Results Of Seed Tests

Author : Bessie G. Sanborn
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666269409
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (694 download)

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Download or read book Results of Seed Tests for 1954 written by Bessie G. Sanborn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-24 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Results of Seed Tests for 1954: Made for the State Department of Agriculture Wholesalers are listed in alphabetical order except when samples are presumed to have been carried over, in which case they are listed alphabetically by dealers. The New Hampshire seed law requires that both agricultural and vegetable seeds must be labeled with the calendar month and year when last tested for germination, and requires that this germination test shall have been completed within nine months of being offered for sale. In the following tables, if the date of test was within the prescribed nine months, the sample is marked satisfactory, S in this respect; if no date was given, the word None appears indicating a violation; if the date was a violation of the law because the test was not made within nine months, the date given on the tag or label appears in that column. The first part of the report deals with 161 samples of agricultural seed tested for purity, germination and noxious weed content. There is a tolerance or allowable variation from the guarantee for both purity and germination, in accordance with the Rules for Seed Testing adopted by the Association of Official Seed Analysts, so that, for instance a sample of timothy guaranteed for purity and 85% for germination could test as low as for purity and 77 for germination and be satis factory. If a sample when tested for purity falls within the allowable variation, it is marked S (satisfactory) if below the allowable varia tion, and therefore a violation, the actual figure found for purity is given. The same is true for germination in the case of agricultural seeds. The second part of the report applies to 534 samples of vegetable seeds which were tested for germination only. The New Hampshire seed law requires that unless each packet or other container is plainly marked Below Standard together with the percentage of germination, vegetable seeds must test up to the prescribed standard for that kind of seed, and that there is no tolerance from the adopted standards. In the column headed Found if the same was up to standard, an S (satis factory) appears. The exception to this is in the case of a given sample being marked with a guarantee, which is not required if vegetable seed is up to standard; then, if the seed is found to be below the regular tolerance from that guaranteed figure, the figure found upon test fol lowed by t is listed as mislabeled even though it might in some cases be up to standard. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.