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Summary of Seeds Eegulations, 1921. 



[July, 



SUMMARY OF THE SEEDS REGULA- 

 TIONS, 1921. 



The main provisions of the Draft Regulations under the Seeds Act, 1920, 

 are as follows — 



Regulation 2 specifies the kinds of seed to which the Act applies and 

 includes all the principal kinds of grasses, clovers, cereals, field seed, garden 

 seed, flax seed, linseed and forest tree seed. Seed potatoes are also included 

 under the Act. 



Regulation 3 sets out the particulars to be stated in the case of a sale or 

 exposure for sale of seeds or seed potatoes and may be summarised as follows: — 

 Seed Potatoes. 



(1) Name and address of seller. 



(2) Class, i.e., Class 1 (Scotch) ; Class 1 (Irish) ; Class 1 (Enghsh once 



grown) ; Class 2. 



(3) Variety. 



(4) Size and dressing. 



The terms " Class," " Variety," " Size and Dressing " are defined and 

 special concessions are made in the case of seed potatoes sold 

 " as grown." 

 Grass and Clover Seed. 



(1) Name and address of seller. 



(2) That the seeds have been tested in accordance with the provisions 



of the Seeds Act, 1920. 



(3) Kind of seed. 



(4) Country of origin. 



(5) Percentage of purity. 



(6) Percentage of injurious weeds where it exceeds 1 per cent, in the 



case of clovers or 2 per cent, in the case of grasses. 



(7) Percentage of germination. 



(8) Percentage of pure germinating seed (" Real value "). 



(9) The bushel weight in the case of rye-grasses. 



(10) The presence of Dodder if present to the extent of more than one 



seed in 1 oz. of Wild White Clover or in 2 oz. of Alsike or 

 White Clover or Timothy, or in 4 oz. of Red or Crimson Clover 

 or Lucerne. 



(11) The presence of Suckling and other specified clovers when present 



to the extent of more than 2 per cent, in White, or Wild White 

 or Alsyke Clover. 



(12) The presence of Burnet if present to the extent of more than 5 per 



cent, in Sainfoin. 



(13) The percentage of hard seeds in Clovers, Trefoil, Lucerne and 



Sainfoin. 



* Copies of the draft regulations may be obtained on application to the 

 Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 10, Whitehall Place, S.W.I. 



Copies of the Seeds Act, 1920, may be obtained either directly, or through 

 any Bookseller, from H.M. Stationery Office, Imperial House, Kingsway, 

 W.C.I. (Price 2d. net). 



