CONTROL SERIES NO. 135 



1947 Official Inspection of Agncoltural Seeds 



From November 1, 1946, to November 1, 1947, the Seed Laboratory received 

 6300 samples of seed, of which 894 were collected by the State Department of 

 Agriculture and 5406 were sent in by seedsmen, farmers, and various state insti- 

 tutions. An additional lot of 229 samples of flower seeds, for field tests only, 

 was received from the State Commissioner of Agriculture. 



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 6300 samples was 7202 ; 

 309 for purity and 6893 for germination. 



NUMBER OF NUMBER OF TESTS 



SAMPLES PURITY GERMINATION 



206 Field Crops for Purity and Germination _ 206 206 



462 Field Crops for Germination Only 462 



2 Field Crops for Purity Only 2 



102 Lawn Mixtures for Germination Only, Germina- 

 tions involving 436 ingredients 436 



82 Lawn Mixtures and Other Types of Mixtures, for 

 Purity; Germinations involving 362 Ingred- 

 ients -- 82 362 



19 Lawn Mixtures for Purity Only__.. 19 



5268 Vegetables for Germination Only 5268 



7 Tree Seeds for Germination Only 7 



118 Tobacco Seeds for Germination Only..— — . 118 



34 Flower Seeds for Germination Only.... 34 



6300 



309 



6893 



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

 the Departments of Olericulture and Floriculture, which tested 325 samples of 

 vegetable seeds and 229 samples of flower seeds, (respectively. 



The Seed Laboratory cleaned 118 lots of tobacco seed for Connecticut Valley 

 farmers. The gross weight of the tobacco seeds was 97.60 pounds and the net 

 weight for the cleaned seed was 78.13 pounds. 



Explanation of Table* 



Tables 1-3 contain seeds, the sale of which is regulated by Chapter 94 as 

 amended by Chapter TUl of the Acts of 1946: Table 1, Agricultural Seeds as 

 defined under Section 261 Bl ; Table 2, Mixtures of Agricultural Seeds as de- 

 fined under Section 261 Bl ; and Table 3, Vegetable Seeds only, under provisions 

 of Section 261 B2 and 261 C. 



All samples were taken by an inspector from the State Department of Agri- 

 culture and were tested at the Seed Laboratory according to the Rules for Seed 

 Testing adopted by the Association of Official Seed Analysts. 



