ANNOUNCEMENT 



The Seed Testing Laboratory will allow ten units of work free of charge, during 

 any calendar year, to any resident firm or citizen of Massachusetts. 



Units are rated as follows: Units 



Purity analysis (red clover, timothy, etc.) 1 



Purity analysis (bluegrass, orchard grass, etc.) 2 



Purity analysis of a mixture of seeds (depending upon the number 



of kinds in the mixture) 4-10 



Examination for noxious weeds (sample of 4 oz. or less) 2 



Identification of seed or plant 1 



Cleaning tobacco seed (4,oz. or less) 2 



Germination test (4 x 100 seeds of any seed not chaffy or requiring 



purity analysis) 1 



Germination test (soil, 2 x 100 seeds) 1 



Germination test (chaffy grasses or seeds requiring purity analysis) 2 



Fees for work in excess of the ten free units allowed to a citizen or resident farm 

 of Massachusetts are as follows: 



Germination test of all crop seeds except grasses $0.25 



Germination test of timothy .25 



Germination test of all other grasses .50 



Purity analysis of cereals 50 



Purity analysis of timothy 75 



Purity analysis of all other grasses 1.00 



Purit>- analysis of all other crop seeds 75 



Purity analysis of mixtures of not more than 2 kinds of agricultural 



seeds 1 .00 



Purity analysis of special mixtures, including lawn grasses and 

 pasture mixtures — a charge sufficient to cover the actual cost 

 of working the sample, depending entirely upon the character 

 of the sample. Minimum charge 1.25 



In no case will the final report be rendered until all fees are paid. 



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



a. Two ounces of grass seed, white or alsike clover, or seeds not larger than 

 these. 



b. Five ounces of red or crimson clover, alfalfa, r>egrasses, millet, rape, or 

 seeds of similar size. 



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



The minimum number of seed of any one kind to be submitted for a germina- 

 tion test is 400. 



