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Another method for finding the approximate percentage of foul or 

 foreign seed is to secure a well mixed representative sample, then 

 count out 1000 seeds indiscriminately. This number of seeds is 

 then carefully separated into pure crop seed and foul or foreign seed 

 and the number of each determined by actual count. From these 

 data the percentage of foul or foreign seed and of crop seed can be 

 determined by the proportional number of seeds of each. 



requirements of the agricultural seed law, 



The provisions of the agricultural seed law relative to the tag or 

 label requirements do not appear to be clear to many, or else are 

 misinterpreted, since many inquiries are received regarding them. 

 The law does not specify that agricultural seeds shall be 97 per ct. 

 pure seed, allowing 3 per ct. by count of foul or foreign seed / 

 before they may be sold without being labeled as many have been 

 led to believe; in fact, it is simply required that every receptacle, 

 package, sack or bag containing any of the designated agri- 

 cultural seeds containing in excess of 3 per ct. by count of 

 foul or foreign seeds shall be plainly marked or labeled with the 

 percentage of such foul or foreign seed contained therein. In other 

 words, a sample of seed may contain a very low percentage of pure 

 seed, the remaining percentage being inert matter, and still not require 

 labeling to comply with the requirements of the present seed law 

 as long as the percentage of foul or foreign seed does not exceed 3 

 per ct. by count. No restriction is placed upon the amount of 

 inert matter these agricultural seeds may contain. 



It is held that mixtures of seeds containing any of the seeds named 

 in the statute as agricultural seeds as one of the principal component 

 parts come within the provisions of the statute, but the names of 

 the seeds composing the mixture need not appear on the package. 

 The package must be branded with the percentage of foul or foreign 

 seeds when the amount of such seeds exceeds 3 per ct. by count. 



LABELING. 



The big problem which confronts seed dealers and farmers who 

 have seeds for sale is that of determining the percentage of foul and 

 foreign seed by count. Many communications, accompanied by 

 seed samples, have been received from seedsmen, seed dealers and 

 farmers requesting that analyses be made and the percentage compo- 



