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by his assistants, shall have free access at all reasonable hours to each 

 building or other place where agricultural seeds or mixtures thereof are 

 stored, sold or offered or exposed for sale for the purpose of inspection 

 of such seeds and, upon tendering the market price, may take samples of 

 such agricultural seeds or mixtures thereof for tests and analyses. Such 

 samples shall be thoroughly mixed and two official samples taken there- 

 from; each official sample shall be securely sealed. One of these official 

 samples shall be held by the commissioner or his authorized agent at the 

 disposal of the person named on the label as the vendor of the agricul- 

 tural seed sampled, for six months after the results of the analysis have 

 been reported as provided in the following section, and the other sample 

 retained by said commissioner or agent for analysis. 



Section 2611. The commissioner of agriculture shall cause such tests 

 and analyses as he may specify to be made of samples collected under the 

 preceding section in order to determine the quality of the seeds contained 

 in such samples. To enable said commisioner to determine the trueness 

 to type or variety of vegetable and other seeds he shall provide that field 

 tests be made of such samples of seeds as he may designate and may pub- 

 lish the results of all such tests and analyses as are made in accordance 

 with the provisions of this section. 



Section 261J. The word "approximate" as used in sections two hun- 

 dred and sixty-one A to two hundred and sixty-one L, inclusive, shall be 

 defined in rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner of 

 agriculture. 



Section 261K. Any person residing or doing business in this common- 

 wealth shall have the privilege of submitting to the commissioner of 

 agriculture samples of agricultural seeds for test and analysis, subject 

 to such rules and regulations as may be adopted by said commissioner, 

 including a reasonable charge or fee for such test and analysis. Receipts 

 under this section shall be paid into the treasury of the commonwealth. 



Section 261L. Whoever sells, offers or exposes for sale, any lot of 

 agricultural seeds, or mixtures of agricultural seeds, without complying 

 with the requirements of sections two hundred and sixty-one A to two 

 hundred and sixty-one K, inclusive, or falsely marks or labels such agri- 

 cultural seeds or mixtures thereof or vegetable seeds, or impedes, ob- 

 structs or hinders the commissioner of agriculture or any of his duly 

 authorized agents in the discharge of the authority or duties conferred 

 or imposed by any provision of said sections, shall be punished by a fine 

 of not more than five hundred dollars. 



Section 3. This act shall take effect on November first, nineteen hun- 

 dred and twenty-seven. 



Approved April 18, 1927. 



Recreational Facilities in Massachusetts 

 A concerted effort is being made to make Massachusetts a greater sum- 

 mer playground. Farmers are taking advantage of this movement by 

 growing greater quantities of high quality summer vegetables and fruits, 

 milk and poultry products for this itinerant trade. Roadside stands are 

 increasing. Eventually these must have some regulation unless they 

 organize among themselves and raise their standards. 



Farm Labor 

 The Department of Agriculture is of increasing helpfulness in sup- 

 plying farm labor especially of the higher grades, farm superintendents, 

 estate managers, etc. We are becoming more and more recognized as 

 the clearing house of such work. 



Co-ordination of Agricultural Activities 

 The activities of the various agricultural agencies in the State have 

 been notably harmonious. The fact that the Commissioner of Agricul- 



