December, igio 



MAINE 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



ORONO, MAINE. 



CHAS. D. WOODS, Director 



Analysts 

 James M. Bartlett Herman H. Hanson 



Albert G. Durgin Royden L. Hammond 



Raymond P. Norton Alfred K. Burke 



O^fftrtal itts|t^rttons. 



28 



SEED INSPECTION. 



The Legislature of 1897 enacted a law regulating the sale 

 of agricultural seeds. This law was satisfactory as far as it 

 went, and resulted in an improvement in the character of the 

 seed sold in the State. It did not provide for an inspection 

 and as time passed the moral effect of the law to some extent 

 and with some dealers grew less. To remedy this, the Legis- 

 lature of 1905 passed an additional section to the law, calling 

 for an inspection somewhat similar in requirements to that of 

 the laws regulating the sale of commercial fertilizers, foods 

 and feeding stuffs. The chief requirements of the law follow. 

 The full text of the law will be sent on application. 



Chief Requirements oe the Law. 

 Ki}ui of Seeds Coming Under the Lazv. The law applies to 

 every lot of seeds, containing one pound or more, of cereals, 

 grasses, forage plants, vegetable and garden plants, but does 

 not apply to sweet corn, trees, shrubs and ornamental plants. 



