CONTROL SERIES No. Ill 



1941 OFFICIAL INSPECTION OF AGRICULTURAL SEEDS 



From November 1, 1940 to November 1, 1941, the Seed Laboratory received 

 and worked 2941 samples of seed, of which 942 were collected by the State 

 Department of Agriculture and 1999 were sent in by seedsmen, farmers, and 

 various state institutions. An additional lot of 209 samples of flower seeds, for 

 field tests only, was also received from the State Commissioner of Agriculture. 



Classification of these samples with the total number of laboratory tests in- 

 volved is shown in the following summary. It will be noted that the total number 

 of tests required for the 2941 samples was 3912; 671 for purity and 3241 for 

 germination. 



NUMBER OF TE8T8 



Number of Purity Germination 



Samples 



544 Field Crops for Purity and Germination 544 544 



2 Field Crops for Purity Only 2 — 



235 Field Crops for Germination Only 235 



80 Lawn and Other Types of Mixtures for Purity; Ger- 

 minations involving 390 ingredients 80 390 



35 Lawn Mixtures for Purity Only • • • 35 



7 Lawn Mixtures for Germination Only; Germinations 



involving 36 ingredients 3 ° 



1846 Vegetables for Germination Only 18 ™ 



44 Herbs for Germination Only 44 



16 Flower Seeds for Germination Only !° 



8 Flower Seeds for Purity and Germination 8 



2 Flower Seeds for Purity Only 2 ~~ 



13 Tree Seeds for Germination Only 13 



90 Tobacco Seeds for Cleaning and Germination 



• 19 Tobacco Seeds for Germination Only 19 



2^1 671 3241 



Field tests to determine trueness to type were conducted in cooperation 

 with the Departments of Olericulture, Floriculture, and Agronomy, which tested 

 respectively 220 samples of Vegetable seeds, 209 samples of Flower seeds, and 

 40 samples of Oats. Results of the field tests are shown on pages 75-93. 



The Seed Laboratory cleaned 90 lots of Tobacco seed for Connecticut \ alley 

 farmers. The gross weight of the 90 lots of seed amounted to 131.29 pounds with 

 a net weight of cleaned seed 102.17 pounds. 



Explanation of Tables 



In these tables the seeds are listed in alphabetical order by groups, each group 

 containing only those seeds, the sale of which is regulated by a definite section 

 of the Massachusetts Seed Law. Section 261-A of the Acts and Resolves of 1937 

 and 1938, Chapters 288 and 363, defines the group from Alfalfa to Wheat in- 

 clusive; Section 261-B, Mixtures; Section 261-C, Special Mixtures; and Section 

 261-D, Vegetables. . 



The number preceding each analysis is for identification and reference lhe 

 line to the right of the letter "L" gives information copied from the label; that 

 to the right of "F" what was found in the laboratory analysis. 



Various symbols have been used to call attention to violations and irregularities 

 and with certain tables a column is devoted to "Notes." Where symbols 

 occur an explanation is given in footnotes at bottom of the page. 



