100 The Bulletin 



15. The ISTorth Carolina Seed Act fixes the standards of germination 

 and purit;)! for the following agricultural seeds. Purity means freedom 

 from weed seeds and other foreign seeds; viability means germinating 

 power or the ability to come up when planted. 



Per Cent of Per Cent of 



Name of Seed Purity Viable Seed 



Alfalfa 96 80 



Barley 98 90 



Blue grass, Canada 90 45 



Blue Grass, Kentucky 80 45 



Brome, awnless 90 75 



Clover, alsike 96 75 



Buckwheat 96 90 



Clover, crimson 98 85 



Clover, red 92 80 



* Clover, white 90 75 



Corn, field 99 94 



Corn, sweet 99 75 



Fescue, meadow ;....;..... 95 85 



Flax , . . '. 96 89 



Millet, Pearl 99 65 



Millet, common 90 85 



Millet, hog 90 85 



Oats 98 90 



Oat grass, tall 72 70 



Orchard grass 70 70 



Rape 99 90 



Redtop 90 70 ■ 



Rye 98 90 



Rye grass, perennial " 96 90 



Rye grass, Italian 95 80 



Sorghum 96 80 



Sorghum for fodder •. . . . 90 60 



Timothy 96 85 



Wheat 98 90 



16. Wheat does not "turn to cheat," but seed wheat containing 

 onions and cockle will cheat you out of a first-class crop. 



17. Pestiferous weeds, like other troubles, are generally imported. 

 See that you do not "import" weed seeds along with your other seeds 

 from your seed dealer, 



18. Dodder, wild carrot, cheat, wild onions, wild mustard, ox-eye 

 daisy, bristly buckhorn, bracted plautain, Canada thistle, Eussian 

 thistle, nut grass, knawel, spiny pigweed, crab grass, sheep sorrel, smart 

 weed, Spanish needles, dog fennel, and most other bad weeds are all 

 imported into this country from Europe, or some other country, in 

 impure seeds. 



19. How long did it take yqu to rid your wheat fields and pastures of 

 wild carrots and wild onions? These pests were imported from Europe 

 in impure seeds. 



20; Sow only good, clean seed. 



21. Are your seed oats and seed wheat clean, or, are they full of dirt", 

 cheat, and onions? 



22. Anj plant in your field different from the crop you are trying to 

 grow is a weed. 



23. Eeclean your wheat before sowing — it will pay you. 



