RESULTS OF SEED TESTS 

 Made July 1, 1945, to June 30, 1946 



This report contains the results of the seed inspection work for the 

 State Department of Agriculture of 296 official samples collected through- 

 out the state during the period from July 1, 1945, to June 30, 1946 by Mr. 

 C. A. Lyon, Seed Control Supervisor, and Mr. George Laramie, Inspector. 

 In addition to these official samples, 1,692 private samples were analyzed, 

 making a total of 1,988 samples inspected. 



The dealers are listed in alphabetical order. The New Hampshire 

 seed law requires that both agricultural and vegetable seeds must be 

 labeled with the calendar month and year when last tested for germina- 

 tion, and requires that this germination test shall have been completed 

 within nine months of being offered for sale. In the following tables, if the 

 date of test was within the prescribed nine months, the sample is marked 

 satisfactory (S) in this respect; if no date was given, a dash appears in- 

 dicating a violation ; if the date was a violation of the law because the test 

 was not made within nine months, the date given on the tag or label ap- 

 pears in that column. 



The first part of the report deals with 105 samples of agricultural seed 

 tested for purity, germination and noxious weed content. There is a toler- 

 ance or allowable variation from the guarantee for both purity and germ- 

 ination, in accordance with the Rules for Seed Testing adopted by the 

 Association of Official Seed Analysts, so that, for instance, a sample of 

 timothy guaranteed 99.20 a for purity and 85*7' for germination could test 

 as low as 98.45 % for purity and 78 % for germination and be "satisfac- 

 tory." If a sample when tested for purity falls within the allowable varia- 

 tion, it is marked "S" (satisfactory) ; if below the allowable variation, and 

 therefore, a violation, the actual figure found for purity is given. The same 

 is true for germination in the case of agricultural seeds. 



The second part of the report applies to 191 samples of vegetable 

 seeds which were tested for germination only. The New Hampshire seed 

 law requires that vegetable seeds must test up to the prescribed standard 

 for that kind of seed, and that there is no tolerance from the adopted 

 standards. In the column headed "Found" if the sample was up to 

 standard, an "S" (satisfactory) appears; if below standard, the figure 

 found upon test appears. The exception to this is in the case of a given 

 sample being marked with a guarantee, which is not required if vegetable 

 seed is up to standard ; then, if the seed is found to be below the regular 

 tolerance from that guaranteed figure, the figure found upon test is listed 

 as "mislabeled" even though it might in some cases be up to standard. 



The New Hampshire seed law and the rules and regulations there- 

 under, including the germination standards for vegetable seed, follow: 



