^Q K. H, EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 186 



Sect. 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 commissioner of agriculture or his agents, 

 provided that such tests or analyses shall be made in such a man- 

 ner and under such conditions as the said commissioner may 

 prescribe. 



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

 by the said commissioner, together with the names and addresses 

 of the persons from whom the samples of seed were obtained, 

 shall be published in reports of bulletins by the commissioner 

 of agriculture or the ISTew Hampshire College experiment sta- 

 tion, as the governor and council may determine. The report 

 may contain equitable standards of purity and vitality, together 

 with such information concerning agricultural seeds as may 

 be of public benefit. 



Sect. 4. Whoever sells, offers or exposes for sale or for dis- 

 tribution, mthin this state, any agricultural seeds heretofore 

 named in this act, without complying with the requirements of 

 sections one and two, or whoever, with intention to deceive, 

 wrongly marks or labels any lot of agricultural seeds, includ- 

 ing the seeds of cereals, grasses, forage plants, vegetables, gar- 

 den plants, and white pine trees, but not including those of 

 other trees, shrubs and ornamental plants, as pertains to their 

 percentage of purity and vitality, shall be punished by a fine 

 not exceeding one hundred dollars for the first offense, and not 

 exceeding two hundred dollars for each subsequent offense. 



Sect. 5. The provisions of the four preceding sections shall 

 not apply to any person growing, selling, offering or exposing 

 for sale cereals and other agricultural seeds for food. 



Sect. 6. The commissioner of agriculture shall diligently 

 enforce the provisions of sections one and four of this act, and 

 in his discretion prosecute offenses against the same. 



