8 N. H. EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 215 



Mixtures" bought by persons in an eastern state* from a 

 company in Iowa averaged as follows : 



Percentage of pure seed present Germination 



Timothy 72.2 82 



Alsike clover 10.5 33 (weak) 



Sixteen similar samples, bought by persons in the same 

 state from a company in Chicago averaged as follows : 



Percentage of pure seed present Germination 



Timothy 82.3 84 



Alsike clover 7.6 42 



* Bui. 504, Agr. Expt. Sta., Geneva, X. Y. 



Alsike and Timothy mixtures usually look attractive 

 because of the high price of pure alsike on the market. 

 Do not be misled by assuming that any mixture of this kind 

 is necessarily half alsike, or one-third, or any other propor- 

 tion. Look for the guarantee. Notice the small proportion 

 of alsike in the mail-order mixtures previously mentioned 

 and its poor quality. There were also many most undesir- 

 able weed seeds present in these mixtures. None of these 

 samples carried tags giving any information as to purity 

 or germination. These seeds were cheap in many ways of 

 which, on thorough investigation, the price was the least 

 conspicuovis. 



