SEED INSPECTION 



LABORATORY REGULATIONS AND FEES FOR TESTING SEED 



The following regulations and fees have been approved by the Director of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. 



FIELD CROPS: PURITY GERMINATION PURITY AND 



KIND OF SEED ONLY ONLY GERMINATION 



Alfalfa, Rape, Ryegrasses, Soybeans, Timothy $1.00 $0.50 $1.25 



Cereals, Buckwheat, Sudan Grass, Vetches 1.25 .50 1.50 



Clovers, Fescues, Reed Canary Grass 1.00 .50 1.50 



Brome Grass, Millets 1.50 .50 2.00 



Bcntgrasses, Bluegrasses, Orchard Grass, Redtop.... 2.00 .50 2.25 



Rcdtop (UnhuUed) 2.50 .50 2.75 



Mixtures: Lawn, Pasture, Mowing, etc. 



Purity only $2.50 



Germination only. 50 for each component 



Purity and Germination 2.50 + .50 for each component 



Special Mixtures: Consisting of two kinds of cereals, two kinds of clover only, 

 or Timothy and one kind of clover 



Purity only $1.25 



Germination only 50 for each component 



Purity and Germination 2.00 



Vegetables: Germination tests for all kinds of vegetable seeds, 30 cents each. 

 Cleaning Tobacco Seed: For each lot of one pound or less, based on the weight 



of seed as received for cleaning, 50 cents. 

 Kinds of Seed Not Listed: Fees for testing and for other seed determinations 

 not listed will be based on the time consumed in making the test or for other 

 service requested. 

 Free Tests: During any one calendar year, the Seed Testing Laboratory will 

 allow two free tests of vegetable or tobacco seed to any person residing or 

 doing business in the Commonwealth. 

 The minimum weights of samples to be submitted for analysis are: 



a. Two ounces of grass seed, white or alsike clover, or seeds not larger than 

 these. 



b. Five ounces of red or crimson clover, alfalfa, ryegrasses, millet, rape, or 

 seeds of similar size. 



c. One pound of cereal, vetches, or seeds of similar or larger size. 



The minimum number of seeds of an}' kind to be submitted for a germination 

 test is 400. 



Samples should be taken so as to represent correctly the lot sampled, each placed 

 in a strong container, the parcel of samples securely wrapped and addressed 

 to Seed Laboratory, Agricultural Experiment Station, Amherst, Mass. 



Checks or Money Orders must be made payable to the University of Massachu- 

 setts and sent to the Treasurer's Office. 



In no case will the final report for work done be rendered until all fees are paid. 



