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then that is sold that doesn't come within the law, but those cases are very 

 few I am glad to say. 



Another thing the label must show is the percentage of other weed seeds, 

 and also the percentage of inert matter. The law says all lots or packages 

 exceeding one pound in weight must have a tag, and it doesn't say any place 

 in the law that the farmer is exempted from this provision. Therefore, 

 when you have seed to sell to your neighbor it means that you must tag 

 it the same as the dealer does. Now that is only right, that is only fair, 

 to give that neighbor of yours the same opportunity, the same privilege that 

 he would have in going to the store in town to buy seed. 



You might feel sure that your seed is absolutely clean, your neighbor 

 may feel the same about it, but there might be something in there that you 

 did not recognize, and I will say that we get new seeds every day. I was 

 in Monmouth this last Saturday and I got some seeds from the Farm Bureau 

 office that I did not know. I took them home and examined them carefully 

 under the microscope, looked up the reference books and I found what it 

 was. It was a seed that is imported, known as corn flower or blue bottle. 

 It is best to take advantage of the service which is rendered free to the 

 farmer by the State Seed Laboratory. You can have five samples analyzed 

 In the year. The year begins July 1st and ends June 30th. This is a 

 service that you are helping to pay for and you ought to take advantage of it. 

 Even if you don't intend to sell any seed have it analyzed so you will know 

 whether you have pure seed for your own farm or not. Many farmers have 

 written in to the office and said how well pleased they were with the oper- 

 ation of the seed law because they had found that their seed contained more 

 noxious weeds than they would care to sow, and consequently they wanted 

 to get rid of it. 



The question comes up how can you sell it, or how can you get rid of 

 it if it is unclean? The law provides you may sell it as unclean seed to a 

 dealer who has proper facilities for recleaning, or he may sell it to some 

 wholesaler that has the proper facilities. 



Mr. Mann has referred to the fact that one thing we must bear in 

 mind in taking care of the seed is getting rid of the weed seeds. If we 

 are going to accomplish the results we would like to accomplish it means 

 the farmer will have to change his rotations in many cases so he may 

 eliminate the weeds and so keep the product as clean as possible to be 

 sold to the dealer and to the neighbor. 



I think probably I have taken up the time, Mr. President, but if there 

 are any questions I would be glad to answer them. 



Q. What months did you say the seed law applied, from July to when? 



Mr. WILSON: From July 1st to June 30th the following year. 



Q. That is one season of 365 days. 



Mr. WILSON: The reason I stated that was it takes in the season 

 when seeds are sold. You might think it was the year ending December 

 31st. I wanted to make it clear. 



Q. Does that law apply to the seed shipped to other states? 



Mr. WILSON: We can't legislate against the outside. The purchaser 

 of seed in this state, if he is a dealer, must comply with the laws in this 

 state, but if the farmer buys seed from another state and is willing to 

 accept it without the analysis, as is required by the Illinois Seed Law, 

 he is taking the responsibility and the chances. Insist on it being equal to 

 the Illinois Seed Law when you buy it. I thank you. 



PRESIDENT MANN: You know one reason why it is so hard to get 

 rid of weeds is their rate of multiplication. Oats will yield thirty to forty- 

 fold, wheat forty to fifty, corn perhaps eight hundred to a thousand-fold, 

 but the weed plant yields a million and half fold. A million and a half 

 seeds from one plant, from one seed. That is one reason they are so hard 

 to fight. 



Mr. Wilson's rabbit story puts me in mind of one. A fellow was selling 

 a lot of rabbits and another fellow asked him how he got so many rabbits. 



