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name of such agricultural seed; second, its approximate 

 percentage of purity or its freedom from foreign matter 

 or from other seeds distinguishable by their appearance, 

 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 agri- 

 cultural seed together with the month and year said seed 

 was tested; fourth, the full name and address of the vender 

 of such agricultural 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 commissioner 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 percentage of purity and of gennination 

 of agricultural seeds as required to be shown by section 

 2 of this act shall be based upon tests or analyses con- 

 ducted 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 authorized 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 reasonable rules and regulations and to ap- 

 point such analysts, agents and inspectors as may be nec- 

 essary to secure the efficient enforcement of this act. It 

 shall be the duty of said commissioner to publish, or cause 



