INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAG OR CONTAINER 
(A) Agricultural Seeds (Unmixed). Every 
lot. 
1. Commonly accepted name of 
(a) Kind or 
(b) Kind and variety or 
(c) Kind and type. 
Lot number or other identification. 
Percentage of pure seed. 
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 tested. Test shall have 
been completed within a nine month pe- 
riod exclusive of the month in which the 
test was made. 
Following (a) and (b) ‘Total Germi- 
nation and Hard Seed’’ may be given if 
desired. 
8. Origin of Alfalfa, Red Clover and Field corn 
(except hybrid) if unknown must be so 
stated. 
9. Name and address’ of person who labeled, 
or sells, offers or exposes seed for sale. 
10. Name and number of each kind of noxious 
weed seed, per ounce in group Bl and B2 
and per pound in groups B3 and B4 if 
present singly or collectively in excess of 
(a) one seed in five grams (see page 106, 
group B). 
(b) one seed in ten, grams. 
(c) one seed in twenty-five grams. 
(d) one seed in one hundred grams. 
NSIDUNBWYH 
MARYLAND 
Law of 1941 
(C) Vegetable Seeds. 
1. For containers of 8 ounces or more. 
(a) Lot number or other identification. 
(b) Name of Ene and variety. 
rcentage oO 
i Cornination, exclusive of hard seed. 
seed. 
3 ras and year tested. Test shall 
have been completed within a nine 
month period exclusive of the month 
in which it was completed. 
4. Name and address of person who la- 
beled, or offers, sells or exposes said 
seed for sale. 
2. For containers of less than 8 ounces. 
(a) Name of kind and variety. 
(b) For seed which germinates less than the 
standard last established by the State 
Board of Agriculture. ; 
1. Percentage of germination, exclusive 
of hard seed. 
2. Percentage of hard seed. 
3. Month and year tested. Test shall 
have been completed within a nine 
month period exclusive of the month 
in which it was completed. ng" 
4. Words “BELOW STANDARD” in 
not less than 8 point type. 
(c) Name and address of person who la- 
beled, or offers, sells or exposes said 
seed for sale. 
(D) Prohibits the sale, offering or expos- 

when he finds any agricultural or vegetable seed 
in violation of the provisions of this act which 
shall prohibit further sale of said seed until the 
agent has proof the law has been complied with. 
No ‘‘stop sale’? order shall be issued or attached 
to any lot of seed without first giving the owner 
or custodian an opportunity to comply with the 
law or to remove seed from sale. An appeal 
from such an order may be made to a court of 
competent jurisdiction where the seeds are found, 
praying for a judgment as to the justification of 
said order and for the discharge of such seeds 
from the order prohibiting the sale in accordance 
with the findings of the court. 
SEIZURE OF SEED 
Any lot of agricultural or vegetable seed not in 
compliance with the provisions of this act shall 
be subject to seizure on complaint of the au- 
thorized agent of the State Board of Agricul- 
ture to a court of competent jurisdiction in the 
area in which the seed is located. In the event 
the court finds the seed to be in violation of the 
law and orders the condemnation of said seed 
it shall be denatured, processed, destroyed, re- 
labeled or otherwise disposed of in compliance 
with the laws of the state, but in no instance 
without first having given the claimant an oppor- 
tunity to apply to the court for a release of said 
seed or permission to process or relabel it to 
bring it into compliance with this act. 
ing for sale of any agricultural or SEED LABORATORY AND TESTS 
vegetable seed if, 
1. The test for germination has not been com- 
pleted within a nine months period, exclusive 
of the month in which test was completed. 
Seed Laboratory at Agricultural Experiment 
Station, College Park, Maryland. Number of 
free tests to Maryland citizens determined by 
the person in charge. 
; a -. NOXIOUS WEEDS F. S. Holmes, in Charge of Laboratory. 
(B) Mixed Agricultural Seed. Every Jot Dede eee cs (ae Cee oe ENFORCEMENTI ANT IRE CUM aa 
Same as for unmixed seed except that the infor- i : <grass— ron repens; Z 
mation required under Items (A) 1, 3 and 7 Pi ee eee Taanenn ee Enforcement under State Board of Agriculture. 
shall be given, in the order of its predominance, —Sorgnum naiepense; Wild garlic — Allium Bermuda grass—while a “noxious weed” when 
for each agricultural seed component present in vineale; Bermuda grass—Cynodon dactylon. present in any other kind of seed, may be sold 
as Bermuda grass. 
excess of 5%. When more than one component : 
is named the word ‘“‘mixture’’ or “mixed’’ shall “STOP SALE”’ orders may be issued by the au- 
be used. 
thorized agent of the State Board of Agriculture 
(Not under law of 1941.) 

INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAG 
(A) Agricultural Seeds. Every lot. 
1. Name of seed. 
2. Percentage of pure seed. 
3. Name and amount (number per pound) of 
each kind of noxious weed. 
4. Percentage of germination together with the 
month and year tested. 
(B) Mixtures not included. 
(C) Vegetable seed not included. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Ball mustard—Neslia paniculata; bearded dar- 
nel—Lolium temulentum; bitter dock—Rumex 
obtusifolius; black mustard—Brassica nigra; 
MAINE 
Revised In 1919 
bladder campion—Silene latifolia; blue bur or 
stickseed—lappula echinata; blueweed—Echium 
vulgare; Canada thistle—Cirsium arvense; char- 
lock—Brassica arvensis; chicory—Cichorium in- 
tybus; clover dodder—Cuscuta species; clustered 
dock—Rumex conglomeratus; common ragweed 
—Ambrosia artemisiifolia; common (annual) 
sow thistle—Sonchus oleraceus; corn cock!e— 
Agrostemma githago; cow-herb—Saponaria vac- 
caria; daisy fleabane—Erigeron ramosus:; false 
flax—Camelina sativa; field bindweed—Convol- 
vulus arvensis; field penny cress—Thlaspi ar- 
vense; field (perennial) sow thistle—Sonchus 
arvensis; great ragweed—Ambrosia trifida; In- 
dian mustard—Brassica juncea; hare’s-ear mus- 
tard—Conringia orientalis; king devil weed— 
Hieracium pratense; night-flowering catchfly— 
Silene noctiflora; orange hawk weed—Hieracium 
aurantlacum; ox-eye daisy — Chrysanthemum 
leucanthemum; perennial ragweed — Ambrosia 
psilostachya; ribgrass—Plantago lanceolata; ru- 
tabaga—Brassica campestris; small seeded false 
flax—Camelina microcarpa; spinyleaved or 
prickly sow  thistle—Sonchus sper; sweet 
scabious—Erigeron annuus; tumble mustard— 
Sisymbrium altissimum; white campion—lych- 
nis alba; wild carrot—Daucus carota; wild oats 
—Avena fatua; wild radish— Raphanus rapha- 
nistrum; witch grass—Agropyron repens; yellow 
dock—Rumex crispus. 
SEED LABORATORY 
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono. 
George P. Steinbauer, Analyst. 
ENFORCEMENT 
Department of Agriculture, Augusta. : 
A. M. G. Soule, Chief of Division of Inspection. 
eee 
INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAGS 
(A) Agricultural seed, every lot. 
1. Name and variety. 
2. Percentage of pure seed. 
3. Percentage of weed seed. 
4 
Name and number per ounce of each kind 
of noxious weed seeds present singly or 
collectively in excess of 
(a) one seed in each 5 grams 
(See page 106, groun A.) 
(b) one seed in each 25 grams 
(c) one seed in each 100 grams 
5. Germination together with month and year 
of test. 
6. Name and address of vendor. 
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MASSACHUSETTS 
Law of 1938 
(B) Mixtures of Agricultural seeds of 
not more than two kinds. Every 
lot. 
1. That such seed is a mixture. 
2. Name, variety and percentage by weight of 
each kind of agricultural seed in excess of 
5% by weight of the total mixture. 
3. Percentage of weed seeds. 
4. Name and number per ounce of noxious 
weed seeds present singly or collectively in 
excess of one seed in each 15 grams, 
5: Percentage of germination of each kind of 
agricultural seeds present in such mixture in 
excess of 5% by weight, together with the 
month and year tested, 
6. Name and address of the vendor. 

(C) Mixtures of Agricultural Seeds not 
included in the above. Every lot. 
1, 
ie 
ns 
That the seed is a mixture. 
The name, variety and percent by weight of 
each kind present in excess of 5% by 
weight of the total mixture. 
Percentage of weeds. 
Percentage of inert matter. . 
Name and number per ounce of each kind 
of noxious weed seed present singly of 
collectively in excess of one seed in each 
15 grams of such mixture. 4 
Percentage of germination of each kind of 
agricultural seed present in excess of 59% of 
the entire mixture together with the month 
and year tested. 
SEED TRADE 


