CONTROL SERIES No. 119 



1943 OFFICIAL INSPECTION OF AGRICULTURAL SEEDS 



From November 1, 1942, to November 1, 1943, the Seed Laboratory received 

 '4825 samples of seed, of which 1137 were collected by the State Department of 

 Agriculture and 3688 were sent in by seedsmen, farmers, and various state 

 institutions. An additional lot of 225 samples of flower seeds, for field tests only, 

 was received from the State Commissioner of Agriculture. Although 4825 

 samples of seed were received, 333 of these had not been tested on November 1, 

 1943, consequently the actual number of samples worked during the year is 4492. 



Classification of the samples for which tests were completed, with the total 

 number of laboratory tests involved, is shown in the following summary. It 

 will be noted that the total number of tests required for the 4492 samples was 

 5162; 370 for purit}' and 4792 for germination. 



NUMBER OF 

 SAMPLES 



NUMBER OF TESTS 

 PURITY GERMINATION 



282 Field Crops for Purity and Germination 282 282 



287 Field Crops for Germination Only 287 



75 Lawn and Other Types of Mixtures for Purity; 



Germinations involving 347 ingredients 75 347 



13 Lawn Mixtures for Purity Only 13 



12 Lawn Mixtures for Germination Onh ; Germinations 



involving 53 ingredients 53 



3695 Vegetables for Germination Only 3695 



1 1 Herbs for Germination Only 11 



24 Flower Seeds for Germination Only 24 



7 Tree Seeds for Germination Onl}' 7 



68 Tobacco Seeds for Cleaning and Germination 68 



18 Tobacco Seeds for Germination Only 18 



4492 370 4792 



Field tests to determine trueness to type were conducted in cooperation with 

 the Departments of Olericulture and Floriculture, which tested respectively 

 299 samples of Vegetable seeds, 225 samples of Flower seeds. Results of the field 

 tests are shown on pages 53-63. 



The Seed Laboratory cleaned 86 lots of Tobacco seed and 21 lots of Onion 

 seed for Connecticut Valley farmers. The gross weight of the 86 lots of Tobacco 

 seed amounted to 65.95 lbs. with a net weight of cleaned seed of 51.49 lbs. Onion 

 seed received had a gross weight of 1195 lbs. which was cleaned to a net weight 

 of 547.78 lbs. 



Explanation of Tables 



Each of the following tables contains seeds, the sale of which is regulated by a 

 definite section of the Massachusetts Seed Law. Section 261-A of the Acts and 

 Resolves of 1937 and 1938, Chapters 288 and 363, defines the group from Alfalfa 

 to Wheat, inclusive; Section 261-B, Mixtures; Section 261-C, Special Mixtures; 

 and Section 261-D, Vegetables. 



Within each table the wholesalers are listed in alphabetical order and the 

 various kinds of seeds sold by them follow the same alphabetical arrangement. 



Misbranding and other irregularities are emphasized in the tables by boldface 

 type and explained in the final column of the table or in footnotes. 



