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of the other noxious weed seeds prescrihed by the British Ministry of Agriculture and 

 not less than 85 "/o germinable seeds. 



"Alsike Mixture" shall be the designation of any mixture in which alsike seed 

 predominates, and any certificate of grade issued therefore shall include a statement of 

 the kinds and the percent of each kind of clover and grass seeds which compose more 

 than five per cent of the mixture, and shall in all other respects conform to the defined 

 standards of quality for No. 1, No. 2, or No. 3 grades provided for "Export Alsike Seed"." 



Professor Johannsen thanked Mr. Clark and introduced Mr. Nissen 

 and Mr. P rands en, who invited the congress to Amagergaard and 0tofte- 

 gaard to see the experiment farms respectively of the seed firm "Trifolium 

 Ltd." and "Danske Landboforeningers Freforsyning" (Danish Farmers 

 Association of Cooperative "Wholesale of Seed). 



Dr. Buchholz asked Mr. Saunders how long samples are kept. 

 3 months? 



Mr. Saunders: "No. To the end of the season i. e. July 31. Some 

 are kept a full year, others a shorter period. The average is 9 months". 



Professor Johannsen: "In Denmark samples are kept the working 

 year plus one entire additional year". 



Mr. Falkentorp, Seed-merchant: "How is dodder (Cuscuta sp.) 

 treated in England?" 



Mr. Saunders: "The treatment is based on the legal requirements 

 of the Seeds Act. 



It is allowed present to the extent of 



1 seed in 4 oz, in the case of large seeded clovers, 

 ^ n !> ^ I! > )) II >i !i small „ „ . 



Seedsmen are, on request, given more information according to the 

 following scale: 



Dodder present not exceeding 5 in 4 oz (115 gms) 



20 „ 4 „ 

 100 „ 4 „ 

 more than 100 „ 4 „ ." 



Mr. Falkentorp: "If a lot contains more than 2000 seeds of dodder 

 would it be excluded from the country?" ^ 



Mr. Saunders: "No, it may be imported. The only prohibitory clause 



is that seed shall not contain more than 5 % of seed of noxious weedslist 



given". 



Professor Johannsen 



asked if there were further remarks schlofi die Sitzung bis Mittwoch, 

 to be made. The meeting was adjourn- den 8. Juni um QVa Uhr. 

 ed until the next day, June 8, at 

 9 : 30 A. M. 



8. Juin 1921. 



Professor Johannsen 

 opened the meeting and introduced erOffnete die Sitzung und erteUte das 

 the first speaker. Wort dem ersten Eedner. 



