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ignorance of the trade conditions of tins country. He claims that 

 seed of Phacelia tanacefifolia was found in considerable quantity in 

 clover seed received from Baltimore, and that this seed is character- 

 istic of the Atlantic group of States when in reality the plant is a 

 Pacific Coast form. 



In a later article he has determined a lot of seed as belonging to some 

 member of the order Tiliacecc, but from the description and figures given 

 it is plainly not the seed of Tilia, and the only other genera in this 

 country of this order, CorcJiorus and Trkimfetta, are not grown in the 

 regions producing clover seed. He insisted for a time that seed of 

 Rumex acetosa, a pernicious European weed, were to be found in nearly 

 all American-grown seed. Fortunately lor us he was mistaken in the 

 determination, as this weed has but a limited distribution in this 

 country. Other of his determinations are doubtful. 



That foreign seed is not above suspicion may be seen from reports 

 of the various European seed-control stations, where it is shown that 

 seed of high quality has been mixed with old seed which has been col- 

 ored or with finely crushed colored quartz. American ingenuity has 

 devised machines for cleaning seed that are said to be superior to any 

 others, and importers can readily obtain American clover seed of good 

 quality if they desire to do so. 



By a recent order of the Secretary of Agriculture a dairy division is 

 to be organized in the Bureau of Animal Industry for the purpose of 

 collecting and disseminating information relating to the dairy industry 

 of the United States. Maj. Henry E. Alvord, formerly president of the 

 Maryland Agricultural College, who is widely known for the prominent 

 part he has taken in promoting the interests of agricultural education 

 and investigation in this country, and who has a high reputation as an 

 expert in dairy matters, has been appointed chief of the new division. 



