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The fees to be charged at the Official Seed Testing Station 

 for samples received on and after the 1st December next will 

 therefore be: — 



Per sample. 



For farmers' samples, as described above ... ... 6d. 



For samples of seed when the test is required for the 

 purpose of a declaration for sale — 



Cereals 2/- 



Roots and vegetables, other than mangold and beet 3 - 

 Mangold, beet, grasses and clovers ... ... 4/- 



The address of the Official Seed Testing Station for England 

 and Wales is 18, Leigham Court Eoad, Streatham Hill, 

 London, S.W.16. 



Administration of the Testing of Seeds Order, 1918. — The 



system of inspection adopted in connection with the enforce- 

 ment of the Order consists in visiting markets and the 

 premises of seed merchants and farmers who have seeds for 

 sale. The main purpose of these visits is to ascertain whether 

 the regulations are being properly carried out, to examine 

 stocks of seeds, and to draw control samples, which are sent 

 to the Official Seed Testing Station for the particulars declared 

 by the seller to l)e checked. 



Up to the 31st July, 1920, Inspectors of the Seed Control 

 Branch of the ^Ministry had visited upwards of 3,250 establish- 

 ments, many on two or more occasions. 



In the majority of cases the assistance given by the Inspectors 

 in interpreting points of the Order was greatly appreciated, 

 and in no case was any serious difficulty met with in connec- 

 tion with the taking of control samples. 



The number of control samples taken during the 1919-20 



season was as follows: — 



Root seeds 171 



Clover 420 



Grasses 318 



Farm seeds ... ... ... ... ... 67 



Cereals 28 



Vegetables 202 



Total ... 1.206 



In addition to the above some 800 small packets of seeds 

 were obtained by the Ministry's Inspectors. 



The reports of the Official Seed Testing Station on the 1,206 

 samples showed that only 109, or about 9 per cent., gave 

 results which indicated that the declaration made by the seller 

 was radically wrong. These included 8 samples of root seeds, 

 48 of clover, 34 of grass and 19 of vegetable seed. 



