166 BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE [January- March, 
Until further notice these conditions are as follows : 
Import permits will be issued only for red clover, alsike clover, and timothy 
seed grown in northern or central Sweden or Finland. If a sufficient quantity 
of these seeds cannot be obtained from these countries the question of 
admitting such seeds; from other countries will be considered. 
White-clover seed grown in northern or central Europe will be admitted. 
Applications for import permits shall indicate the germinability and weed 
content of the seeds offered for entry. 
To obtain such permits the seeds must meet the following requirements 
(table 2) : 
Table 2. — Germinability required and weed seed content allowed in imported 
clover and timothy seed 
Kind of seed 
Minimum 
germina- 
bility 
Maximum 
weed con- 
tent 
Percent 
90 
90 
90 
95 
Percent 
0.50 
.75 
Timothy... - 
.75 
The control station concerned will be advised by the department concerning 
the import permit and the reported percentages. 
Samples will be taken by the customs service in accordance with the law 
of June 27, 1924. 
The seeds will not be released until their origin has been established. 
(Proclamation of Dec. 16, 1930.) 
Sampling of Seeds 
The following regulations have been promulgated by the Norwegian Depart- 
ment of Agriculture (Landbruksdepartementet, Oslo, Norway) under the law 
of June 27, 1924, for the sampling of seeds : 
Section 1. In view of section 4 of the above-mentioned law, samples shall 
be taken by an official of the customs service or of the control station, or by 
another public sampler. 
Sec. 2. Samples taken from imports of merchandise shall, if not taken by a 
public sampler, be drawn in the presence of two witnesses, who must declare 
that the samples were drawn in conformity with the provisions of sections 
3 to 8. 
Seo. 3. Samples are to be taken as soon as possible, and at the latest within 8 
days of the receipt of the merchandise. In case of rain, care must be taken 
that no moisture reaches the samples. No samples are to be drawn from sacks 
which have become wet or damaged. Such sacks shall be set aside from the 
remainder of the lot, for eventual separate sampling. 
Sec. 4. A sample shall, as far as possible, represent an average sample of 
the lot involved. One average sample may not, however, represent a lot of 
more than 10,000 kg of seed corn or other large grain for sowing, or 5,000 kg 
of seed of small grain. For larger shipments an average sample shall be taken 
for every 10,000 kg of large grains or 5,000 kg of seeds. 
Sec. 5. Concerns the sampling of stock tonics and artificial fertilizers. 
SEC (i (1) SHIPMENTS OF SEEDS IN SACKS 
In shipments up to 10 sacks, small samples are drawn from top, middle, 
and bottom of each sack with the hands or a suitable instrument. In larger 
shipments, small samples are drawn in the same manner from every fifth sack, 
but from at least 10 sacks. 
The small samples must be thoroughly mixed together on a dry clean floor 
or in a suitable container. 
Out of the average sample so obtained, two or more samples of the afore- 
mentioned size are to be taken for analysis. Any finer or thinner parts present 
easily fall to the bottom. That this shall occur also in the samples for analysis 
