RESULTS OF SEED TESTS 



Made July 1, 1921 to June 30, 1922 



In the annual seed inspection work of the year, 

 387 samples of seeds were taken throughout the state 

 by an agent of the State Department of Agriculture 

 and forwarded to the State College laboratory for test- 

 ing. After omitting all samples damaged in the mail 

 together with a limited number on which the tests per- 

 sisted in developing irregularities, results on 301 dif- 

 ferent samples were secured and are reported in this 

 bulletin. 



Fewer samples were purposely collected and tested 

 this year than last due to a realization of the fact that 

 the same company ships seeds of the same brand and 

 quality to different parts of the state which come 

 from the same original supply. If a sample of one of 

 these lots is tested and found satisfactory, there is no 

 good reason to suppose that the same brand of seed 

 shipped elsewhere is going to be much different. This, 

 of course, assumes that the inspector will secure 

 samples in new places from year to year. In this way 

 we hope to get the state seed service perfected so that 

 the discovery of an inferior sample in one place will 

 result in looking up all other shipments from the same 

 source. 



The customary variations in germination and 

 purity are taken into consideration in this report as 

 outlined in the Rules and Regulations relative to the 

 Provisions and Enforcement of the Law Governing the 

 Sale of Agricultural Seeds. These rules apply under 

 the new seed law passed at the last session of the legis- 

 lature. This law is recorded as Chap. 80 — Session 

 laws of 1921, and copies of the same together with the 

 "Rules and Regulations" may be seen in last year's 

 seed bulletin, or obtained by writing the State Depart- 



