January, 1912. 



MAINE 

 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 

 ORONO, MAINE. 

 CHAS. D. WOODS, Director 



ANALYSTS 

 James M. Bartlett Herman H. Hanson 



Albert G. Durgin Royden L. Hammond 



Alfred K. Burke 



INSPECTORS 

 Elmer R. Tobey Albert Verrill Edgar A. White 



Official Snsipectionsi 



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SEED INSPECTION. 



The first law regulating the sale of seeds was enacted by the 

 Legislature of 1897. This was revised by the legislature of 

 1905. This was again revised by the legislature of 191 1 so as 

 to conform with the requirements recommended by the Asso- 

 ciation of Official Seed Analysts and agreed to by the Ameri- 

 can Seed Dealers Association. The chief requirements of the 

 law follow. The full text of the law will be sent on request. 



The; Chief Requirements oe the Law. 



The following are the chief points of the law and the rules 

 and regulations for carrying out the law regulating the sale of 

 agricultural seeds Which, as directed by the law, the Director 

 of the Station, has made. They became effective June 29, 191 1. 



I. Kind of seeds coming under the law. The law applies to 

 the sale, distribution, transportation, or the offering or exposing 

 for sale, distribution, or transportation of the seeds of alfalfa, 

 barley, Canadian blue grass, Kentucky blue grass, brome grass, 

 buckwheat, alsike clover, crimson clover, red clover, medium 



