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SS 
SLOP SALE” ORDER: 
uifolia, F. discolor, Ambrosia psilostachya; Pov- 
erty weed—lIva axillaris; Alkali mallow—Sida 
hederaceae; Blue sunflower—Helianthus ciliaris; 
Squirrel tail grass—Hordeum jubatum; Wild 
barley—-Hordeum murinum; Buckhorn plantain 
—Plantago lanceolata; Russian thistle—Salsola 
kali var. tenuifolia; Bur grass—Cenchrus pauci- 
florus; Puncture  vine—Tribulus  terestris: 
Wnhorled miikweed—Osciepias ga.ioides; John- 
son grass—Sorghum halepense (except as speci- 
fied under Primary noxious weeds). 
The state entomolo- 
gist shall have the power to issue and enforce a 
stop sale order to the owner or custodian of any 
agricultural or vegetable seed which is in viola- 
tion of any provisions of this act, which order 
shall prohibit the further sale of the seed until 
proof is furnished that the law has been com- 
plied with. Before such order is issued or at- 
tached the owner or custodian shall be given an 
opportunity to comply with the law or to with- 
draw the seed from sale. The owner or custo- 
dian of seed that has been denied sale under a 
stop sale order shall have the right to appeal 
LICENSE. 
from the order to the Superior court of the 
county in which the seed is found. 
SEIZURE. Any lot of agricultural or vegetable 
seed not in compliance with the provisions 01 
this act shall be subject to seizure upon the 
complaint of the state entomologist to the Su- 
perior court of the county in which the seed 
is located. If the court finds that the seed 
does not comply with the law it shall order the 
condemnation thereof, and the seed shall be de- 
natured, processed, destroyed, relabeled, or 
otherwise disposed of as ordered by the court. 
Upon application of the owner or custodian of 
the seed, the court shall have power to permit 
the appiicant to process or relabel the seed to 
bring it into conformity with the act. 
Sugar beets are exempt from the various provi- 
slons requiring the percentage of germination. 
Any dealer who sells, distributes, 
processes or mixes for the use of another, any 
agricultural or vegetable seed shall obtain a li- 
cense, at a cost of fifty cents (50c) from the 
state entomologist. A dealer shall not be en- 
ARKANSAS 


titled to a license unless he has an established 
lant, warehouse or place of business. The 
icense shall be renewed annually not later than 
July 1st, and the application for renewal shall 4 
be accompanied by a fee of fifty cents (50c), — 
This provision shall not apply to a farmer grow- 
ing or marketing his own seed, or to any indi- 
vidual who harvests the producer’s crop and re- 
ceives part of the crop as payment for services 
rendered in harvesting. 
SEED LABORATORY 
Agronomy Dept., University of Arizona, Tuc- 
son, Ian A. Briggs, Associate Agronomist. 
FEES FOR TESTING 
Not more than 5 samples shall be tested free of 
charge in any calendar year, nor more than 1 
in any calendar month for an individual. Sam- 
ples in excess of this number shall be tested 
upon payment of a minimum fee of seventy- 
five cents (75c) for either purity or germination 
and $1.50 for both. Fees shall be proportion- 
ately higher when more than the usual amount 
of time is required. 

Act of 1921 As Amended 1939 - Rules 67 and 68 - Regulations Form 101 and 102 
INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ARKANSAS PERMIT TAG 
(A) 
Agricultural Seeds—Each Bag.* 
1. Kind of seed. 
2. Lot number. 
3. Percentage of pure seed. 
4. Percentage of weed seed. 
5. Names and numbers of noxious weed seeds 
present per pound or, if not present, a state- 
Revised June 30, 1940 
Red Rice; Nut grass—Cyperus rotundas; Dar- 
nel—Lolium temulentum; Johnson. grass—Sor- 
ghum halepense; Corn cockle—Agrostemma 
githago; Bottle brush plantain—Plantago aris- 
tato; sorrels—Rumex acetosa and Rumex aceto- 
sella; Docks—Rumex crispus, R. obtusifolius 
and R. conglomeratus; Wild onion or garlic— 
Allium spp.; Morning glory—Ipomoea purpu- 
rea; Field bindweed—Convolvulus arvensis; 
Hedge bindweed—Convolvulus sepium. 
PROHIBITS FROM SALE OR 
TRANSPORTATION— 
FIELD SEEDS CONTAINING: 
Field bindweed, wild onion and nut grass. 
FIELD SEEDS OTHER THAN LESPEDEZA 
ment to that effect. 
Percentage of: 
(a) Germination exclusive of hard seed. 
(b) Hard seed. 
(c) Date of test. Made not more than 6 
months previously. 
nN 
(B) 
7. Percentage of hard seeds if present. 
8. State in which grown; if unknown, so state. 
9. Seedsman’s or vendor’s name and address. 
Mixtures. * 
Mixtures of 2 or more kinds—percentage of 
purity of the predominant kind may be given 
and the other kinds be considered as impurities. 
or the percentage of the various kinds present 
may be shown with the germination of each 
(exclusive of hard seeds) and the percentage 
of hard seeds, if present, or if the germination 
(including hard seeds) of none of said seeds is 
below 85%, then only the germination of the 
mixture taken as a whole need be shown. 
(C) Vegetable Seeds. 
The State Plant Board is authorized to sample 
and test vegetable seeds and to publish the re- 
sults should the seed be found adulterated, 
misbranded or of poor quality. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Dodder—Cuscuta __spp.; Buckhorn—Plantago 
lanceolata; Chess or Cheat—Bromus secalinus; 
AND SUDAN GRASS CONTAINING: 
5 Johnson grass per pound. 
250 Dodder and cheat per pound. 
2000 Noxious weed seeds per pound. 
D 
LESPEDEZA AND SUDAN GRASS CONTAIN- 
ING: 
25 Johnson grass per pound, if less, use spe- 
cial permit tag. 
250 Cheat per pound. 
500 Dodder per pound, if from 100 to 500, use 
special permit tag. 
2000 Noxious weed seeds per pound. 
SEED LABORATORY 
Agricultural Building, Arkansas. 
Fayetteville, 
John E. Casey, Analyst. 
ENFORCEMENT AND REGULATIONS 
Enforcement under State Plant Board, War 
Memorial Building. Tittle Rock, Arkansas. 
Paul H. Millar, Chief Inspector. 
Permit tags required on each bag of field seeds 
may be secured from the State Plant Board, 
War Memorial Building, Little Rock, Arkansas; 
tags 2 cents each; good until July 1 of follow- 
ee expired tags exchanged at 1% cent 
each. 
Special Permit Tags bearing the words “‘Ex- 
cessive Noxious Weeds” in large type, secured 
from the Plant Board. 
Annual application of $1.00 required except 
from those who use less than 20 permit tags 
and growers of Arkansas certified seed. Permit 
tags may be cancelled for failure to comply 
with the regulations. 
Cotton seed. To sell cotton seed in Arkansas 
must file with the application for permit, a 
satisfactory certificate of freedom from com-— 
municable diseases signed by state quarantine 
officer of state in which seed was grown. 
Vetch seed must have attached to each bag, in 
addition to analysis and permit tag, a state or 
federal certificate, attached by official seal, to 
seal the mouth of the bag, showing that the 
bag has been satisfactorily fumigated or that 
the seed was grown in a state or county free 
from vetch weevil. 
Hybrid Corn. Permits to sell hybrid corn will 
be granted: 
(1) To breeder who has been officially recog- 
nized in his respective state. 
(2) On strains which have been found adapted 
to Arkansas. Breeder’s permit tag must be 
attached to each container. 
Sorghum seed for syrup purposes and Abruzzi 
rye is prohibited unless permission has been 
obtained from the Piant Board based on proof 
of trueness to name. 
Use of words ‘‘Certified’’ or ‘‘Registered” lim- 
ited to seed certified or registered by the duly 
authorized officer of the state of origin. 
If Soybeans and small grains are sold for 
other than planting purposes this must be in- 
dicated on the bag or tag. 

