RESULTS OF SEED TESTS 

 Made July 1, 1940, to June 30, 1941 



This report contains the results of the inspection for tlie State Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture of four hundred and sixteen official samples collected 

 throughout the State during the period from July 1, 1940, to June 30, 

 1941. Each of these samples was analyzed and the results were mailed 

 to the retail dealers concerned. In addition to these official samples, one 

 hundred and fifty-eight private samples were analyzed, making a total 

 of five hundred and seventy-four samples inspected.* 



Comparison of Seeds for Ten Years 



FREE TESTING OF SEEDS 



Because of the increasingly large number of "private samples" sent to 

 the laboratorv for testing during recent vears and because there are no 

 specific funds or appropriations available to finance this particular type 

 of service, we have been forced to yt\\\ some limit on free testing for in- 

 dividuals and organizations. 



For X\f^ present, the Seed Testing Laboratory Avill allow six free tests, 

 in a given year, to any resident organization or citizen of New Hampshire. 

 These seeds must be received in the laboratory during the months of 

 January or Fehrnary. 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 snpplies only, 

 the cost depending on the type of sample, according to the following 

 schedule : 



Germination tests of all crop seeds, including timothy grass, 

 clovers and alfalfa, 25 cents each ; 



Germination tests of all grasses except timoth}-, 50 cents each ; 



Germination tests of mixtures, 25 cents for each kind of seed 

 present. 



*Miss Beatrice Sanborn and Miss Florence Bauckman assisted with the purity and germina- 

 tion tests herein reported. For their services the writer wishes to express grateful acknowl- 

 edgment. 



