Feb., 1912] results of seed tests, 1911 13 



Address all samples and communications regarding the same to 

 F. W. Taylor, Experiment Station, Durham, N. H. 



TESTS AND EXAMINATIONS 



Section two of the law states the provisions under which the 

 tests and analyses shall be made. The secretary of the State 

 Board of Agriculture has appointed F. W. Taylor, agronomist of 

 the experiment station, as his regular agent for making all tests 

 and analyses in this state. The sellers or dealers who desire to 

 base their guarantees upon tests made by themselves or their 

 agents must first secure the approval by the secretary of the State 

 Board of Agriculture of the methods to be used in making the 

 tests, and of the person who is to conduct them. 



EXPENSES OF TESTS AND ANALYSES 



As no funds are available for the secretary of the state board 

 or for the experiment station to conduct the tests, a nominal 

 charge, sufficient to cover the cost of making them, must be made. 

 The charge for making a purity test will be seventy-five cents per 

 sample. For seeds sold in mixtures the charge will be seventy-five 

 cents for the sample and ten cents additional for each kind of seed 

 said to be contained therein. The charge for making a germina- 

 tion test will be twenty-five cents per sample. Seeds will be tested 

 for any resident of the state, whether a dealer or not, at the above 

 rates. 



OTHER INFORMATION 



Additional information concerning standards of purity and vital- 

 ity, kinds of impurities, methods of examination and testing, dif- 

 ferent kinds of germinating ovens, methods of reporting tests, etc., 

 may be obtained by writing for Bulletin No. 148, N. H. Experi- 

 ment Station. 



Other publications on the subject are as follows: 

 Circulars Nos. 34 and 35, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C. 



