46 WEEDS OF THE FARM AND GARDEN 



SEC. 10. No person shall sell, offer, or expose for sale, or distribution in 

 this state, for the purpose of seeding, any of the agricultural seeds as de- 

 fined in section nine (9) of this act, unless the said seeds are free from 

 the seeds of the following weeds: Wild mustard or charlock (Brassica 

 sinapistrur ), quack grass (Agropyron repens), Canada thistle (Cnicus 

 arvensis), wild oats (Avena fatua), clover and alfalfa dodder (Cuscuta 

 epithymum), field dodder (Cuscuta arvensis), and corn cockle (Lych- 

 nis githago). 



SEC. ii. The seeds of the following weeds shall be considered as impu- 

 rities in the agricultural seeds as defined in section nine (9) of this act, sold, 

 offered, or exposed for sale, within the state for the purpose of seeding: 

 White cockle (Lychnis vespertina), night-flowering catchfly (Silene 

 noctiflora), -urled dock (Rumex crispus), smooth dock (Rumex altis- 

 simus), sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella), yellow trefoil (Medicago 

 lupulina), bur clover (Medicago denticul ), sweet clover (Melilotus 

 alba and M. officinalis) black mustard (Brassica nigra), plantain buck- 

 horn (Plantago lanceolata), bracted plantain (Plantago aristata), 

 bindweed (Convolvulus septum), smooth crab grass (Panicum glabrum), 

 common chickweed (Stellaria media). When such impurities or any of 

 them are present in quantity exceeding a total of 2 per cent of the 

 weight of said agricultural seeds, the approximate percentage of each 

 shall be plainly indicated in statement specified in sec. one ( i ) of this act. 



SEC. 12. Sand, dirt, chaff and foreign substances and seeds other than 

 those specified in sections thirteen (13) and fourteen (14), or broken seed 

 and seed not capable of germinating, shall be considered impurities 

 when present in agricultural seeds sold, offered, or exposed for sale, in 

 this state, for the purpose of seeding, and when such impurities, or any 

 of them, are present in quantity exceeding the standards of purity and 

 viability authorized in section sixteen (16) of this act, the name and 

 approximate percentage of each shall be plainly indicated in the state- 

 ment specified in section one (i) of this act. 



SEC. 13. For the purposes of this act, seeds shall be deemed to be 

 mixed or adulterated: 



First. When orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata) seed contains 10 

 per cent or more by weight of meadow fescue (Festuca elatior pra- 

 tensis) seed, or Italian rye grass (Lolium italicum) seed, or English 

 rye grass (Lolium perenne) seed. 



Second. When blue grass or Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratensis) 

 seed contains 5 per cent or more by weight cf Canadian blue grass (Poa 

 compressa) seed, red top chaff, red top (Agrostis alba) seed, or any 

 other seed or foreign substance. 



Third. When red clover (Trifolium pratense), mammoth red clover 

 (Trifolium pratense <var.), or alfalfa (Medicago sativa), contains 5 per 

 cent or more by weight of yellow trefoil (Medicago lupulina), or sweet 

 clover (Melilotus alba and M. officinalis) seed or bur clover (Medicago 

 denticulata) seed. 



Fourth. When rape (Brassica rapa) contains 5 per cent or more of 

 common mustard (Brassica sinapistrum) or black mustard (B. nigra). 



SEC. 14. For the purposes of this act, seed shall be deemed to be mis- 

 branded: 



