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germination report. The purity report will give the percentage of pure seed, 
the percentage of noxious weed seeds, the percentage of other seeds dis¬ 
tinguishable by their appearance and the percentage of inert matter. It 
will also give the number per pound of each kind of noxious weed seeds, 
indicate the presence of other seeds and give the character of the inert mat¬ 
ter. The germination report represents the average of duplicate tests. It 
gives the germination of the seed at the end of a short period of time and 
also the final germination, and, in the case of leguminous seeds, the per¬ 
centage of hard seeds. 
29. How shall dealers and others use the information on these reports? 
This information must not be used for advertising purposes. The reports 
are upon the samples submitted and are no guarantee that the information 
in them is representative of the whole lot of seed from which the sample is 
taken, unless such sample has been taken in regular form by the seed in¬ 
spector. The one who receives a report may copy the data from the re¬ 
ports issued from the Laboratory on to a label. If he does this he is guar¬ 
anteeing that his sample is representative of the lot from which it was 
taken. 
30. How snail seeds mixed for special purposes, such as lawn mixture 
and pasture mixture, be labeled? Mixtures of field seeds prepared for spe¬ 
cial purposes must be so labeled. They must be labeled “seed mixture” or 
“lawn grass mixture” or “pasture mixture,” etc. In addition, the label of 
each seed lot must contain the name and address of the person selling or 
offering for sale such seed; also the percentage of purity, the percentage of 
germination and the name and approximate number per pound of the noxious 
weed seeds and the foreign country in which the seed was grown and, if in 
Colorado, the locality, or plainly marked “unknown.” 
31. Does the law provide for seed inspection? Yes, the Colorado Agri¬ 
cultural Experiment Station at Fort Collins, through its regularly appointed 
agent. The Colorado Seed Laboratory, will inspect, “examine and make 
analyses of and test seeds sold, offered or exposed for sale in the State at 
such time and places and at such expense as it may deem necessary. The 
inspector will have free access at all reasonable hours upon any premises 
to make examination of any seed, whether such seeds are upon the premises 
of the owner of such seeds or on other premises or in the possession of any 
warehouse, elevator or railway company, and upon entering payment there¬ 
for at the current price may take any sample or samples of such seed.” Sam¬ 
ples will be taken according to rules recommended by the Association of 
Official Seed Analysts of North America. These methods insure a fair and 
representative sample. Duplicate samples are taken. One is left with the 
owner of the seed, the other taken by the inspector for analysis. Both sam¬ 
ples are sealed. The owner of the seed is at liberty to accompany the in¬ 
spector when the sampling is done and the samples are sealed. Samples 
are drawn so that they will represent as accurately as possible the bulk lot 
from which they were taken. Failure to secure representative samples is 
one of the most common causes of variation in tests of seed. 
32. What methods of sampling are advised? Samples from sacks or 
bags should be made up of portions taken from near the top, middle and 
bottom, approximately one-third from each level. If there are a number of 
