Regulatory Series, No. 11 January, 1937   I
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to Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station I ‘    
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MQW ‘ ~ SEED INSPECTION IN KENTUCKY, 1934-1936 _   l T  
Wheat ‘ W. A. PRICE, E. C. VAUGHN, ENCIL DEEN, JESSIE TAYLOR and     I
Lt. ALICE MARRS     1   I
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_u bm · Observations ot the seed market thruout the State indieate ,
Qeueral iinprovenient in quality of agrieultural seeds offered for { I
;3mplg5 V sale. There is less peddling of untagged seeds of doubtful _   j ·
I quality and fewer farniers are buying poor seeds. Farmers in ° ‘  
dl mem general appreciate the neeessity of sowing the best seed, and are l    
using the State tags as a guide to good quality. l I
1f€€d»   The results of oli’ieial inspeetion of agricultural seeds on  
S°"€€“' sale in Kentucky from July 1, 193-1, to June 30, 1.936, are set l t
I forth in this bulletin. During this period -1,018 lots of seed were ,    
. lllspeeted in 131 eities and towns, and 345 ottieial samples were I
_ taken, , ~
I Table 1 shows the pereentages ot purity and germination, I
and the presence of excessive amounts of noxious weed seed, `
, irregularities in tags, and the results of oltieial analyses of
. samples. The variations allowed in purity and germination are , I
‘ those stated in the Rules and Methods ot Testing approved by I ,
the Oftieial Seed Analysts of North Anieriea. Results within l
Ill? Hllowed variation are marked with   if ab0\'C, OY Q--) if II  
p below, statements on official tags. \`ariations greater than those , ,
. allowed constitute violations of the Seed Law, a11d sueh results I    
_, tll'0 printed in blaelpfaeetl type A liberal interpretation ol' ,    
  these rules has been niade in this report. Q I I
· I Ttllllfi 2 contains a, snntniary to show the kind and 1lllll1lJ<‘1` I I  
  (II Wiolations detected. ,      
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