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the vicinity of the station nnder field conditions is estimated at from 20 to 40 bu. 

 per acre. 



Seed studies {Neiv York State Sta. Rpt. 1907, pt. 3, pp. ^330~iii't) .—This 

 article is a review of the seed worlc of the station during the tirst 25 years of its 

 existence. A description of the (ieneva germinator is given, and the results 

 secured in germination tests with field and garden seeds are tabulated, and the 

 conclusions drawn from the investigation are pointed out. 



The adulteration and misbranding of the seeds of alfalfa, red clover, 

 orchard grass, and Kentucky blue grass, H. T. Galloway (U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Office Sec. Circ. 28, pp. 5; Bur. Statin. Crop Reporter, 11 {1909), No. 3, pp. 21, 

 22). — The number of seed samples secured and analyzed was 1,471 and analyses 

 of the 102 samiiles which were found to be adulterated or misbranded are hiere 

 reported. Of the y5S samples of alfalfa seed secured se; contained seed of sweet 

 clover, 70 seed of yellow trefoil, and in 107 dodder was i)resent, ranging from 

 a trace to a sutticient quantity to sow 3,G00 seeds per square rod when seeding 

 at the rate of 16 lbs. per acre. Only 8 samples contained yellow trefoil seed 

 in sufficient quantity to be considered an adulterant. 



Of the 413 samples of red clover secured only 2 were adulterated with yellow 

 trefoil seed, though a trace of this seed was present in 164 samples. Dodder was 

 found in 223 samples, and it was found that in seeding one lot at the rate of 

 8 lbs. of red clover seed per aci-e 679 dodder seeds would be sown per square 

 rod. By the use of other lots more than 3,.500 buckhorn and plantain seeds 

 and 2,600 green foxtail seeds would be sown per square rod. 



Of the 343 samples secured as orchard grass seed 2 contained no orchard 

 grass seed, 2 were adulterated with chess, and 49 with seed of rye grass, 

 meadow fescue, or both. Of the 357 samples obtained as Kentucky blue grass 

 seed 25 contained Canada blue grass as an adulterant, 12 were practically all 

 Canada blue grass, and 2 were meadow fescue. 



It is stated that since this line of work reported here has begun, the im- 

 portation of yellow trefoil seed and its use as an adulterant of red clover and 

 alfalfa seed has practically ceased. Adulteration of orchard grass and Ken- 

 tucky lilue grass seed is also much less common now than a few years ago. 



Feeds, seeds and weeds, E. II. Jenkins {Connecticut State Sta. But. UU, 

 pp. 3-6). — This bulletin reports in tabular form, with brief discussion, the 

 number and the vitality of weed seeds found in a pound of different proprietary 

 feeding stuffs on sale in the State. The total number of weed seeds per pound 

 in the 7 feefls examined ranged from 5,2.34 to 86,000. The seeds of Ch:nptochloa, 

 Chenopodiuni, I'olygonum, Rrassica, Ambrosia, Panicum, Rumex, and Silene 

 were found in most of them. The number of Chenopodiuni seeds found in the 

 feeds capal)le of germinating ranged from 27 to 13,814. The number of 

 germinalile Polygonum seeds was 453 in one feed and 522 in another, while 

 from four samples none of these seeds grew. The vitality tests of the 

 Chaetochloa seeds showed that the number capable of germinating ranged from 

 to 13,118 per pound of feed. It is pointed out that of the feed mixtures 

 examined in some instances 100 and in others more than 20,000 seeds were 

 alive. 



HORTICULTURE. 



Horticultural investigations, X. O. Rooth {Nexe York State Sta. Rpt. 1907, 

 pt. 3, pp. 202-329, pis. .',). — This is a summary of Investigations which have been 

 conducted with orchard and small fruits and vegetables at the station during 

 the first 25 years since its establishment, including abstracts of the bulletins 

 and other publications issued relative to the work. 



