

(D) Vegetable Seeds included as agricul- 
tural seed; therefore each lot of 5 
pounds or more is to be labeled as 
agricultural seed under “A.” By 
regulation the Department of Agri- 
eulture asks for the following label- 
ing: 
(a) Packet seeds of less than 8 ounces shall 
bear a statement showing: 
(1) Name of kind and variety of seed. 
(2) For seed which germinates less than 
i the standard last established by the 
Association of Official Seed Analysts. 
| (1) Percentage of germination ex- 
7 clusive of hard seeds. 
| (II) Percentage of hard seed if pres- 
| ent. 
| (III) The calendar month and year 
the test was completed to deter- 
| mine such percentage. 
| (1V) The words ‘Below Standard.” 
i (3) Name and address of person respon- 
sible for the information given. 
| (b) Packet or package seed of 8 ounces and 
i over and less than 5 pounds shall bear a 
i statement showing: 
| (1) Name of kind and variety of seed. 
i (2) Percentage of germination, exclusive of 
7 hard seed. 
(3) Percentage of hard seed if present. 
(4) The calendar month and year the test 
7 was completed to determine such per- 
7 centages. 
| (5) Name and address of party responsible 
for the information given. 
_ PROHIBITS THE SELLING OR GIVING 
AWAY FOR PLANTING PURPOSES 
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1. Containing 244% weed seeds. Dallis and 
Carpet grass 5%. 
2. Containing 200 primary and 500 second- 
j ary noxious weed seeds per pound. 
* 3. Excessively low in germination. 
| 4. With germination date over 180 days old. 
5. Mislabeled seed whose variety is un- 
adapted and unsuited for seeding pur- 
| poses in Alabama. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
(Regulations January 1, 1942) 

Give name and number per pound on anal- 
ysis tag. 
Seeds containing: more than 200 primary and 
| 500 secondary noxious weed seeds per pound 
| shall not be offered for sale. 
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PRIMARY NOXIOUS 
Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) 
4 Dodders (Cuscuta spp.). 
Garlic, wild (Allium vineale). 
Johnson-grass (Sorghum halepense). 
Nutgrass (Perennial Cyperus spp.) 


INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAGS OR CONTAINERS 
(A) aural Seeds (Unmixed). Every 
ot. 
1. Name of— 
(a) Kind or, 
(b) Kind and variety. 
Lot number or other lot identification. 
Percentage of purity. 
Percentage of inert matter. 
Percentage of weed seeds. 
Percentage of other agricultural seed. 
Percentage of— 
(a) Germination, exclusive of hard seed. 
(b) Hard seed. 
(c) Month and year test was completed. 
The test shall have been completed 
within a nine month period exclusive of 
the month in which the test was com- 
| pleted. 
| Following (a) and (b) statement of ‘Total 
: Germination and Hard Seed”? may be given 
Shee a 
if desired. 
8. Origin of alfalfa, red clover and field corn 
| (except hybrid). If origin is unknown it 
must be so stated. 
9. Name and address of dealer who labeled the 
seed, or who sells, offers or exposes said 
seed for sale. 3 
10. Name and number of secondary noxious 
weed seeds per ounce in groups Bl and B2 
BUYERS GUIDE 

