CONTROL SERIES NO. 151 



1951 OFFICIAL INSPECTION OF AGRICULTURAL SEEDS 



From November 1, 1950, to November 1, 1951, the Seed Laboratory received 

 6497 samples of seed, of which 1302 were collected by the State Department of 

 Agriculture and 5195 were sent in by seedsmen, farmers, and various state 

 institutions. 



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 6497 samples was 414 

 for purity and 7203 for germination. 



NUMBER OF NUMBER OF TESTS 



SAMPLES PURITY GERMINATION 



292 Field Crops for Purity and Germination..._ 292 292 



513 Field Crops for Germination Only 513 



113 Lawn Mixtures for Germination Only; Germinations 



involving 521 ingredients...- 521 



104 Lawn Mixtures and Other Types of Mixtures, for 



Purity; Germinations involving 420 ingredients 104 420 



18 Lawn Mixtures for Purity Only 18 



4979 Vegetables for Germination Only 4979 



24 Tree Seeds for Germination Only._ 24 



94 Tobacco Seeds for Germination Only 94 



324 Flower Seeds for Germination Only._ 324 



36 Weed Seeds for Germination Only 36 



6497 414 7203 



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

 of the Departments of Olericulture and Floriculture, which tested 300 samples 

 of vegetable seeds and 298 samples of flower seeds, respectively. 



The Seed Laboratory cleaned 94 lots of tobacco seed for Connecticut Valley 

 farmers. The gross weight of the tobacco seeds was 60.08 pounds, and the net 

 weight for the cleaned seed was 46.97 pounds. 



