CONTROL SERIES NO. 143 



1949 OFFICIAL INSPECTION OF AGRICULTURAL SEEDS 



From November 1, 1948, to November 1, 1949, the Seed Laboratory received 

 7067 samples of seed, of which 836 were collected by the State Department of 

 Agriculture and 6231 were sent in by seedsmen, farmers and various state msti- 

 tutions. An additional lot of 268 samples of flower seeds, for field tests only, was 

 received from the State Commissioner of Agriculture. , . ^ u i 



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 7067 samples was 

 374 tor purity and 7715 for germination. 



NUMBER OF TESTS 

 NUMBER OF PURITY GERMINATION 



SAMPLES 



262 Field Crops for Purity and Germination 262 262 



595 Field Crops for Germination Only 



94 Lawn Mixtures for Germination Only; Germinations 



involving 438 ingredients- 



95 Lawn Mixtures and Other Types of Mixtures, for 



Purity ; Germinations involving 4 1 6 ingredients 9o 416 



17 Lawn Mixtures for Purity Only 17 ""- 



5826 Vegetables for Germination Only 



11 Tree Seeds for Germination Only 



135 Tobacco Seeds for Germination Only 



32 Flower Seeds for Germination Only 



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

 the Departments of Olericulture and Floriculture, which tested 299 samples of 

 vegetable seeds and 263 samples of flower seeds, respectively. 



The Seed Laboratory cleaned 95 lots of tobacco seed for Connecticut Valley 

 farmers. The gross weight of the tobacco seed was 81.93 pounds, and the net 

 weight for the cleaned seed was 69.46 pounds. 



