Free Testing 



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

 to any resident company or person of Nev7 Hampshire, but such seeds 

 must be received in the laboratory during the months of October, Novem- 

 ber, December and January. This number of samples, not including mix- 

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

 for both purity and germination, free of charge. A given seed company M'ill 

 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 drav/n in such a 

 v/ay 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 un- 

 less drawn by a representative of the department of agriculture, as pro- 

 vided in Chapter 224 of the Public Laws. Fees m.ust be paid before reports 

 will be sent out. 



The minimum weights of samples to be submitted for analyses 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 Vegetable 

 Seeds. 



Artichoke 60 



Asparagus, including hard 



seeds 70 



Beans, garden (varieties 

 other than Rival, Topcrop 

 and Logan) 75 



Beans, garden (varieties Ri- 

 val, Topcrop and Logan) 70 



Beans, horse or broad 75 



Beans, lima 70 



Beans, runner 75 



Beets 65 



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