CONTROL SERIES NO. 155 



1952 OFFICIAL INSPECTION OF AGRICULTURAL SEEDS 



From November 1, 1951, to November 1, 1952, the Seed Laboratory received 

 6064 samples of seed, of which 1322 were collected by the State Department of 

 Agriculture and 4742 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 6064 samples was 430 

 for purity and 6677 for germination. 



NUMBER OF NUMBER OF TESTS 



SAMPLES PURITY GERMINATION 



302 Field Crops for Purity and Germination..._ 302 302 



480 Field Crops for Germination Only 480 



107 Lawn Mixtures and Other Types of Mixtures, for 



Purity; Germinations involving 438 ingredients 107 438 

 103 Lawn Mixtures for Germination Only; Germinations 



involving 406 ingredients 406 



21 Lawn Mixtures for Purity Only 21 



4559 Vegetables for Germination Only 4559 



14 Tree Seeds for Germination Only._ 14 



100 Tobacco Seeds for Germination Only 100 



354 Flower Seeds for Germination Only 354 



24 Weed Seeds for Germination 24 



6064 430 6677 



Field tests to determine trueness to type consist of 301 samples of vegetable 

 seeds and 339 samples of flower seeds, respectively. These tests were supervised 

 by the departments of Olericulture and Floriculture, 



The Seed Laboratory cleaned 67 lots of tobacco seed for Connecticut Valley 

 farmers. The gross weight of the tobacco seeds was 63.82 pounds, and the net 

 weight for the cleaned seed was 52.75 pounds. 



