Official Inspections 98. 93 



Explanation of Tables 



The tables giving the analyses of the samples collected by 

 the Commissioner of Agriculture during the year 1920 together 

 with the so-called official samples sent in by dealers are given in 

 the tables which follow. The seeds are arranged alphabetically 

 by their common name, the samples are arranged alphabetically 

 by the name of the town in which the sample was drawn. Each 

 sample is reported on two pages. 



The table at the left gives the Station number of the sam- 

 ple, the name of the town where the sample was taken, the name 

 of the dealer from whom the sample was drawn and, when 

 known, the source from which the dealer purchased. 



The table on the right hand pages gives the Station number 

 of the sample and the detailed guarantees and analyses. By 

 means of the Station numbers the two tables are readily com- 

 pared. On the right hand page the second column gives the guar- 

 anty of purity and the next column gives the percentage of 

 purity as found by examination in the laboratory. The three 

 following columns gives the impurities telling how much of 

 them are inert matter, such as dirt, hulls, etc., how much are 

 harmless seeds as clover and desirable grasses and how much of 

 the impurities are undesirable weed seeds. 



The first column under noxious seeds shows whether or not 

 noxious seeds were declared. The next column shows whether 

 noxious seeds were found and if so their common name and 

 approximate number per pound. The law relative to the pres- 

 ence of noxious seeds is new and was not very generally fol- 

 lowed by dealers. 



The three last columns on the right hand page have to do 

 with the viability of the seed. The first column under germina- 

 tion gives the guaranty as fixed by the dealer. The second col- 

 umn gives the results- of the analysis for germination. 



The last column gives what is called the actual value. The 

 figures in this column were obtained by multiplying the purity 

 as found by the germination as found. Of course this product 

 is not strictly accurate for the purity is found by weight and 

 the germination by count. But it gives an approximate idea as 

 to what part of the seed as purchased can be hoped to produce 

 actual plants of the desired kind. 



