IMPORTED LOW-GRADE CLOVER AND ALFALFA SEED. 19 
Taste I.— Analyses of 61 samples of low-grade red clover seed imported during the year 
ended June 30, 1906—Continued. 
| | | . Live | Actual 
| | | fe one Price red | cost of 
at | cea eu | Weight | Germi- poands clover | 100 
Number, Red | | Dict”) Dod- | Kinds) ot 1,000 | nation Quan-|""at | Seed | pounds 
| Other; and | der of tity ; (seed | of red 
of seed | clover Sees 2 red of red F which 
sample. | seed. | seeds. |broken| pres- | weed ane aber ee sada that | clover 
| | seed. | ent. | seeds.| ccoqs. | seed. |POTted-| Wag | Sermi-| seed 
| im. |Dated)| that 
| in | germi- 
| ported, sample. nated. 
| 
Per Per 1zGR Num-| Milli- Per Per 
| cent. | cent. cent | ber grams cent. |Pounds cent 
Solita sesee bh Of: 39122. 8t-|" 19.89. | Yes 45 1,021 42 15,506 | $5.60 | 24.06! $23.27 
SSLGe ee 5) 64. 58 10. 27 25.15:| Yes- 31 886 60559 |) 325116) 27-62 39. 07 19. 50 
Setiiee sus 77. 45 7.70 14 Sor eS eal 28 1,087 66 33,159 | 9.60 fe els APA 18. 78 
3906... --- 61.34 | 15.51 23.15 | Yes--s|) "45 S467 ce 53. 32, 468 dO0N| yo2551: 23.07 
3945 ae 67.04 | 17.10 15.86 | Yes 36 Sol | 67 12,474 8.50 | 44.91 | 18.93 
3946522 2 83. 54 6. 60 9.86 | Yes 21 995 74 30, 427 11.20 | 61.82) 18:12 
3959 eae | 94.04 95 5.01 | Yes 12 1,357 44.5 1,576 9.50! 41.85 | 22.70 
3960... --- | 94.15 Oe 4.08 | Yes... 19 1,552 69 11, 288 9.90 | 64.96 | 15.24 
S962ee ee = 97.15 66H te 2 TO est) I e538 34 12,000 8.60 | 33.03 26. 04 
30632 ae. 96. 07 GO |tce 2A (pi |eerieSae 14 1,585 70 6, 393 8.00 | 67.25 11. 90 
3964.25 96. 32 1.93 ife(os | eS 11 1,603 72 5, 952 9°10) 69:35 13. 12 
S9G0. eee 93. 54 27 6.19 | Yes.. 9 1,422 15 2,425 4.50 | 14.038 32. 07 
SUVs se se 95. 04 1.20 3.76 | Yes.. 17 1,404 48 7, 937 7.60 | 45.62 16. 66 
SO04E Ae oe) 47.49 | 32.08 | 20.43 | Yes.. 41 909 17.5 | 10,995 4.70) (853h 56. 56 
3990... .-- 83.07 | 10.32 6.61 | No... 17 1,252 72.5 750 | 12.00 | 60.22 19. 93 
4009... -.-- 83.87 ! 8.02 8.31 ! Yes... 42 1,370 46.5 | 11,130 8.20! 38.9 21.08 
ANION 522 64. 04 17. 07 18.89 | Yes..- 41 835 26 15,024 5. 80 16. 65 34. 83 
402622" 68. 59 17.78 13563" |e MES == 20 870 86.5 | 4,000 | 14.20] 59.233 23. 93 
A020F ae 94. 23 2.59 Suksy | INOS Se 11 1,582 65.5 | 10,318 8. 80 61.72 14. 25 
AQ) 3 Vere OFT AlG eat 6 || nea Oo | Yes.. 11 1,495 54.5 | 2,500 8.98 | 51.99 WET. 
ANS 2a aoe 93. 82 3.91 22a NiO 14 1,732 43.5 | 6,303 6.80 | 40.81 | 16-66 
A035 = eee 95. 52 2.16 2.32 | Yes.. 19 1,555 PRL 3, 382 7.80 | 26.27 | 29.69 
ANS Sees 95. 63 1.12 3520) || ES == 17 1,397 D350) |. 2ear2 e09| = ol 16a es toro 
4044... ... 67.80 | 14.91 729 VeS=e 43 963 31.5 | 32,074 7-00 |- 21.36 32.77 
A051: 98. 29 41 eS || NO 5 1,597 59.5 | 2,551 6.90 | 58.48 HZ 
ASS eens 93. 55 17 6.28 | Yes.. 8 1, 434 8 1,102 4.50 7. 48 60. 16 
AGUS Rees 78. 61 8.82 IPL GY | INIOS Be 15 1,164 50 453 | 4.00] 39.30/ 10.18 
4084_....- 61. 09 16.93 | 21.98 | No 19 1, 236 75.5 | 33,866 | 10.10] 46.12) 21.90 
A092 ee 64. 77 16. 41 18.82 | Yes 50 951 46 10, 787 7.00 | 29.79 | 23.50 
AN Sia ee 74. 04 15.18 | 10.78 | Yes 35 1,010 60.5 | 2,963 7.50 | 44.79 | 16.74 
ALGSee ee 76. 62 12. 36 11.02 | No 26 1,165 75.5 | 30,000} 8.10} 57.84]| 14.00 
AGS eres 54.44 | 24.57} 20.99 | No 37 868 38 18, 200 | 6.00] 20.68| 29.01 
AN Qin eee 61. 56 15.58 | 22.86 Yes...; 48 926 Hour |220465 0 Go taal S416 Ne 1703 
ALSOpe ee 61. 04 12.58 | 26.38 | Yes 27 926 75.5 | 4,851 | 07.70] 46.08 | 16.71 
ANS = 58. 02 17.13 | 24.85 | Yes 46 933 54 22,046 | 6.12 31. 34 19. 54 
ZB cosee 77.65 8.15 14.20 | Yes Sea 980 87.5 | 7,363 | 9.75 | 67.94 14. 35 
LON 5 Se 72.79 | 16.88 10.33 | Yes 43 1,010 29 6,178 | 6.00} 21.11 | 28.42 
Average.| 74.06 | 12.17| 13.83 | 29.7 1,105.5 | 58203 eens 7.61 43.16 20. 39 
i l t | | 
In more than one-half of the sixty-one samples of which an analy- 
sis is given the weight of 1,000 seeds is less than a gram, while 1,000 
good plump seeds weigh 14 grams or more. These lots contain an 
average of only 43.1 per cent of live red clover seed and much of the 
seed that will germinate is worthless for seeding purposes, as it is of 
small size, immature, and of low vigor. 
It is often claimed that seed of this kind is imported to be recleaned 
before it is put on the market. This, however, can not be the case, 
as in the importations referred to the average cost of the red clover 
seed that will grow is $20.39 per hundred pounds on the basis of the 
average import price of $7.61 per hundred pounds. At the time 
this seed was imported five lots of high-grade seed were offered for 
sale to the Department of Agriculture at an average price of $15.05 
per hundred pounds, the average cost of the red clover seed that 
germinated being $15.59 per hundred pounds. In other words, one 
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