 

 ported 



$9.50 

 8.10 

 7.90 

 9.25 

 9.40 

 9.90 



10.25 

 8.50 



10. 25 

 2.00 



10.13 

 2.63 

 7.50 

 6.00 

 5.00 

 5.70 



7.63 



Live 



alfalfa 

 seed 

 (seed 

 that 

 germi- 

 nated) 



in 

 sample. 



Per 



cent. 



67.22 



44.24 



46.95 



50. 52 



46.23 



39.5 



.52. 47 



47.19 



57.79 



8.17 

 69. 55 



6.99 

 63.15 

 36. 27 

 37. .35 

 35.37 



44.31 



Actual 

 cost of 



100 

 pounds 

 of al- 

 falfa 

 seed 

 that 

 germi- 

 nated. 



S14. 13 

 18.30 



16. 83 

 18.31 

 20.33 

 25. 06 

 19. 53 

 18.01 



17. 73 

 22.22 

 14.56 

 37. .55 

 11.87 

 10. 54 

 13.39 

 10. 12 



18.78 



111— in 



n 75 per cent of the samples contained dodder. 



I> Total quantity of low-grade alfalfa seed imported, 275,572 pounds. 



