TENNESSEE 
Act Effective July 1, 1939 

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(D) Hybrid Corn. 3. The state, province, territory or county 
Any seed of field, sweet or peptone ay no where grown. { 
be offered as “hybrid corn’ unless such see 
represents the first generation of a cross be- LABORATORY 
[INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAGS 
(A) Agricultural Seeds. On half bushel 
or more, 
Commonly accepted name. 
Percentage of pure seed. 
Percentage of weed seed. 
Percentage of other crop seed. 
Percentage of inert matter. 
Name and number per pound of noxious 
weed seeds which are present. 
7. Percentage of germination and hard seeds 
together with the month and year tested. 
Where grown. 
Name and address of person or firm respon- 
sible for the information on tag, as well 
as consignee’s name and address. 
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(B) Mixtures. 
1. That such seed is a mixture. 
2. The kind and percentage of each kind of 
agricultural seed present in excess of 10% 
or more of the mixture, and items 3, 4, 5, 
6, 7, 8 and 9; section (A), 
(C) Vegetable and Flower Seed. 
Mentioned only under annual $1.00 license fee. 
INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAGS OR CONTAINER 
(A) Agriculural Seeds. (Unmixed) Every 
lot. Use Texas tags. 
(1) Commonly accepted name of: 
aw Kind or 
b. Kind and variety or 
c. Kind and type. 
Lot number or other lot identification. 
Percentage of purity. 
Percentage of inert matter. 
Percentage of weed seeds. 
Percentage of other agricultural seeds. 
Percentage of. 
a. Germination, exclusive of hard seed. 
b. Hard seeds. 
ce. Month and year of test. Test shall 
have been completed within a twelve 
month period, exclusive of month in 
which test was completed. 
Following a & b ‘Total germination & 
hard seed’’ may be given if desired. 
(8) Origin of alfalfa, red clover and field 
corn, If origin is unknown, it must be 
so stated. 
(9) Name and address of person who labeled 
seed, or who sells, offers or exposes seed 
for sale. 
(10) Name and number of secondary noxious 
weeds per ounce in groups Bl & B2 and 
per pound in B3 & Bé4 if present singly 
or collectively in excess of: 
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NUDAMNB wb 
NS NNN, 
a. 1 in each 5 grams. 
(See page 106, group B.) 
b. 1 in each JO grams. 
c. 1 in each 25 grams. 
d. 1 in each 100 grams, 
(B) Mixed Agricultural Seeds. Every lot. 
Use Texas tags. 
Same as unmixed seed, except that it must 
be called “MIXED” or a “MIXTURE” and 
the information; required under items, 1, 3 
and 7 shall be given for each agricultural 
seed present in excess of 5% in the order 
of its predominance. 
(C) Vegetable seeds. Every lot. Use 
Texas Tags. 
(1) Name of kind and variety. 
(2) For seed which germinates less than the 
standard last established by the Com- 
missioner of Agriculture. (See page 102 
for standards.) 
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tween strains of different inbred parentages 
and involving two or more lines of corn or 
their combinations. Require names of origi- 
nator(s) and pedigree, including name or vari- 
ety or parentage of said hybrid corn, to be 
registered with the Commissioner of Agriculture. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Canada Thistle 
Corn Cockle 
All Dodders* 
Oxeye Daisy 
Quack Grass ‘ 
Johnson Grass § Prohibited except in unhulled 
Wild Onion lcrimson clover. 
Commissioner of Agriculture may prescribe a 
maximum number ii noxious weeds per pound, 

