CONTROL SERIES NO. 139 



1948 Official Inspection of Agricultural Seeds 



From November 1, 1947, to November 1, 1948, the Seed Laboratory received 

 6424 samples of seed, of which 817 were collected by the State Department of 

 Agriculture and 5607 were sent in by seedsmen, farmers, and various state insti- 

 tutions. An additional lot of 287 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 6424 samples was 

 326 for purity and 6747 for germination. 



NUMBER NUMBER OF TESTS 



OF PURITY GERMINATION 

 SAMPLES 



248 Field Crops for Purity and Germination 248 248 



608 Field Crops for Germination only -..- 608 



1 Field Crop for Purity only 1 



45 Lawn Mixtures for Germination only, Germinations 



involving 203 ingredients 203 



54 Lawn Mixtures and other types of Mixtures for 



Purity; Germination involving 243 ingredients.. 54 243 



23 Lawn Mixtures for Purity only 23 



5267 Vegetables for Germination only 5267 



20 Tree Seeds for Germination only 20 



128 Tobacco Seeds for Germination only 128 



30 Flower Seeds for Germination only 30 



6424 326 6747 



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

 the Departments of Olericulture and Floriculture, which tested 287 samples of 

 vegetable seeds and 287 samples of flower seeds, respectively. 



The Seed Laboratory cleaned 101 lots of tobacco seed for Connecticut Valley 

 farmers. The gross weight of the tobacco seeds was 111.50 pounds, and the net 

 weight for the cleaned seed was 87.40 pounds. 



