SEED TESTS 



MiVDE September 1, 1913, to September 1, 1914. 



The provisions of the Pure Seed Law enacted by the General 

 Court in 1909 require the publication annually of a bulletin 

 by the New Hampshire Experiment Station of the results of all 

 seed tests made officially during the previous year. The adminis- 

 tration of this law is in the hands of the State Commissioner of 

 Agriculture, who has appointed the writer, agronomist of the 

 Experiment Station, as his regular agent for making all tests 

 and analyses in this state. 



During the year ending September 1, 1914, thirty-five samples 

 of seed were voluntarily sent in for analysis. In addition to 

 these, the collector secured and sent in ninety-one, making a total 

 of 126 samples submitted for analysis during the year. 



The samples sent in by the collector were secured from eighteen 

 dealers in as many different towns, representing each of the ten 

 counties of the state. These samples included 3 of alfalfa, 4 

 of alsike clover, 7 of barley, 13 of corn, 7 of millet, 7 of oats, 

 12 of red clover, 8 of redtop, 2 of rye, 18 of timothy, and 10 of 

 miscellaneous seeds. 



A summary table showing the results of the examination of 

 these 91 samples as regards their guaranteed percentage of 

 purity and germination will be found on pages 13 to 15. 



Of the 35 samples sent in voluntarily for examination, the 

 writer has no knowledge that seeds represented by these samples 

 were on the market. Quite frequently individuals ask for a 

 report upon the quality of a given sample and make the purchase 

 of seed for their own use upon the basis of this report. It should 

 not, therefore, be understood that seeds represented by all the 

 samples inspected were offered for sale by the parties for whom 

 the inspection was made. 



The writer desires to acknowledge his appreciation of the 

 careful and efficient work of Mr. W. E. Stokes who made the tests 

 and examinations of the samples herewith reported. 



