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priations available to finance this particular type of ser- 

 vice, we are forced to put some limit on free testing for 

 individuals and organizations. 



For the present, we shall attempt to continue to do a 

 small number of these samples through the use of N.Y.A. 

 labor and otherwise, but the number of free tests for 

 each individual or organization will have to be limited 

 to six, and these seeds must be received in the laboratory 

 during the months of January or February. This number 

 of samples, not including mixtures, may be analyzed 

 either for purity or for germination, or three samples 

 for both purity and germination, free of charge. For 

 numbers in excess of six, a charge will be made for labor 

 and consumable supplies only, the cost depending on 

 the type of sample. For example, oats or corn can be 

 germinated in five or six days and a purity analysis can 

 be made in half an hour, let us say. On the other hand, 

 lawn grass mixtures usually contain seeds that require 

 a month for germination ' and they may include six or 

 eight species of grasses and legumes; obviously, a purity 

 analysis is correspondingly tedious and time-consuming. 

 With experience, we shall attempt to adjust the prices 

 practically to the labor costs, without considering the 

 overhead charges of heat, light, water and expensive 

 laboratory equipment. Temporarily, for all tests in ex- 

 cess of six and for all tests of mixtures, a charge will 

 be made as follows : 



Germination tests of all crop seeds, including 

 timothy grass, clovers and alfalfa, 25 cents each ; 



Germination tests of all grasses except tim- 

 othy, 50 cents each ; 



Germination tests of mixtures, 25 cents for 

 each kind of seed present ; 



Purity analyses of cereals, like corn and oats, 

 50 cents each ; and of timothy grass, 75 cents 

 each; 



