ANNOUNCEMENT 



The Seed Testing Laboratory will allow ten units of work free of charge, 

 during any calendar year, to any resident firm or citizen of Massachusetts. 



Units are rated as follows: Units 



Purity analysis (red clover, timothy, etc.) 1 



Purity analysis (bluegrass, orchard grass, etc.) 2 



Purity analysis of a mixture of seeds (depending upon the 



number of kinds in the mixture) 4-10 



Examination for noxious weeds (sample of 4 oz. or less) .... 2 



Identification of seed or plant 1 



Cleaning tobacco seed (4 oz. or less) 2 



Germination test (4 x 100 seeds of any seed not chaffy or 



requiring purity analysis) 1 



Germination test (soil, 2x100 seeds) 1 



Germination test (chaffy grasses or seeds requiring purity 



analysis) 2 



Fees for work in excess of the ten free units allowed to a citizen or resident firm 

 of Massachusetts are as follows: 



Germination test of all crop seeds except grasses $0.25 



Germination test of timothy 25 



Germination test of all other grasses 50 



Purity analysis of cereals 50 



Purity analysis of timothy 75 



Purity analysis of all other grasses 1.00 



Purity analysis of all other crop seeds 75 



Purity analysis of mixtures of not more than 2 kinds of agri- 

 cultural seeds 1 00 



Purity analysis of special mixtures, including lawn grasses and 

 pasture mixtures — a charge sufficient to cover the actual cost 

 of working the sample, depending entirely upon the character 

 of the sample. Minimum charge 1.25 



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



