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of purity. In 1913 a few lots of this seed from out of the 

 State jobbers were found in the hands of farmers and retail 

 dealers. Contrary to past reports this seed was all plainly 

 guaranteed on bags and in some cases on bills also. In most 

 cases it was either in accordance with guarantees or only 

 slightly bellow. In the vicinity of Canton a man acting as pur- 

 chasing agent ordered seed from N. Wertheimer & Sons of 

 Ligonier, Indiana, and had them shipped direct to the con- 

 sumers. The seed inspector drew samples of timothy, redtop 

 and alsike clover from baggs received by a farmer at Canton 

 Point. In each case the tags had printed on the backs : "Guar- 

 anteed 99% pure. N. Wertheimer & Sons." By analysis the 

 timothy Avas found to be 98.5 per cent pure, the redtop 95.8 per 

 cent pure and the alsike clover 97.4 per cent pure. 



In another locality a cooperative association had seed from 

 N. \A'ertheimer & Sons which were carried in stock and re- 

 tailed. The lots carried were mammoth clover, alsike clover, 

 timothy and redtop. The tags, except the ones of the redtop, 

 had written on the backs : "Guaranteed 99% pure. N. 

 Wertheimer & Sons." The tags on the redtop had written on 

 the backs : "Guaranteed 98^^% pure. N. Wertheimer & Sons." 

 Samples of these seeds were drawn and taken to the laboratory. 

 By analysis the mammoth clover was found to be 99.4 per cent 

 pure, the alsike clover 97.1 per cent pure, the timothy 98.6 per 

 cent pure and the redtop 97.1 per cent pure. N. Wertheimer & 

 Sons write that they did not intend to guarantee their redtops 

 but their guarantees were based on analyses of samples at other 

 seed laboratories. 



The Results of Ixspectiox. 



For several years the grass seeds on sale in the State have 

 been inspected by the seed analyst. His experience makes it 

 possible to tell by observation in most instances whether a seed 

 is or is not up to its guaranteed purity. In 1913 he visited 348 

 dealers and examined 1211 samples of seeds. The varieties 

 examined are given in the table on page 99. Of all this large 

 number of lots of seed he found only 9 samples that seemed at 

 all doubtful as to their quality. On examination at the Station 



