WEED' AND SEED LAWS 815 



tard, tumbling mustard, hare's-ear mustard, pennycress, pepper- 

 grass, shepherd's purse, false-flax, bird 's-foot, trefoil, yellow tre- 

 foil, bur clover, sweet clover, ergot, or of the seeds of any other 

 noxious weed is unlawful. The inspection of the law is in the 

 hands of the botanists of the North Dakota Agricultural College. 

 The law has greatly improved the quality of seeds sold in that 

 state. The forbidden list of weed seeds is large and probably 

 difficult to enforce. 



The only way to enforce any seed law is to have fields in which 

 commercial seed is grown inspected by some competent botanist. 

 The seed should not be sold unless the weed seeds can be removed. 



