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THE BOOK OF ALFALFA 



Laboratory 

 test No. 



2X000. 

 2X00X. 

 21002, 

 21003. 

 2X004. 

 21005. 

 21006. 

 21007. 



«ioo8. 

 2x009. 



2X0X0. 

 2X0II. 

 2X0X2. 

 2x013. 

 2x0x4. 

 2x0X5. 

 2X0X6, 

 2X017. 

 2X0X8. 



2IOI9 



2X020 

 2Z02I. 

 2X022 

 2X023. 

 2X024, 

 2X031, 

 2X032, 

 2X033 

 21035 



Alfalfa 

 seed. 



Fgr CU 



92.x 



82.28 



84.72 



89.16 



74.06 



58.74 

 86. X2 



73.02 



96.82 



86.2 



96.96 



88.84 



96.24 



9x06 



9344 



77.7» 

 81.52 



69.48 



96.5 



96.4 



944 

 24.5 



94-H 

 94.58 

 87.72 

 00.56 

 89.04 

 72.36 



Broken 

 seed 

 and 

 dirt. 



PtrCU 



5.8 



7-34 

 15.92 



XI.58 

 8.78 

 2X.38 

 3446 

 11.34 

 22.32 

 2.72 



X2.X 

 2.X6 

 3.98 



2.66 



544 

 2.7 

 16.04 



I2.X8 

 23.78 



3-^4 

 2.82 

 5.04 

 70.96 

 1.8 



344 

 11.02 



8.08 



10.5 



27.1 



Weed 

 seeds. 



PtrCi. 



0.82 

 .56 

 x.S 



2.06 



456 



6.8 



2.54 



4.66 



.46 

 X.7 



.88 

 7.18 

 I.I 



6.x8 



6.3 

 6.74 



.46 



.78 



.56 



4-54 

 4.06 



1.98 



126 



1.36 



.46 



•54 



Number 

 of weed 

 seeds in 

 I pound. 



2,r6o 

 900 

 3,060 

 3420 

 2,700 



15,928 



32,420 

 8,964 



12,829 



990 



3,060 



1,710 



17,299 



3>5io 

 7,650 

 8,526 



x6,43| 



21,848 



23,082 



x,o8o 



1,260 



1,620 



21,070 



3^780 



3,060 



4,140 



3,420 



1,260 



270 



Number 



of dodder 



seeds in 



I pound. 



90 



2,520 



5490 



270 



90 



360 

 720 

 Sio 



4,950 



» • • • » 



90 

 90 



Alfalfa 



seed 



that'll 



grow. 



Per Ct, 



59-17 

 66.64 



57-39 

 62.18 



53'87 

 28.78 

 61.36 



49.65 

 85.2 



55-59 

 87.26 



43-2 



7747 

 62.14 



77.08 



47-83 

 7.13 

 C.21 



8S.53 

 91.82 



90.15 

 6.34 

 73-43 

 51.78 

 81.14 

 76.29 

 84.7^ 

 64.58 



Amount 

 imported. 



Pounds 

 4)000 



30,800 

 S,$oo 



32,877 



14,700 

 7,6x3 



33»o75 

 8,779 



32>963 

 33,000 

 30,800 



5,500 

 33,000 

 21,340 



8,778 

 33,000 

 33,000 

 16,280 

 38,172 

 44,000 

 44,000 

 ^2^600 

 12,540 

 234 



5,500 



143,000 



33,000 



6,673 

 13,516 



fifteen samples boug-ht each of one dollar's worth, the 

 quantity of pure germinable seed was found to range 

 from 5.1 to 9.3 pounds; the number of noxious seeds 

 found in a dollar^s worth of that bought as alfalfa seed 

 ranged from 360 to 185,940. Seven of the fifteen one-dol- 

 lar samples each carried more than 23,000 noxious seeds. 

 Seed bought at $7.80 per bushel showed as low as 61.2 

 per cent that was germinable, of which the actual cost 

 was $12.74 per bushel. None of the fifteen samples had 

 less than yy per cent of germinable seed. One pound 

 sample contained 21,728 noxious seeds, of which 18,144 



