CONTROL SERIES NO. 147 



1950 OFFICIAL INSPECTION OF AGRICULTURAL SEEDS 



From November 1, 1949, to November 1, 1950, the Seed Laboratory received 

 6024 samples of seed, of which 1006 were collected by the State Department of 

 Agriculture and 5018 were sent in by seedsmen, farmers and various state insti- 

 tutions. An additional lot of 270 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 6024 samples was 

 368 for purity and 6620 for germination. 



NUMBER OF NUMBER OF TESTS 



SAMPLES PURITY GERMINATION 



265 Field Crops for Purity and Germination.... 265 265 



471 Field Crops for Germination Only 471 



50 Lawn Mixtures for Germination Only; Germinations 



involving 263 ingredients 263 



85 Lawn Mixtures and Other Types of Mixtures, for 



Purity; Germinations involving 486 ingredients 85 486 



18 Lawn Mixtures for Purity Only 18 



4986 Vegetables for Germination Only 4986 



14 Tree Seeds for Germination Only 14 



108 Tobacco Seeds for Germination Only 108 



27 Flower Seeds for Germination Only._ 27 



6024 368 6620 



Field tests to determine trueness to type were conducted under the supervision 

 of the Departments of Olericulture and Floriculture, which tested 317 samples 

 of vegetable seeds and 270 samples of flower seeds, respectively. 



The Seed Laboratory cleaned 78 lots of tobacco seed for Connecticut Valley 

 farmers. The gross weight of the tobacco seed was 72.50 pounds, and the net 

 weight for the cleaned seed was 60.88 pounds. 



