8cpr., lUlO.] KESUI.TS Ol' SEIiU TKSTS, I'JiU 201 



From the last Table it may be noted that the average timothy- 

 seed on our market during the year was above the standard as 

 regards both purity and germination; the redtop was below as to 

 purity and considerably below as to germination; the average of 

 the clovers was slightly below the standard as to both purity 

 and germination, one sample of red clover having as low as 80.6 

 per cent, pure seed and a germination of only 63.5 per cent.; the 

 millets were likewise a little below the standards, one sample 

 showing only 60.5 per cent, germination; only two samples of 

 alfalfa were examined for purity and one of these contained 

 dodder. 



The average germination of the field corn was 10 per cent, below 

 the standard, one sample showing only 46.5 per cent.; this low 

 average was due to the general poor season for corn in 1909, 

 and the consequent difficulty of securing first-class seed. The 

 average of the sweet corn was practically up to the standard, 

 although one sample showed as low as 68 per cent. The average 

 germination of both beans and peas was below the standard, al- 

 though samples of each tested as high as 100 per cent., and as low 

 as 24.0 per cent, for beans and 20 per cent, for peas. Two samples 

 of oats were tested for purity, in one of which considerable quan- 

 tities of weed seed were found. 



The Text of The Law: 



STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED 



AND NINE. 



HOUSE BILL NO. 396. 



AN ACT. 



To Regulate the Sale of Agricultural Seeds. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 



Court convened: 



Section 1. Every lot of agricultural seeds, including the seeds 

 of cereals, grasses, forage plants, vegetables, garden plants and 

 white pine trees, but not including those of other trees, shrubs 

 and ornamental plants, which is sold, offered or exposed for sale 

 for seed in bulk or package of one pound or more, within this 



