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RESULTS OF SEED TESTS 

 Made July 1, 1924 to June 30, 1925 



Tests have been made on four hundred and twenty- 

 different samples of seed this year. Of this number 

 sixty-five have been reported to individuals or com- 

 panies who have forwarded samples for investigation 

 in order to obtain proper information for labeling when 

 putting seed on the market for the first time, or to get 

 retests on seed held over for sale from the previous 

 year's supply, or to satisfy any other personal curiosity 

 which the holder may entertain in regard to a given 

 sample of seed in which he is interested. Such tests 

 are not made public. 



Three hundred and fifty-five samples have been 

 examined in the State Laboratory for comparison with 

 the information stated on their accompanying labels. 

 The results which are carefully recorded for publi- 

 cation in this bulletin, represent one phase of control 

 work in accordance with the State Seed Law which 

 aims not only to have all seed sold under a proper 

 guarantee, but to make sure that the seed offered 

 and actually found in the market corresponds within 

 reasonable variations to such guarantees as accompany 

 it. 



Such samples, then, have been collected in a most 

 careful manner by an authorized official of the State 

 Department of Agriculture in conformity to accepted 

 rules and regulations and with proper equipment to 

 insure the drawing of a small sample which shall be 

 representative of the larger bulk as offered for sale. 

 These small amounts are forw"arded at once in pack- 

 ages properly labeled to the laboratory at Durham for 

 detailed investigation. Under a lens, they are sepa- 

 rated into four parts, made up respectively of pure 

 seed of the kind indicated on the label, other crop seed 



