1921.] 



Sales of Cereai< Seeds. 



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many Local Authorities, urging that the Order should be made 

 general and compulsory. The Minister has now taken this step 

 after consultation with his Agricultural Advisory Committee. 



It should be mentioned that a successful method of immunising 

 cows and heifers against the disease by vaccination has been 

 -elaborated at the Ministry's Veterinary Laboratory. Over 20,000 

 animals were vaccinated in 1920 in Great Britain. 



The vaccine can be obtained by applying to the Chief Veteri- 

 nary Officer, Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries, New Haw, Weybridge, Surrey. 



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Under the Seeds Act, 1920, it is necessary in the case of a 



sale of any of the principal kinds of farm and garden seeds for 



« J * 1. I ftoA . a statement eiving certain specified particu- 

 Seeds Act, 1920 : . . f r. . . / . 



Special Require- "^^^ ^^^^ ^ quahty of the seeds 

 1. • 1.1. rt sold, to be dehvered to the purchaser at or 

 ments m the Case . ^ j r t ^i, 



of Sales of before the time of sale or delivery. In the 



n , \ c A ^^^^ cereal seeds, however, it has been 

 i/6reai Sdeecis* <» i ii • t <• ^ 



lound that supplies oi new seed are 



required so urgently for autumn sowing that serious 

 inconvenience is suffered by the delay caused in having 

 the necessary test carried out before delivery is effected. 

 The Ministry has therefore issued a general licence 

 authorising the sale of cereal seeds in England and Wales up to 

 the 30th November of the year in which the seed is harvested, 

 without declaring the particulars required under the Seeds Act 

 at or before the time of sale or delivery, provided that such par- 

 ticulars are declared in writing to the purchaser either in an 

 invoice of the seeds, or in some other form, within one calendar 

 month of the sale.* 



The particulars required to be stated in the case of a sale of 

 cereal seed are the name and address of the seller ; that the seeds 

 liave been tested in accordance with the Seeds Act. 1920; the dis- 

 tinctive name of the variety, or if the distinctive name of the 

 variety is not known, or the stock is mixed, a statement to that 

 effect; and the percentage of germination, provided that if the 

 percentage of germination is not less than the authorised 

 minimum in each case, viz.. Wheat, 90 per cent.. B:irley 90 per 

 cent., Oats 85 per cent.. Eye 80 per cent , a statement to thafc 

 effect, which shall include the authorised miniaium percentage 

 of germination, shall be sufficient. 



* Copies of the Seeds Act. 1920. and of the Seed Regriilatinns. 1921, may be 

 obtained from H.M. Stationery Office, Imperial House, Kingsway, W.C.2 (price 

 :2d. and 3d. net each respectively). 



