24 N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 166 



THE TEXT OF THE LAW 



STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND NINE. 



HOUSE BILL NO. 396. 



AN ACT 



To Regulate the Sale of Agricultural Seeds. 



Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in 

 General Court convened: 



Section 1. Every lot of agricultural seeds, including seeds 

 of cereals, grasses, forage plants, vegetables, garden plants, 

 and white pine trees, but not including those of other trees, 

 shrubs, and ornamental plants, which is sold, offered, or ex- 

 posed for sale for seed in bulk or package of one pound or 

 more, within this state, shall be accompanied by a plainly writ- 

 ten or printed guarantee, stating first its percentage of purity 

 from foreign seeds and other matter, and second, its percent- 

 age of vitality. 



Sect. 2. Sellers or dealers in seeds may base their guar- 

 antees upon tests or analyses conducted by themselves, their 

 agents, or by the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture 

 or his agents, provided that such tests or analyses shall be made 

 in such a manner and under such conditions as the said secre- 

 tary may prescribe. 



Sect. 3. The results of all tests or analyses of seeds made 

 by the said secretary, together with the names and addresses of 

 the persons from whom the samples of seed were obtained, 

 shall be published annually in a bulletin by the New Hamp- 

 shire College Experiment Station, and biennially in the report 

 of the State Board of Agriculture. The said secretary shall 

 also publish from time to time in the quarterly report of the 

 State Board of Agriculture equitable standards of purity and 

 vitality, together Avith such information concerning agricul- 

 tural seeds as may be of public benefit. 



