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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 DIVISION OF SEED INSPECTION 



CHAPTER 80— SESSION LAWS OF 1921. 

 An Act to Regulate the Sale of Agricultural Seeds. 



Section 1. That the term "agricultural seeds" or "agri- 

 cultural seed" as used in this act, shall be defined as the seeds 

 of timothy, redtop, alfalfa, alsike clover, crimson clover, red 

 clover, sweet clover, white clover, Hungarian millet, fescues, 

 Canada blue grass, Kentucky blue grass, brome 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, offered or exposed for 

 sale within this state for sowing or seeding purposes. 



Sect. 2. Every lot or parcel of agricultural seeds, as de- 

 fined in section 1 of this act when in bulk packages or other 

 containers of one- (1) pound or more, shall have affixed thereto, 

 in a conspicuous place on the exterior of the container, a plainly 

 written or printed statement clearly and truly certifying: First, 

 the commonly accepted name of such agricultural seed; second, 

 its approximate percentage of purity or its freedom from for- 

 eign matter or from other seeds distinguishable by their ap- 

 pearance, and, in the case of "special mixtures," the statement 

 shall contain the name and approximate percentage by weight 

 of each kind of agricultural seed in such mixture in excess of 

 five (5) per cent, by weight of the total mixture; third, the 

 approximate percentage of germination of such agricultural 

 seed together with the month and year said seed was tested; 

 fourth, the full name and address of the vender of such agri- 

 cultural seed. 



Sect. 3. No person shall sell, or expose for sale, garden 

 seeds or flower seeds in tied or sealed packets unless the same 

 are plainly marked with the year in which the seed was tested. 



Sect. 4. The word "approximate" as used in this act shall 

 be defined in rules and regulations provided by the state com- 

 missioner of agriculture who shall be guided by the "rules and 

 methods of testing" adopted and approved by the Association 

 of Official Seed Analysts of North America. 



Sect. 5. The percentages of purity and of germination of 

 agricultural seeds as required to be shown by section 2 of this 

 act shall be based upon tests or analyses conducted either by the 

 state commissioner of agriculture or his agents, or by the seed 

 merchant or his agents, provided that such tests or analyses 

 made by the seed merchant or his agents shall conform to the 

 reasonable regulations which said commissioner is hereby au- 

 thorized to prescribe, or to the regulations or methods of testing 

 adopted by the Association of Official Seed Analysts. 



Sect. 6. The duty of enforcing the provisions of this act 

 shall be vested in the state commissioner of agriculture. The 

 said commissioner, upon notice to the seed merchants of this 

 state through bulletins of his department or of the agricultural 

 experiment station, shall be empowered to prescribe such reason- 

 able rules and regulations and to appoint such analysts, agents 

 and inspectors as may be necessary to secure the efficient en- 



