

RESULTS OF SEED TESTS 

 MADE JULY 1. 1931. TO JUNE 30, 1932 



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This report contains the results of the inspection for 

 the State Department of Agriculture of three hundred 

 fifty-seven official samples collected throughout the 

 State during the period from July 1, 1931, to June 30, 

 1932. These were analyzed and the results mailed to 

 the retail dealers. In addition to these official samples 

 twenty-two private samples were analyzed, making a 

 total of three hundred seventy-nine samples inspected. 



The seed law does not prohibit the sale of poor seed 

 but it does require that all seed be labelled to show its 

 quality. The buyer is therefore protected. The pur- 

 pose of the seed inspection work is to determine, within 

 reasonable limits, whether a sample of seed is as good 

 as it is guaranted to be. 



A certain amount of variation is to be expected in 

 comparing the results of two or more purity analyses. 

 For this reason a "tolerance" or variation is allowed in 

 accordance with the following formula, applied to the 

 guarantee given. The sample is considered as being 

 made up of two parts, the one being the pure seed and 

 the other the balance of the sample. The tolerance 

 in per cent allowed for each part is two-tenths of 1 per 

 cent plus 20 per cent of the lesser part. For instance, 

 if a sample is guaranteed 99.60% pure seed, it may 

 test as low as 99.32% or as high as 99.88% and would 

 be "satisfactory." In the same way, a sample guaran- 

 teed 92.80% may test as low as 91.17% or as high as 

 94.43 % and be "satisfactory." If a sample is found 

 to be better than the highest figure in the tolerance, it 

 is marked "Above" in this bulletin; if lower than the 

 lowest figure, the actual figure is reported. 



