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5. Seeds kept iu stock but uot on sale need not be labeled. When 

 a large stock is kept and only a small sample or lot is exposed for 

 sale one label may serve for successive portions taken from the 

 stock bin during a period of three months provided the original lot 

 was certified. 



G. Where a mixture of seeds is offered, the true name of each 

 ingredient and its per cent, of the whole must be stated on label, 

 together with the per cent, of the viable seeds of each variety. The 

 Commissioner does not recommend the keeping of mixed seeds in 

 stock since different varieties of seeds deteriorate with different 

 rapidity. 



7. No variety of field garden seeds for planting shall be offered 

 for sale in this State if the same shall fall below the following mini- 

 mum of viability when tested by the ol'ticial method, to wit: 



(See N. C. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bulletin 108, pp. 383, se^i .) 



8. No sample of wheat, oats, barley or I'ye for planting shall be 

 offered for sale in this State unless the same has been treated foi 

 smut and ergot according to the method adopted by the board. Se( 

 rule 15. 



9. No sample of clover, lucerne or vetch for planting shall be of 

 fered for sale in this State if the same shall contain more than 1 per 

 mille of fodder. 



10. Every person, firm or corporation to deal in field or garden 

 seeds in this State may send to the Department for analyses and 

 certification each year 25 samples without charge. Additional sam- 

 ples will be charged for at following rate: 



For a full test of purity and viability, 50c. 



For a report as to viability, 25c. 



For report as to purity, 25c. 



For report as to genuineness, 25c. 



Official labels will be suj)plied at net cost of printing and paper. 



11. With every variety and lot of seed sold to a planter the seller 

 shall give the following certificate and guarantee with blanks duly 



filled up. to wit: This certifies that has this 



day of , 1{)0. ., bought of undersigned lbs. of 



seed, botanical name of which is 



The undersigned guarantees that this sample of seed contains not 

 more than per cent, of foreign matter and that it will germi- 

 nate by the official method per cent. If a cereal, that the seed 



has been treated for smut or ergot according to the method pre 

 scribed by the Commissioner of Agriculture. If the Conmiissioner ol 

 Agriculture reports more than 19 per cent, of foreign matter above 

 this guarantee, or a viability falling more than per cent, below 