* Regulation Feb. 24, 1941. Maximum dod- 
der in lespedeza 100 per pound. 
CERTIFIED 
Use of word ‘‘Certified’’ limited to seed certified 
by a certifying agency or to seed registered 
by the International Crop Improvement As- 
sociation. 
Certification tag must show: 
1. Grower’s name or number and address. 
TEXAS 
Law of 1941 
a. Percentage of germination, exclusive 
of hard seed. 
b. Percentage of hard seed. 
c. Month and year of test. Test shall 
have been completed within a twelve 
month period, exclusive of the month 
in which the test was completed. 
d. Marked “BELOW STANDARD” in 
not less than 8 point type. 
(3) Name and address of person who Jabeled 
seed, or who sells, offers or exposes seed 
for sale. 
Prohibits the sale, offering or exposing 
for sale of, 
A. Agricultural or vegetable seed contain- 
ing primary noxious weeds subject to 
tolerances. 
B. Agricultural or vegetable seed unless the 
test for germination shall have been 
completed within a twelve month period, 
exclusive of the month in which the test 
was completed. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
(A) Primary Noxious Weeds. 
State Department of Agriculture, Nashville, 
Tenn. F. H. Spanier, Analyst. 
ENFORCEMENT 
C. C. Flanery, Commissioner of Agriculture; 
V. L. Fuqua, Supt. and State Chemist. 
The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized 
to: 
(1) Prescribe the type of tag or label. 
(2) prescribe the type of stamp or other 
evidence of payment of the inspection 
fee. 
(3) Fix the minimum percentages of purity 
and germination for agricultural seeds 
and mixtures. 
(4) Fix the maximum nuniber of noxious 
weed seeds per pound. 
(5) Make and promulgate such rules and 
regulations as may be necessary for 
the enforcement of this act. 
There shall be an inspection fee of 2 cents 
per bushel on the following: Red Clover, White 
Clover, Crimson Clover, Lespedeza. Alfalfa, 
Kentucky Blue Grass, Timothy, Brome Grass, 
Orchard Grass, Redtop, Meadow Fescue, Oat 
Grass, Rye Grass, Millet, Bermuda Grass, Su- 
dan Grass; together with a $1.00. license fee, 
per annum. The $1.00 license fee shall apply 
to vegetable and flower seed. 

SEIZURE. 
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 Commissioner of Agriculture to a court 
of competent jurisdiction in the area in 
which the seed is 4ocated. In the event that 
the court finds the seeds to be in violation 
of the act and orders its condemnation, it 
shall be denatured, processed, destroyed, re- 
labeled or otherwise disposed of in compli- 
ance with the laws of the state. In no in- 
stance shall such disposition be ordered by 
the court without first having given the 
claimant an opportunity to apply to the court 
for its release or permission to process or 
relabel it to bring it into compliance with 
the act. 
HYBRID CORN. 
The first generation seed of a cross produced 
by controlling the pollination, and by com- 
bining two, three or four inbred lines, or 
by combining one inbred line or a single 
cross with an open-pollinated variety. Hy- 
brid designations shall be treated as variety 
names. 
PROHIBITS SEED CONTAINING ANY SUB- SEED LABORATORY AND TESTS 
JECT TO TOLERANCES. 
Johnson grass—Andropogan halepensis 
Bindweed—Convolvulus spp. 
Blue Weed—Helianthus ciliaris 
Dodder—Cuscuta spp. 
B) Secondary Noxious Weeds. 
Russian thistle—Salsola kali 
Wire grass—Paspalum distichum 
Bermuda grass—Cynodon dactylon 
Wild oats—Avena fatua 
Chess or cheat—Bromus secalinus 
Buckhorn. plantain—Plantago lanceolata 
Purple nightshade—Solanum elaeagnifolium 
Darnel—Lolium temulentum 
Wild mustard—Brassica sinapistrum 
Curly dock—Rumex crispus 
“STOP SALE” orders: may be issued by the 
Commissioner of Agriculture for any lot of 
agricultural or vegetable seed which he has 
reason to believe is in violation of any of the 
provisions of this act which shall prohibit 
the further sale of said seed until the law 
has been complied with. The owner or cus- 
todian of said seed may appeal from such 
order to a court of competent jurisdiction 
where the seed is found, praying for a jude- 
ment as to the justification of said order and 
for the discharge from such order in accord- 
ance with the finding of the court. 
State Seed Laboratory, Department of Agricul- 
ture, Austin, Texas. 
Miss Wynona Robbins—Chief Analyst. 
Fees for tests—Residents of Texas: Agricultura! 
seeds free; vegetable and flower seed purity 25c, 
germination 25c. Out of state firms: Purity 25c, 
germination 25c. 
ENFORCEMENT AND REGULATIONS 
Enforcement is under the Department of Agri- 
culture, Austin, Texas. 
J. E. McDonald, Commissioner. 
‘Linden E E. Jones, Chief of Seed Laboratory 
Division. 
Certified Copy of the information required ‘on 
the tag, (see (A) above) shall be filed with 
the Commissioner of Agriculture covering the 
lot of seed to be sold. 
Inspection tax of not over 1 cent for each 100 
pounds or fraction thereof shall be paid to the 
Commissioner and a tag furnished by the Com- 
missioner shall be attached to the container of 
the seed offered for sale. 
(These tags constitute the ‘‘tested’’ seed labels 
and must bear the analysis (Sec. A).) 
To ship Cotton seed—a certificate of field in- 
spection made by county or state authorities 
must be filed with Seed Laboratory Division, 
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