January, 1913. 



MAINE 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



ORONO, MAINE. 



CHAS. D. WOODS, Director 



ANALYSTS 



James M. Bartlett Herman H. Hanson 



Royden L. Hammond Edward E. Sawyer 



Helen W. Averill Elmer R. Tobey 



0ilitiai inspections; 



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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 of the Taw. 



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. 



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

 the sale, distribution, transportation, or the oft'ering 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, refl clover, medium 



