1984 



Agricultural Law 



[Art. 15. 



ARTICLE XV 



Inspection and Sale of Seeds. 



Section 340. Inspection and sale of seeds. 



341. Samj)les, ^^^l^lication of results of examination. 



Terra 

 defined. 



Prohibi- 

 tion. 



§ 340. Inspection and sale of seeds. Within tlie meaning of 

 this article '" agricultnral seeds " are defined as the seeds of alfalfa, 

 Canadian bine grass, Kentuekv l)hie grass, alsike clover, crimson 

 clover, red clover, white clover, vetch orchard grass, rape, red top, 

 and timothy which are to be used for sowing or seeding j)nrposes. 

 No person, firm or corporation shall sell, offer, expose or have in 

 his possession fur sale for the purposes of seeding, anj seeds of 

 grasses or clovers, of the kind known as agricultural seeds con- 

 taining in excess of three per centum l)y count of foul or foreign 

 seeds, unless every receptacle, package, sack or bag containing 

 such seeds is plainly marked or labeled with the per centum of 

 such fdul or foreign seeds contained therein. (As amended by 

 chapter 297 of the Laws of 1912.) 



Samples 

 of seed. 



Manner 

 of taking. 



Analysis. 



Report of 

 analyst. 



Publica- 

 tion of 

 reports. 



§ 341. Samples, publication of results of examination. The 

 commissioner of agriculture or his duly authorized representatives 

 shall take samples of seed in triplicate in the presence of at least 

 one witness and in the presence of such witness shall seal such 

 samples and shall at the time of taking tender, and if accepted, 

 deliver to the person apparently in charge one of sucli samples ; 

 one of the other samples the commissioner of agriculture shall 

 cause to be analyzed. The director of the Xew York agricultural 

 experiment station shall analyze or cause to be analyzed such 

 samples of seeds taken under the provisions of this article as shall 

 be submitted to him for that purpose by the commissioner of agri- 

 culture and shall report such analysis to the commissioner of 

 agriculture, and for this purpose the Xew York agricultural experi- 

 ment station may employ experts and incur such expenses as may 

 be necessary to comply with the requirements of this article. The 

 result of the analysis of the sample or samples so procured, 

 together with such additional information as circumstances advise, 

 shall be published in reports or bulletins from time to time. (As 

 amended by chapter 297 of the Laws of 1912.) 



