14 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The total amount of seed examined and supplied with tags during 

 1895 by the thirteen Swedish seed-control stations called upon to do 

 this work was in the aggregate 1 ,599,141 kg., or over 14,000 bags. The 

 two Finnish stations supplied tags for 6,529 bags of seed during 1895. 



COST OF SEED ANALYSES. 



The tariff of the Danish seed control for analyses of seed samples is 



as follows: 



Tariff of the Danish seed control for seed analyses. 



1 letermination of — 



c.uuineness 1.0 crown =$0.27 



Hectoliter weight 1.5.. do.. = .40 



Absolute weight 1. 5.. do.. = .40 



Purity of large seeds 2. 0..do..= .54 



Purity of small seeds 3.0..do..= .80 



Number of Cuscuta seeds per kilogram 3. . . do . . = .80 



Pure viable seed, large seeds 4. 0..do.. = 1. 07 



Pure viable seed, small seeds... 5. 0..do.. = 1. 34 



Complete analysis, large seeds 5. 0..do.. = 1. 34 



Complete analysis, small seeds 7. 0..do.. = 1. 88 



Seedsmen who offer farmers the privilege of free examination of 

 seed purchased of them pay 3 crowns (SO cts.) for such complete anal- 

 ysis of large seeds and 4 crowns ($1.07) for the other kinds of seed. 



The tariff in force at Norwegian seed-control stations is lower than 

 that of the Danish station, viz, complete analysis of seed offered for 

 sale, 4 crowns ($1.07); of that grown by the sender, 3 crowns (80 cts.); 

 of that purchased for own use, 3.60 crowns (96 cts.). 



Discounts are given to all parties whose annual analysis fees reach 50 

 crowns ($13.40) as follows: For 50 crowns, 20 per cent; 55 crowns, 21 

 per cent; 65 crowns, 22 per cent; 80 crowns, 23 per cent; 100 crowns, 

 24 per cent; 125 crowns, 25 per cent; 155 crowns, 26 per cent; 190 

 crowns, 27 per cent. 



Swedish seedsmen pay 3 crowns (SO cts.) for a complete seed analysis 

 at their seed-control stations, 5 crowns ($1.34) for determination of the 

 different kinds of foreign seeds, and 25 ore (6.7 cts.) per tag furnished. 

 Customers within the particular county in which the station is located 

 and which contributes to the support of the station, pay only 1 crown 

 (27 cts.) for a complete seed analysis, including determinations of gen- 

 uineness, purity, and germination; and 5 crowns ($1.34) for determina- 

 tion of different kinds of foreign seeds. 



The tariff at the Finnish control stations is somewhat lower, viz, 3 

 Finnish marks (58 cts.) for a complete analysis of large seeds, 4 Finnish 

 marks (77 ets.) for small seeds, and 20 penni (4 cts.) per tag furnished. 



PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT. 



The majority of the Scandinavian seed-control stations have one 

 officer, the director of the station, or a director and assistant. A few 



