98 MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. 
TaBLe I].—Analyses of five samples of high-grade red clover seed offered for sale during 
the year ended June 30, 1906. 
| | | | | , 
| | | | | Price inne red| ee 
pen ee Neer | per 100 | clover | “799 
aur | & | Weight | _.-__ | pounds| seed | 
| Red | Dirt Dod | Kinds | of 1,000 | M¥™2"_| at | (seed | pounds 
Number of seed Other | and deree | tion of | See | of red 
| clover | s |ofweed red which | that | 
sample. seeds. | broken pres- | — : red - | clover 
seed. | seeds. | clover | seed | germi- | 
| | seed. | ent. lceede. | CLOVE aaess nated) | seed 
| | | | seed. "| “sored lin sam-| «Hat 
| | | eye | ome 
| | ! | |forsale.| ple. | eae 
| | | _| | 
Per | Per | Per | | Num-| Milli- | Per | | - Per 
cent. cent. | cent | ber. | grams. | cent. Ne ROG Ri | 
BOGOS ae se se 96. 59 1.44 | 1.97 | No Oe a)? 70D) 2 100s S15200 96.59 | $15.53 
SIAM eee eee | 98.54 -28| 1.18} No 2 1,501 | 98.5 14. 00 97. 06 14. 42 
SY sere ees 98. 42 . 93 | 65 | No ee | pelosi 97.5 14.75 95. 96 15.37 
OY yee ete 97.00 1.27 1.73 | No. te) apes 6789) 22100 16.00 97.00 16. 49 
SUAS Oe ea oe 98. 10 35 | 1.55 | No. 3 1, 486 98 15. 50 96.14 16.12 
Average. .| 97.73] .85| 1.42 |........ 5.2| 1,580] 98.8| 15.05] 96.55| 15.58 
I ' I 
The accompanying diagram presents in graphic form a comparison 
of the averages of the analyses of red clover seed imported, as shown 
in Tables I and II. 
ALFALFA. 
Table III gives the analyses of sixteen selected low-grade samples 
of imported alfalfa seed, representing cargoes amounting to 275,572 
pounds. Since the total importations of alfalfa seed during .the 
same period were 5,688,689 pounds, the low-grade seed furnished 
about one-twentieth of the total. The quality of this low-grade seed 
is similar to that of the red clover seed shown in Table I. The 
germination is low and the seed in many samples is small or shriveled. 
All but two of these lots contain dodder, and all contained on an aver- 
age more than fifteen kinds of weed seeds. 
Tas LE II].—Analyses of sixteen samples of low-grade alfalfa seed imported during the 
fiscal year ended June 30, 1906. 
| -_, | Actual 
| | | | | Price ne cost of 
| = _ | per 100 = 00 
z | Dirt Dod- Kinds Weight Germ | ieee pounds ean pounds 
Number of Alfalfa Other and der | of | of 1,000 pl aleraccanl at that of al- 
seed sample. | seed. | seeds. | broken) pres-| weed | alfalfa |. issite limport-| VOICE | sermi_| falta 
| seed. | ent.@| seeds. | seeds. | “sooq a 5 | Seed Ptad) ; seed 
| sae ~~ |\wasim in that 
| | ported. sample, 7 
Peres aren, | Num-| Milli-; Per | by Pera 
| cent cent. | cent. | ber. | grams.| cent. Pounds| | cent. 
728 PN coe BA 84. 56 3.52 | 11.92 | Yes .| 18 1,704 | 79.5 | 10,208 | $9.50 | 67.22 | $14.13 
2t She Sa ga 96. 18 1. 28 2.54 | No 1 2,166 | 46 12,106 8.10 | 44.24} 18.30 
oh VALE es 88. 58 1.98 9.44 Yes. 14 1,890 | 53 7,797 7.90 | 46.95 | 16.83 
POO Beh soto 89. 42 3. 68 6.9 | No..| 10 1,787 | 56.5 | 16,475 9.25 | 50.52] 18.31 
511 Ais ieee a 88. 06 3.24 8.7 | No..}| 12 1,866 | 52.5 | 32,439 9.40 | 46.23} 20.33 
BUDS 2S ee 87.8 | 3.54 8.66 | No..| 12 1,748 | 45 15,923 9.90 | 39.5 | 25.06 
BOSS ee. Re. 90. 46 3. 97 5.57 | Yes.| 14 1,757 | 58 16,610 | 10.25 | 52.47) 19.88 
3068-72 See = 94. 38 2.59 3.03 | Yes.| 9 1,834 | 50 14, 475 8.50 | 47.19 18. 01 
BOS2 see 5 are ot = 91. 01 4. 33 4.66 | Yes.| 15 1,622 | 63.5 | 16,632 | 10.25 | 57.79 | 17.73 
SOS he oat setts 90. 8 4. 68 4.52 | Yes.| 18 1,328 9 33, 275 2.00 8.17 22. 22 
SRS Se sees 94. 63 Erie 3.6 | Yes.| 17 1,753 | 73.5 | 16,500 | 10.13 | 69.55 | 14. 56 
SUD Ree meee 87.4 2.1 10.5 | Yes.| 20 1,529 8 33, 022 2. 63 6. 99 37. 53 
AIS Ae) se Le | 82.02] 6.18] 11.8 | Yes-| 23 1,032 | 77 5,610 7.50 | 63.15 | 11.87 
ALSO! es smi ee 72.54 | 14.13} 18.33 | Yes.} 22 1,065 | 50 11,396 6.00 | 36.27 16. 54 
OTe rs aie 63.85 | 16.79 | 19.36 | Yes.| 26 1,037 | 58.5 3,844 5.00 | 37.35 13. 39 
tPA (ee Soe Bee Bee 81.31 | 4.38 | 14.31) Yes.) 21 | 1,164 | 43.5 | 29,261 5.70 | 35.37 16.12 
Average.| 86.44| 4.89 S685) Sener 152755" L580 | co eeia eee 7.63 | 44.31 18. 78 
a75 per cent of the samples contained dodder. 
>’ Total quantity of low-grade alfalfa seed imported, 275,572 pounds. 
ll1—111 
