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to the 'effect that the seeds are not adulterated or misbranded 

 within the meaning of the Maine law regulating the sale of 

 agricultural seeds. After a person has been notified by the 

 Director of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station that an 

 article of agricultural seeds appears to be adulterated or mis- 

 branded the written guaranty will not protect further sales. 



9. Hearings. The pej-son who is believed to have violated 

 the law regulating the sale of seeds will be granted a hearing at 

 which he may appear in person or by attorney or by letter. 

 The notice of the hearing will name the time and place of the 

 hearing and a copy of the charge. Failure to appear will not 

 prejudice the case. The hearing will be private and every 

 opportunity will be given for explanation and establishment of 

 innocence. If the time appointed is not a convenient one, post- 

 ponement within reasonable limit will be granted. 



The Maine Jobber and the Seed Trade. 



For many years it was practically impossible for the Maine 

 dealer in seeds, either wholesale or retail, to obtain seeds 

 guaranteed as to their purity from without the State. The 

 wholesale seed trade had assumed a position of non-guaranty 

 probably unequaled in trade practice. If the same attitude had 

 been assumed toward any commodity such as fertilizers, feed- 

 ing stuffs or foods, the public would not have tolerated it. 

 Because of education along the lines of seed purity and the 

 enactment of laws requiring purity guaranty by so many states 

 it is now more or less possible to purchase seeds from the large 

 centers under a guaranty of purity. 



Nevertheless it is still advisable for the dealer importing 

 into this State seeds for sale to observe the practice suggested 

 by the Station five years ago. In brief this is as follows: 

 When a car of seed is ordered forward, request the shipper to 

 send a type sample of the car together with the name of the 

 shipper, the kind of seed and its special brand, the guaranty 

 they place upon it, the lot number and the car number. For- 

 ward a portion of this type sample to the Station with remit- 

 tance of one dollar for a sample of red top or fifty cents for 

 other seeds to cover cost of analysis. The analysis will be 



