
Headguarters 
WESTERN GROWN 
Kentucky 
BLUE GRASS 
We Buy and Sell 
Dwarf Essex Rape, Red, White 
and Alsike Clover, White and 
Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover, 
Alfalfa, Blue Grass, Red Top, Mil- 
let, Cane, Kaffir, Hybrid Seed 
Corn and all seed grains. 

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50 Years of Service 
1891-1941 
STRAIGHT CARS 
MIXED CARS 
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(B) Mixtures. Every lot. 
(C) 
1, Commonly accepted name and percentage of 
each agricultural seed composing the mix- 
ture, when present in amount of 5% or 
more. 
Percentage of weed seed. 
Percentage of inert matter. 
Names and numbers per pound of all nox- 
ious weed seeds present, singly or combined, 
at rate of more than 1/10 of one per cent 
by count. : 
5. For each kind present in excess of 5% 
lve: - 
eo Percentage of germination, exclusive of 
hard seeds. 
(b) Percentage of hard seeds. 
(c) Date of test. Date cannot be over one 
year old. 
6. Name and address of vendor. 
Por 
Vegetable seeds are not included in . 
the law. 
(D) Hybrid Seed Corn 
“Hybrid Seed Corn’ is defined as seed of the 
first generation of a cross involving one or 
more unrelated inbred lines or their combina- 
tions. An “inbred line” is a line of corn that 
has been developed as a result of not less than 
five generations of controlled self-fertilization 
or its equivalent. : 
Any corn offered as hybrid seed corn shall be 
registered by filing with the Secretary of the 
State Board of Agriculture a verified state- 
ment giving: : ; 
(1) Name or number by which the hybrid 
is designated. s 
(2) The complete pedigree of each hybrid. 
(3) The name of the breeder who devel- 
oped each inbred line in the combina- 
tion. 
In addition to the label requirements under 
(A) every lot shall be labeled with the name 
or number by which the hybrid is designated. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
PROHIBIT ANY: 
field bindweed—Convolvulus arvensis 

PROHIBIT MORE THAN AN AVERAGE OF _ 
ONE SEED IN 5 GRAMS: 
dodder—Cuscuta species; 
Sorghum halepense. 
GIVE NAME AND NUMBER PER POUND 
IF MORE THAN 1/10 OF 1% BY COUNT 
EITHER SINGLY OR IN COMBINATION: 
Canada thistl—Cirsium arvense; corn cockle 
—Agrostemma githago; buckhorn plantain— 
Plantago lanceolata; wild mustards—Brassica 
species; French weed—Thlaspi _arvense; 
quack grass—Agropyron repens; wild onion— 
Allium species; dock—Rumex species; wild 
oats—Avena fatua; bull nettle—Solanum car- 
olinense; wild carrot—Daucus carota; chess 
or cheat—Bromus species; morning glory—- 
Ipomoca species; ox-eye daisy—Chrysanthe- 
mum leucanthemum; hoary cress—Lepidium 
draba. 
Johnson  grass— 
LABORATORY AND TESTS 
Seed Laboratory at Manhattan, is maintained 
by the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, 
cooperating with the Kansas State College of 
Agriculture: E 
Paul Ijams, Director of Control Division. 
J. W. Zahnley, Director of Laboratory. 
Tests free to Kansas residents, but limited: 
Wholesalers not more than 10 per month 
Retailers not more than 10 per month 
Planters not more than 5 per month 
Not more than 1/3 of these allowances per any 
one month, may consist of redtop, bluegrass, 
lawn or pasture mixtures and others of similar 
nature. 
Fee for out of state samples to be set by State 
Board of Agriculture. 
ENFORCEMENT AND REGULATIONS 
Enforcement is under State Board of Agricul- 
ture, J. C. Mohler, Secretary, Topeka. 
“The so-called “Disclaimer Clause,” as now 
commonly printed is not permitted on a seed 
label in Kansas.’’ 
In the case of open-pollinated corn, the 
county where grown must be given. 
Percentage of other crop seeds to be given on 
analysis tag, on unmixed seeds. 
Seed held for more than one year must be 
retested. 

