22 N. H. EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 202 



(2.) Samples must be drawn so that they will represent 

 as accurately as possible the bulk lot from which they are 

 taken. They may be drawn: — 



(a) with seed triers which must be long enough to ex- 

 tend at least three inches into the bag; or 



(b) with a long sticker, which, when used in bags, will 

 be extended from the top toward the bottom near 

 the center; or 



(c) by hand, according to the circumstances described 

 below. 



(3.) Closed bags of clovers, grasses and other small 

 seeds may be sampled: — 



(a) with a seed trier, taking approximately equal parts 

 from near the top, near the middle, and near the 

 bottom ; or 



(b) with a long sticker. 



(4.) Open bags, full or nearly so, may be sampled: — 



(a) by taking approximately one-third of the sample 

 from the top of the bag by hand or with a seed 

 trier, one-third from near the middle and one-third 

 from near the bottom with a seed trier; or 



(b) with a long sticker. 



(5.) Bags pai'tly emptied may be sampled: 



(a) by dumping and mixing before sampling by hand; 

 or 



(b) with a long sticker. 



(6.) Sacks of grain or other large seeds may be sampled: 



(a) with a long sticker; or 



(b) by hand, taking approximately equal parts of the 

 sample from at least three different places on the 

 snck. including the top and opposite sides as near 

 the bottom as practicable. 



(7.) If a bag, full or nearly so, is to be sampled and no 

 seed trier or sticker is available, the contents may be emptied 

 out and approximately equal parts taken from at least three 

 places in the pile, top, center and edge. 



(8.) Any seed loose in boxes, barrels, bins, cars or other 

 receptacle may be sampled by taking approximately equal parts 

 from at least three different places, top, center and edge, by 

 hand or with a long sticker as circumstances may require. 



(9.) Field, root, garden vegetable, or other seeds in car- 

 ton boxes or paper bags may be sampled by emptying out the 

 contents and taking seed from at least three different places to 

 make up the sample. With paper packet seeds the whole pack- 

 et should be taken. 



(10.) If the seed drawn from different parts of a lot is in 

 excess of the amount required for a sample, it must be thor- 

 oughly mixed before the sample to be sent for analysis is taken 

 from it. 



(11.) Samples should be drawn from each bag w^hen there 

 are less than five bags in the lot; and from every fifth bag 

 when there are more than five bags. 