SECONDARY NOXIOUS 
Chess or Cheat (Bromus secalinus and B. 
commutatus). 
Corncockle (Agrostemma githago). 
Darnel grass (Lolium temulentum). 
Docks and Sheep Sorrel (Rumex spp.). 
Plantains (Plantago spp.). 
Quackgrass (Agropyron repens). 
Thistle, Canada (Cirsium arvense). 
LABORATORY 
Federal—State seed laboratory. 
L. N. Allen, Associate Seed Technologist, 
U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
O. L. Justice, Chief seed analyst State of 
Alabama. 
Tests—Tests will be made for farmers be- 
tween May 15th to August 15th and Novem- 
ber 15th and December 15th. For services 
rendered beyond an equivalent of $3.00, a fee 
will be charged. 
ENFORCEMENT 
Under State Board of Agriculture. 
Notice of shipment. 
(a) Notice of shipment of agricultural seeds 
shall be mailed within 24 hours of ship- 
ping date and shall bear: 
(1) Name and address of shipper. 
(2) Name and address of person to 
whom shipped. 
(3) The amount. 
(4) The kind and variety of seed. 
(5) The lot numbers of seed. 
(b) Notice of the location of so called com- 
mission boxes of packet seed _ shall 
state: 
(1) Number of boxes. 
(2) Number and size of packages in 
each. 
(3) Their classification as to kinds of 
seed contained therein. 
(4) Name and address of shipper and 
party to whom delivered. 
REGULATIONS 
Size of analysis tag shall be 434 x 23 inches, 
or equivalent in square inches. 
All information required on analysis tag 
shall be placed on one side of the label 
without intervening matter. 
The date on the analysis tags should be the 
date the germination test was completed. 
A complete analysis totaling 100% must be 
given. Blank spaces on a form tag or in- 
complete analysis are not permissible. 
Abbreviation of names of the variety and 
kind of seed is not permissible. 
Place of origin shall not be used as part of 
varietal name and kind of seed. 
Modifying words or phrases shall not be 
used in connection with the variety, as 
“type,’”’ “for forage purposes,’ etc. 
Brand names, designs, grades or pictures 
indicating a contradiction to any part of the 
analysis shall not be permitted. 
Different varieties of the same kind of seed, 
ARIZONA 
Seed Law of 1941 
and per pound in B3 and B4 when present 
singly or collectively in excess of 
(a) a. 1 seed in 5 grams (see page 106, 
group B). 
b. 1 seed in 10 grams. 
c. 1 seed in 25 grams. 
d. 1 seed in 100 grams. 
(b) Name and number per ounce of Ber- 
muda grass (Cynodon dactylon) and 
Sour clover (Melilotus indica) when 
present in seeds of grassed or small 
seeded legumes. 
— 
(B) Mixed Agricultural Seeds. Every lot. 
Same as unmixed agricultural seed except it 
shall be called ‘“‘Mixed’’ or a ‘Mixture’? and 
the information required under (A) 1, 3 and 
7 shall be given for each kind of agricultural 
seed present in excess of 5% in the order of its 
predominance. 
(C) Vegetable Seeds. Every lot. 
1. Name of kind and variety. 
2. Seed which germinates less than the stand- 
ard last established by the state entomologist. 
(See page 102 for standards. ) 
(a) Percentage of germination exclusive of 
hard seed. 
(b) Percentage of hard seed. 
(c) Month and year test was completed. 
The test shall have been completed 
within a nine month period exclusive of 
the month in which the test was com- 
pleted. 
when in quantities less than 5%, will be 
considered other crop seed. 
Standard Weights—Seed when packed for 
sale shall be in bags of standard weights 
and sizes as follows: 
Ryegrass, Vetches, mixtures of Vetches or 
Peas, Austrian Peas, Cotton Seed and Cro- 
talaria—100 lbs. net. 
3arley 96 and 120 pounds net. 
Lespedeza—100 and 125 pounds net. 
Crimson Clover, Cane and Sudan Grass— 
100 and 150 lbs. net. 
Soybeans—120 and 150 pounds net. 
Rye—112 and 140 pounds net. 
Oats shall be 4 bushels of not less than 128 
pounds. 
Ikecords of receipt, sale and delivery of all 
seed by any dealer shall be accessible for 
examination by authorized agent of the De- 
partment-of Agriculture for a period of 3 
years. Said records must be available to in- 
spectors within 10 days after delivery of 
seeds. 
Trucks or other motor conveyors transporting 
seed over the highways shall have available 
for examination a bill of lading, waybill, or 
delivery receipt showing (1) the name of 
the shipper or party from whom purchased, 
(2) the name and address of the party to 
whom seeds are to be delivered; (3) the 
kind and amount of each separate kind of 
seed and (4) the name of the truck driver 
and truck line making the delivery. 
Express, mail and freight including truck 
deliveries to consumers of seed shall also 
be subject to provisions and rules and regu- 
lations pertaining to the enforcement of the 
Seed Law. 
New analysis tag bearing the name of the 
vendor or other party responsible shall be 
placed on seed after the original test date 
becomes 180 days old. 
Seeds treated with fungicides, shall show on 
the label the words ‘‘Poison Treated’? in 
not less than ™% inch face red type. 
Minimum germination. No agricultural seed 
except grasses, unscarified legumes, garden 
seed listed in The Standards for Germina- 
tion and seed released by the U. S. customs 
shall be offered for sale if the germination 
is below 60%. 
Seed labeled or sold as “Certified,” “Regis- 
tered” or ‘“Pedigreed’’ must have been cer- 
tified or registered and inspected by an offi- 
cially authorized agency and cannot be sold 
in Alabama unless the party selling shall 
have registered with the Alabama Depart- 
ment of Agriculture Seed Laboratory the 
lot number, variety and kind, name and ad- 
dress of the grower, and the history of the 
seed. 
Mixed varictics of Oats shall not be sold 
for planting purposes in this state. 
False wild oats will be considered weeds. 
Only the analysis tag and a tag showing 
that the seeds have been treated with poison 
will be allowed, and both must be attached 
by the same fastener. 

(d) The words “BELOW STANDARD” in 
not less than 8 point type. 
3. Name and address of dealer who labeled 
seed, or who sells, offers or exposes said seed 
for sale. 
PROHIBITS FROM SALE 
1. Unless the test for germination shall have 
been completed within a nine month period 
exclusive of the month in which the test 
was made. 
2. If containing primary noxious weed seeds, 
subject to tolerances. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
PRIMARY NOXIOUS WEEDS, prohibited if 
present subject to tolerances. 
Nut grass—Cyperus rotundus, C. esculentus; 
Bindweed—Convolvulus arvensis; Russian knap- 
weed—Centaurea repens; Canada_thistle—Cir- 
sium arvense; Leafy spurge—Euphorbia esula; 
Hoary cress—Lepidium draba, L. repens, Hy- 
menophysa_ pubescens; Horsenettle—Solanum 
eleagnifolium, S. carolinense; Perennial sow 
thistle—Sonchus arvense; Camels thorn—Alhagi 
camelorum; Johnson grass—Sorghum halepense 
(when it occurs in sudan grass and small seeded 
legumes). 
SECONDARY NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Wild oats—Avena fatua; Wild mustard—Brassica 
arvense, B. nigrum, B. juncea; Tansy mustards— 
Sisymbrium irio, S. sophia, S. altissimum,; Dod- 
ders—Cuscuta spp.; Ragweeds—Franseria ten- 


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