KENTUCKY 
Law of 1932 
INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAG. 
(A) Agricultural 
(B) 
(C) 
seeds. Use Kentucky 
official manila tag ‘A,’ except on 
cereals use yellow tag “B.” Every 
lot of one pound or more. 
1. Commonly accepted name. 
2. Percentage of pure seed. 
3. Percentage of weed seed. 
4. Name and number of each kind of noxious 
weed seeds and bulbs present per ounce of 
agricultural seeds, 
5. Percentage of— 
(a) Germination, exclusive of hard seeds. 
(b) Hard seeds. (Regulation.) 
(c) Month and year of test. 
6. Where grown; if unknown give statement to 
that effect. 
7. Name and address of vendor. 
Mixtures. Every lot of 1 pound or 
more. Use Kentucky official blue 
1. That seed is a mixture. 
2. Name and percentage of each kind of 
agricultural seed in excess of 5% by weight 
of total mixture. 
3. Percentage of weed seed. 
4. Name and number per ounce of each kind 
of noxious weed seeds and bulbs present. 
5. For each agricultural seed present in excess 
of 5% give— 
(a) Percentage of germination, exclusive of 
hard seeds. : 
(b) Percentage of hard seeds. 
(c) Month and year tested, 
6. Where grown; if unknown, give statement 
to that effect. 
7. Name and address of vendor. 
Special Mixtures. Every lot of 1 
pound or more. Use Kentucky 
official blue tag ‘*C”’ 
1. That seed is a mixture. 
2. Name of each agricultural seed, which is 
preseat in proportion of 5% of total mix- 
ure. 
Percentage of weed seeds, 
Percentage of inert matter, 
Name and number per ounce of each 
kind of noxious weed seeds and bulbs present. 
6. Name and address of vendor.’ 
(Regulation.) 
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(D) Vegetable Seeds. Use Kentucky of- 
ficial yellow tag “B’’. Lettuce, peas, 
tomatoes, beans, onions, cabbages, 
carrots, melons and other truck 
crops listed as agricultural seeds. 
Label as under (A) above. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Quack grass—Agropyron repens; dodder— 
Cuscuta sp.; sorrel—Rumex Acetosella; buck- 
horn—Plantago lanceolata; corn cockle—Ag- 
rostemma githago; wild onion—Allium vin- 
eale; Canada thistle—Cirsium arvense. 
Added 1936-37 : 
Ox-eye daisy—Chrysanthemum leucanthemum; 
Johnson grass—Sorghum halepense. 
LABORATORY AND TESTS 
State Seed Laboratory at the Experiment Sta- 
tion, Lexington. 
A resident of Kentucky may submit not more 
than 8 samples for free analysis during the 
calendar year and not more than 2 samples in 
any calendar month. Samples in excess of such 
numbers will be charged at the rate of: 
50 cents A $2.00 for purity tests; mixtures 
3.00 
25 cents to 50 cents for germination 
abyss rates—purity $3.00, germination 
1.00. 
W. A. Price, Head of Entomology and Botany 
Department, in charge of laboratory. 
ENFORCEMENT 
Thomas Cooper, Director of Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station. 
W. A. Price, enforcement agent. F 
Purchase Kentucky Official Tags from Director 
of Agricultural Experiment Station, Lexington, 
at following prices: 
Manila tag ‘‘A’’ for unmixed alfalfas, clovers, 
and grass; blue tag ‘“‘C’’ for mixed seeds. 
Tag for 100 pounds—8 cents each 
Tag for 75 pounds—6 cents each 
Tag for 50 pounds—4 cents each 
Tag for 25 pounds—2 cents each 
Yellow tag “B” for cereals, garden and truck 
crops, 
Tag for 100 pounds—4 cents each 
Tag for 75 pounds—3 cents each 
Tag for 50 pounds—2 cents each 
Tag for 25 pounds—l1 cent each 

SEED TRADE 
