48 WEEDS OF THE FARM AND GARDEN 



Per cent of Per cent of ger- 



NameofSeed purity minable seeds 



Clover, white (Trifolium repens) 90 75 



Corn, field (Zea mays) 99 94 



Corn, sweet 99 75 



Fescue, meadow (Festuca pratensis) 95 85 



Flax (Linum usitatissimum) 96 89 



Millet, common (Setana italica) 90 85 



Millet, hog (Panicum miliaceum) 90 85 



Millet, pearl (Pennisetum typhoideum) . 99 65 



Oats (A<vena sativa) 98 90 



Oat grass, tall (Arrhenatherum avena- 



ceum) 72 70 



Orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata) ... 70 70 



Rape (Brassica rapa) v . 99 90 



Red Top (Agrostis alba) 90 70 



Rye (Secale cereale) 98 90 



Rye grass, perennial (Lolium perenne) . 96 90 



Rye grass, Italian (Lolium italicum) .... 95 80 



Sorghum (Andropogon sorghum) 96 80 



Sorghum, for fodder 90 60 



Timothy (Phleum Pratense) 96 85 



Wheat (Triticum) 98 90 



SEC. 17. It is hereby made the duty of the state food and dairy commis- 

 sioner to enforce the provisions of this act. The inspectors, assistants and 

 chemists appointed by the state food and dairy commissioner shall per- 

 form the same duties and have the same authority under this act as are 

 prescribed by chapter one hundred and sixty-six (166), laws of the 

 thirty-first general assembly, and the said state food and dairy com- 

 missioner may appoint, with the approval of the executive council, such 

 analysts and chemists as may be necessary to carry out the provisions 

 of this act. 



SEC. 18. Whoever sells, offers or exposes for sale any of the seeds speci- 

 fied in sections thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) of this act which are 

 mixed, adulterated or misbranded, or any agricultural seeds which do not 

 comply with sections ten (10), eleven (n) and twelve (12) of this act, 

 or who shall counterfeit or use a counterfeit of any of the tags pre- 

 scribed by this act; or who shall prevent or attempt to prevent any 

 inspector in the discharge of his duty from collecting samples or who 

 shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a mis- 

 demeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one hun- 

 dred dollars ($100) and costs of prosecution; provided, that no one 

 shall be convicted for violation of the provisions of section ten (10) of 

 this act if he is able to show that the weed seeds named in section ten 

 (10) are present in quantities not more than one in ten thousand, and 

 that due diligence has been used to find and remove said seeds. 



SEC. 19. There is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of enforcing 

 the provisions of this act, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars 

 ($3,000) annually. Such expense shall be paid by warrant of the state 



