1933] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 285 
RESTRICTIONS ON THE IMPORTATION OF LEGUMINOUS AND GRAMINEOUS SEEDS 
The decree of July 5, 1915, provides for the sampling of leguminous and 
gramineous seeds offered for entry into the Argentine Republic, and for the 
issuance of certificates of analysis based upon samples withdrawn from each 
shipment. 
The same decree provides for the cleaning of shipments of such seeds which 
fall below the prescribed tolerances of germinability and purity and prescribes 
that seeds which, after being cleaned, still remain below the established 
tolerances, shall be reembarked or destroyed without right of indemnity. 
The decree of March 7, 1932, supplements that of July 5, 1915, by modifying 
and extending the scope of the latter. The text of the decree of July 15, 
1915, as amended by that of March 7, 1932, follows : 
Articles 1, 2, and 3. Revoked by the decree of March 7, 1932. 
Art. 4. Certificates of analysis of alfalfa seed relating to the established 
tolerances will be issued : 
(a) Not certifying more than the conditions found " within the tolerances 
and fit for sowing ", in cases where the alfalfa seed does not contain more 
" Cuscuta ", and " other harmful seeds ", or lower " cultural value " than is 
tolerated (see art. 3 of the decree of Mar. 7, 1932), nevertheless being able to 
indicate the percentage of germination in order to illustrate better to the 
interested person. 
(b) When alfalfa seeds exceed one of the established tolerances they will be 
indicated as " beyond the limits of toleration ". 
(c) The "number of Cuscuta seeds", percentage of "other harmful seeds", 
"germinability", or freedom from Cuscuta or other harmful seeds, and "as 
possessing the guaranteed cultural value " will be certified ; it will also be 
indicated whether or not they are fit for sowing in accordance with the toler- 
ances established by article 3 of the decree of March 7, 1932, when alfalfa seed 
is offered for sale under guaranty of " absolute purity ", or with the minimal 
purity by specifying in terms of " Cuscuta" or "other harmful seeds" and 
11 cultural value " not inferior to the guaranty and within the established toler- 
ances, for which the corresponding sample must be delivered to the Direccion 
General de Agricultura y Defensa Agrfcola, sealed and signed by the vendor 
and purchaser or interested person, by witnesses who represent or accept the 
parties, or by officials of the Department of Agriculture, whose testimony shall 
accompany the sample, as likewise a copy of the guaranty, which shall be 
filed in the said division in cases in which it is necessary to mediate as 
arbitrator. 
Art. 5. The ports authorized for the importation of alfalfa seed are Buenos 
Aires, Rosario. and Bahia Blanca. 
Art. 6. The ports authorized for the importation of seeds are those indi- 
cated in the preceding article. This applies to all classes of seeds. 
Art. 7. An application will be presented by the importer or his representative 
for each importation of seeds; the application shall indicate the origin, the 
name of the exporting firm, kind and quantity by weight, numbers and marks 
of the containers of the seed, name of vessel on which it will arrive, port of 
arrival, name and address of consignee. The application, accompanied by the 
certificates of origin, health, and disinfection which the shipments bear, will 
be delivered to the Oficina Sanitaria de Importaci6n de Plantas in the port of 
entry, or in the absence of such an office, to an official of the Direccion de 
Defensa Agricola y Sanidad Vegetal, who is in charge of importation and ex- 
portation, and in case one has not been designated, to the collector of customs 
at the said port, who will proceed to draw samples ; sending them direct to the 
" Division de Fomento " of the said Direccion, with the corresponding docu- 
ments, for analysis and the issuance of the certificate, and in which, upon the 
origin of the sample from the corresponding shipment being attested, the dock 
or pier and the depository in which it is found, will be indicated in order that 
the transmittal of the certificate of analysis may be made direct to the chief 
of the latter, from which will be decided whether or not the importation will 
be permitted. 
Art. 8. In cases where certificates of analysis of shipments of alfalfa seed 
to be imported shall indicate a " Cuscata content " and " cultural value ", greater 
and less, respectively, than the tolerances (established by art. 3 of the decree 
of Mar. 7, 1932), the importers or duly authorized representatives may elect 
the relading, destruction without indemnity, or an attempt to clean the seed 
(decuscutage), and the winnowing in a warehouse or depository authorized 
