The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-01-15
To7Benefit the Farmer.

Washington may, by application to
the director of the state agricultural
experiment station, State college,
Pullman, Wash, secure an official
authorization of the yield and quality
of any particular crop grown by him,
upon the following conditions:
l. The purpose for which the Off
cial authorization is desired may be
either one or both of the following:
(a) To show the possibilities of agri-
where the crop is grown and the con-
ditions essential to successful crop
production; (b) to show the value of
the crop thus officially tested for seed
or other propagation purposes.
2. The location and area of the
crop to be tested must be such that
it will be possible to measure from it
a rectangular tract of not less than
the following area: For cereal crops,
tested for either of the purposes
mentioned above, twenty acres; for
forage crops, tested for yield, ten
| acres; for fruit crops, tested either
for yield or for propagation value,
one acre.
3. Supervisors for official tests of
agricultural crops shall be instructed
in method Of conducting the tests by
the departments of agriculture and
| horticulture of the State College of
Washington. Upon application for
official authorization of any par
| ticular crop, the director of the agri
cultural experiment station will des-
| ignate an official supervisor for that
purpose. The findings of this super
visor shall be approved by the director
| and when so approved shall constitute
the official authorization for the
yield and quality of the crop.
4. The expense of making the Off
cial test of the crop by the supervisor
shall be borne by the owner of the
crop and shall include the necessary
travelling expenses of the supervisor
for distance of not to exceed $50
miles and return, his expenses when
engaged in making the test and a per
diem OF not to exceed 50. 50 for each
day spent in travelling and in super
vising the harvesting of the crop.
5. The supervisor shall measure
the tract to be tested Immediately
preceding the harvesting of the crop
from it and shall be continuously in
charge of the crop until it is harvest
ed and shall weigh or measure Tor
supervise the weighing or measure
ment of the crop and shall officially
score the product if the latter is to be
used for seed or propagation purposes.
6. The score of the product shall
be upon a regular score card for the
particular crop, prepared by the de-
partments Of agriculture and horti
cultre of the State College.
7. The report of the official test
shall be made by the supervisor in
duplicate. One copy shall be suppl
ed to the owner of the tract and the
second filed in the office of the director
of the state agricultural experiment
station. The report shall contain:
First, the owners statement, which
| shall include the name of the owner,
his postottice address, his trading
center, the exact location of the tract,
the history of the cropping of the
tract or the preceding five years and
an account of the method of prepare
ton, seeding and cultivation of the
crop, which statement shall be sub
Scribed and sworn to before a notary
public or similar official; the official
supervisors statement, which shall
include the rainfall record for the
locality, as obtained from the nearest
weather observer. the variety of the
crop, the measurements of the tract,
the total weight of crop harv ested,