RESULTS OF SEED TESTS 

 Made July 1. 194L to June 30, 1942 



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

 ment of Agriculture of two hundred and ninety-eight official samples col- 

 lected throughout the State (kning the period from July 1, 1941, to June 

 30, 1942. Each of these samples was analyzed and the results mailed to the 

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

 and eighty-three private samples were analyzed, making a total of four hun- 

 dred and eighty-one samples inspected.* 



Comparison of Sf.fds for Ten Years 



Below in Purity Below in Germination 



Samples Tested Wumher Per Cent Number Per Cent 



FREE TESTING OF SEEDS 



For the present, the Seed Testing Laboratory will allow six free tests, 

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

 and these seeds must be received in the laboratory during the months of 

 JaJiuary or February. This number of samples, not including mixtures, 

 may be analyzed either foi 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 amount 

 depending on the type of sample according to the following schedule: 



Germination tests of all crop seeds, including timothy, clovers 

 and alfalfa, 25 cents each; 



Germination tests of all grasses except timothy, 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; 



*Miss Beatrice Sanborn assisted with the purity and germination tests herein reported. For her ser- 

 vices the writer wishes to express grateful acknowledgment. 



**Last year the Association of OfTicial Seed Analysts adopted a new table of tolerance applying to 

 purity which allows a slightly wider variation from the guarantee, which accounts for the marked decrease 

 in the number of samples found low in purity this year. 



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