THE SEED WORLD 
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ever federal or state laws or regula¬ 
tions require specific forms of tags 
or statements of germination, purity, 
and noxious-weed-seed content, the 
information on the tag should be 
given in accordance with those laws 
or regulations and it will be inter¬ 
preted by the Seed Verification Serv¬ 
ice as nearly as possible in the light 
of the quality requirements men¬ 
tioned herein. 
Rules for Blended Seed 
For the last four seasons verified- 
origin seed dealers have been re¬ 
quired to list the origin of alfalfa seed 
in verified-origin seed certificates ac¬ 
cording to the approximate percent¬ 
age of each origin in a blend. An 
additional requirement has been in¬ 
troduced, which is indicated in the 
amended section as follows: 
Wherever lots of two or more origins are 
blended together and the percentage of any 
component origin of such blend represents 
less than 25 percent of the lot, the approxi¬ 
mate percentage of each component in that 
blend shall be stated on the tag, e. g., Okla¬ 
homa 70%, Kansas 20%, Colorado 10%, pro¬ 
vided that any lots blended prior to October 
5, 1937 and orders booked prior to that date 
rnay be covered by verified-origin seed cer¬ 
tificates which do not indicate the percentages 
of the component origins." 
The foregoing changes in the rules, 
regulations, and instructions are the 
most important ones that have been 
made since the close of the 1936-37 
season. In addition, provisions have 
been made to give closer supervision 
to the advertising of verified-origin 
seed and to the general conduct of 
the Service. 
The enrollment in the Seed Veri¬ 
fication Service for the 1937-38 season 
is the largest on record, in spite of 
of the additional requirements that 
have been imposed. Ninety-three 
dealers in 24 states have been en¬ 
rolled. This is 7 dealers more than 
were enrolled in each of the preced¬ 
ing three years. Up to the end of 
November, 1937, the quantity (ap¬ 
proximately 25,000,000 pounds) of al¬ 
falfa seed verified as to origin was 
about 10 percent smaller than that 
verified at a corresponding time last 
year, but about 55 percent larger than 
that verified two years earlier. The 
quantity (approximately 3,500,000 
pounds) of red clover seed verified 
up to November 30, 1937 is about the 
same as was verified at a correspond¬ 
ing time last year, and slightly 
larger than two years ago. 
NEW PROFITABLE ITEMS . . . 
From time to time new items ore introduced to the Seed 
trade that are exceptionally good and produce additional 
sales for dealers. Seed World has this information in 
advance and will be glad to send it on to you if you desire 
it . . . just write 
SEED WORLD Service Dept. — 223 W. Jackson Blvd. CHICAGO 
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