NEW HAMPSHIRE 



STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Chapter 182, Public Laws 



THE SALE OF AGRICULTURAL SEEDS 



L COLLECTION; DISTRIBUTION. The Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture shall collect rare and valuable 

 seeds, plants, shrubbery and trees adapted to our climate 

 and soils, so far as practicable, and distribute them in 

 such manner as in his judgment is best calculated to 

 promote the interests of agriculture. In such distribu- 

 tion, preference shall be given to those farmers and 

 others who will agree to cultivate them properly and 

 return to the office of the commissioner a reasonable 

 proportion of the products thereof, accompanied by a 

 statement of the mode of cultivation and such other 

 information as may be necessary to determine their value 

 for cultivation in the state. 



2. SEEDS INCLUDED. The term agricultural 

 seeds as used in this chapter includes the seeds of tim- 

 othy, redtop, alfalfa, alsike clover, crimson clover, red 

 clover, sweet clover, white clover, Hungarian millet, 

 fescues, Canada blue grass, Kentucky blue grass, broom 

 grass, tall meadow oat grass, orchard grass, Italian rye 

 grass, perennial rye grass, sudan grass, Canada field peas, 

 cowpeas, soy beans, vetches and other grasses and forage 

 plants, including turnips, rutabagas and mangles, also 

 barley, buckwheat, corn, oats, rye, wheat and other 

 cereals, which are sold, ofifered or exposed for sale within 

 this state for sowing or seeding purposes. 



3. LABELING. Every lot or parcel of agricul- 

 tural seeds, when in bulk, packages or other containers 

 of one pound or more, shall have affixed thereto, in a con- 

 spicuous place on the exterior of the container, a plainly 



