has a 2.59 per cent. (2) No primary noxious weed seeds are allowed, but 

 the presence of two such seeds in 50 grams of timothy would not be con- 

 sidered a violation. (3) Similarly, some slight variation from the minimum 

 requirement for labeling secondary noxious weed seeds will be passed as 

 satisfactory. 



Free Testing 



The Seed Testing Laboratory will allow two free tests, in a given year, 

 to any resident company or person of New Hampshire, but such seeds must 

 be received in the laboratory during the months of October, November, 

 December and January. This number of samples, not including mixtures, 

 may be analyzed either for purity or for germination, or one sample for 

 both purity and germination, free of charge. A given seed company will 

 be entitled to two private tests without charge, but not two from each 

 branch store. For numbers in excess of two, a charge will be made for labor 

 and consumable supplies only, the amount depending on the type of sample 

 according to the following schedule : 



Germination tests of all vegetable seeds, 30 cents; 



Germination tests of all agricultural crop seeds and grasses, 50 cents; 

 Germination tests of mixtures, 50 cents for each kind of seed present; 

 Purity analyses of cereals, timothy and larger crop seeds and legumes, 

 $1.00; 



Purity analyses of small grasses, $2.00; unhulled redtop, $2.50; 



Purity analyses of mixtures, including those for lawn and pasture 

 seeding, a charge sufficient to cover the actual cost of working the sample 

 submitted for test, minimum charge of $2.50. 



Such private samples of seed to be tested should be drawn in such a 

 way as to be representative of the bulk lot from which they are taken, 

 and should be addressed to the State Seed Testing Laboratory, Durham, 

 New Hampshire. Such private tests cannot be declared as state official 

 tests unless drawn by a representative of the department of agriculture, 

 as provided in Chapter 224 of the Public Laws. Fees must be paid before 

 reports will be sent out. 



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



1. Two ounces of grass seed, white or alsike clover, or seeds not 

 larger than these. 



2. Five ounces of red or crimson clover, alfalfa, rye grasses, millet, 

 rape, or seeds of similar size. 



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



The minimum number of seeds of any one kind to be submitted for a 

 germination test is 400. 



Germination Standards for Vegetable Seed. 



Following are the germination standards established by the commis- 

 sioner of agriculture pertaining to Section four of the act entitled Vege- 

 table Seeds. 



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