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HAMBURG, LOUISIANA 





130 
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 incom- 
plete 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, as Miss. oats. 
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 indi- 
cating a contradiction to any part of the 
analysis shall not be permitted. 
Different varieties of the same kind of seed, 
when in quantitites less than 5%, will be con- 
sidered other crop seed. 
Invoices and records of purchase or sale ot 
all seed by the dealer or seedsman shall be 
accessible for examination by authorized 
agent of the Department of Agriculture for a 
period of 3 years. 
Trucks or other motor conveyors transporting 
seed for sale on the public highways shal) 
have available for examination a bill of lad 
ing, 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. 
Farmer seed sold off the premises to be usea 
for planting purposes must be tagged. Seeds 
gathered in elevator or other establishments 
to be sold by farmers or others are subject to 
the act. ; 
Express, mail and freight, including truck 
deliveries to consumers of seed shall also be 
subject to provisions and rules and regula- 
tions 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. 
Worthless seed may not be sold or given 
away for planting purposes. Seed will be 
considered worthless if it contains in excess 
of 244% total weeds or 300 noxious weeds 
per pound, or is of excessively low germina- 
tion or mislabeled seed, whose variety 1s 
unadapted and unsuited for seeding purposes 
in Mississippi. 
Seeds treated with fungicides shall show on 
the label the words ‘‘Poison Treated” in not 
less than 14-inch face red type. 
Minimum germination. No agricultural seed 
except grasses, unscarified legumes, garden 
seed listed in the Standards for Germination 
and seed released by the U. S. customs shall 
be offered for sale if the germination is be- 
low 60%. 
Excessive Noxious Weeds, Seeds containing 
more than 200 noxious weeds per pound shall 
be labeled in red ink in not less than 12 point 
type “Excessive Noxious Weeds.” Such ex- 
cess shall not exceed 300 per pound. 
Seed labeled or sold as “Certified,” “‘Regis- 
tered’ or “Pedigreed’’ must have been certi- 
fied or registered and inspected by an officially 
authorized agency and cannot be sold in 
Mississippi unless the party selling shall have 
registered with the Mississippi Department of 
Agriculture Seed Laboratory the lot number, 
variety and kind, name and address of the 
grower, and the history of the seed. 
Mixed varieties of oats shall not be sold for 
planting purposes in this state. 
False wild oats will be considered weeds. 
Permits. All seed permits expire December 
31 of each year, Failure to secure permit by 
March 1 will incur a penalty equivalent to 
the cost of the license; anybody selling seed 
required to be tested and tagged is required 
to have a permit. 

MISSOURI 
Law 1938 
INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAGS 
(A) 
(B) 
(C) 
Agricultural seeds. Each lot one 
pound or more. 
1. Commonly accepted name. 
2. Percentage of pure seed. 
3. Percentage of weed seed. 
4. Name and number* of each noxious weed 
present singly or collectively in excess of: 
(a) One in 5 grams. 
(See page 106, group A.) 
(b) One in 25 grams. 
(c) One in 100 grams. 
5. Percentage of germination (including hard 
seeds) together with month and year tested. 
6. Percentage of hard seeds. 
7. Name of state and county (if field corn) 
where grown. If unknown, a statement to 
that effect. 
8, Full name and address of vendor together 
with the vendor’s ‘‘Missouri Permit No. ..”’ 
Seed Mixtures. 
That such seed is a mixture. 
Name and percentage of each kind present 
in excess of 5% by weight of the total. 
Percentage of weed seeds. 
Percentage of inert matter. 
Name and number* of each noxious weed 
present. , 
Percentage of germination of each kind 
present in excess of 5% by weight. 
7. Full mame and address of vendor together 
with vendor’s ‘‘Missouri Permit No. ..’’. 
. 
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an 
Vegetable Seeds. Each separate con- 
tainer. 
1. The kind of seed, variety and ‘‘Missouri 
Permit No. ..”’. 
2. Percentage of germination together with the 
month and year tested, if the germination 
is below the Missouri Standard. (See page 
102 for standards.) 
3. Full name and address of the packetor. 
4. No label required on vegetable seed sold 
and delivered directly to purchaser from a 
container which is labeled. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
PROHIBITED—Canada thistle; Johnson grass; 
Field bindweed—Convolvulus arvensis. 
NAME AND NUMBER*—Quack grass; dodder; 
Russian thistle; wild carrot; buckhorn and other 
varieties of plantain; wild onion; red sorrel; ox- 
eye daisy; garlic; docks. 
LABORATORY AND TESTS 
Federal-State Laboratory at Columbia, Missouri. 
Missouri College of Agriculture, cooperating with 
the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
W. C. Etheridge, Collaborator in charge. 
Miss Clara Fuhr, Analyst, U. S. Dept. 
Agriculture. 
May regulate the maximum number of free 
samples tested for any one person or firm 
in a given period of time. 
ENFORCEMENT AND REGULATIONS 
Missouri State Department of Agriculture, 
Jefferson City, Missouri. 
Mrs. Rose K. Poehlman, Administrative As- 
sistant to the Commissioner of Agriculture. 
W. R. Crispin, Marketing Specialist, Grain 
and Seed Division, U. S. Dept. of Agri- 
culture. 
Permit number to be secured annually at cost 
of $1.00 on application to Department of Agri- 
culture. The permit expires December 31 each 
year. 
“Each container’? means each and every packet 
containing seeds. 
Hard Seeds—Law includes hard seed in per cent 
of germination and requires separate statement. 

*No unit of quantity is given in the law. 
Their model tag shows number per gram. 

MONTANA 
Law of 1913 and Amendments to 1939 
INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAG 
(A) Agricultural seeds. One pound or 
more, 
Lot number or other distinguishing mark. 
Commonly accepted name. 
. Variety; if unknown, state “Unknown.” 
Percentage of pure seed. 
. Percentage of weed seed. 
Percentage of inert matter, 
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