*The information required by the Federal 
Seed Act, if given in toto, may be substituted 
for the information in (A) and (B). 
EEE eee 
- CALIFORNIA 
Agricultural Code Amended 1939 
ricultural seed present in excess of 5% by 
weight of the total in the order of its prepon- 
_INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAGS, 
derance. 
(In not less than 7 point type or written in 3. Percentage of weed seeds. 
ink.) 4. Name and number per pound of each pri- 
3 mary noxious weed seed present. 
(A) Agricultural Seeds. Every lot of 5 5. Name of each secondary noxious weed pres- 
Ibs. or more. ent singly or collectively in excess of one 
seed in each 15 grams. 
1. The commonly accepted name. 6. For each agricultural seed present in excess 
2. Percentage of pure seed. of 5% give— 
3. Percentage of weed seed. (a) Percentage of germination, exclusive of 
4. The name and number per pound of each hard seed. (Regulation. ) 
primary noxious weed seed present. : (b) Percentage of hard seed. (Regulation.) 
5. The name of each kind of secondary noxious (c) Month and year of test. 
weed singly or collectively in excess of: 7. Name and address of vendor. 
(a) One in 5 grams (See page 106, group A). 
(b) One in 25 grams. ‘ : 
(c) One in 100 grams. (C) Special Mixtures. Each lot of 8 
6. Percentage of— ounces or more. 
(a) Coainales: exclusive of hard seed. 
(Regulation. ) ; 1. That such seed is a mixture 
ne Hard seeds. Revaeon) 2. Name of each kind of agricultural seed pres- 
7 ae Month and year .o ae d ent in proportion of 5% or more of the 
. € name and address of the vendor. total mixture in the order of its preponder- 
" z ance. 
(B) Mixtures of two kinds of seeds. 3. Percentage of weed seeds. 
Every lot of 5 pounds or more. 4. Percentage of inert matter. 
y P : 5. Name and number per pound of each pri- 
1. That such seed is a mixture. : mary noxious weed seed present. 
2. Name and percentage of each kind of Ag- 6. Name of each secondary noxious weed seed 
108 
present singly or collectively in excess of 
one seed in each 15 grams. 
7. Name and address of the vendor, 
(D) Vegetable Seed—Law does not in- 
clude flower, sugar beet, and garden 
vegetable seed. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
PRIMARY NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Blueweed, Texas—Helianthus ciliaris 
Camel’s thorn—Alhagi camelorum 
Canada _thistle—Cirsium arvense 
Cress, Austrian field—Roripa austriaca 
Cress, Hoary—Lepidium draba, including Lepi- 
dium repens, Hymenophysa pubescens 
Cress, Perennial pepper—Lepidium latifolium 
Gaura, Scarlet—Gaura coccinea 
Gaura, Wavy leaved—Gaura sinuata 
Horsenettle, Carolina—Solanum carolinense 
Horsenettle, White—Solanum elaeagnifolium 
Knapweed, Russian—Centaurea repens 
Klamath weed—Hypericum perforatum 
Nutgrasses—Cyperus spp., including Cyperus 
esculentus, Cyperus rotundus 
Quackgrass—Agropyron repens 
Sowthistle, Creeping or Perennial—Sonchus ar- _ 
vensis. 
Surge, Leafy—Euphorbia esula 
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