RESULTS OF SEED TESTS 



Made July 1, 1934 to June 30, 1935 



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This report contains the results of the inspection for 

 the State Department of Agriculture of three hundred 

 and ninety-one official samples collected throughout 

 the State during the period from July 1, 193-1-, to June 

 30, 1935. Each of these samples was analyzed and 

 the results mailed to the retail dealers concerned. In 

 addition to these official samples, sixty-eight private 

 samples were analyzed, making a total of four hundred 

 and fifty-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 protected by observing the 

 guarantee. The purpose of the seed inspection work 

 is to determine, within reasonable limits, whether a 

 sample of seed is as good as it is guaranteed to be. 

 Samples found "below" must be remarked or removed 

 from sale. 



The attention of seed purchasers should be called 

 to the fact that the germination figure is based on the 

 pure seed present, and is a statement of the actual num- 

 ber of seeds in every hundred that are capable of growth. 

 The actual value of a sample for production purposes 

 cannot be greater than the product of the percentage of 

 purity multiplied by the percentage of germination. 

 For instance, in the case of a sample of unhuUed Red 

 Top, guaranteed 50 per cent purity and 90 per cent 

 germination, the actual seeding value of the sample is 

 .50 X .90, or 45 per cent (not 90% as might be as- 

 sumed from looking at germination only. In other 

 words, 45 per cent of the weight of that sample is live 

 seed, the rest is inert matter or dead seeds. Likewise, 

 in the case of a sample of Alsike Clover, guaranteed 



