(6) Name and address of vendor. 
(7) Name and number per ounce of each 
kind of noxious weed seed present. 
(Regulation. ) 
C) Vegetable seeds included in agri- 
cultural seed. Label as under (A). 
(See page 102 for germination standards.) 
Prohibits the sale, offering or exposing 
for sale of agricultural seed: 
(1) Containing quack grass, Canada thistle, 
dodder and perennial sow thistle if pres- 
ent in excess of one seed in five grams. 
(2) Containing in excess of 3% of weed 
seeds. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Wild onion—Allium vineale; Johnson grass— 
Sorghum halepense; hawk weed—Hieracium 
species; buckhorn—Plantago lanceolata; Eng- 
lish charlock or wild mustard—Brassica ar- 
vensis; corn cockle—Agrostemma githago; 
ox-eye daisy—Chrysanthemum leucanthemum; 
Indian mustard—Brassica juncea; star this- 
tle—Centaurea solstitialis; wild carrot—Dau- 
cus carota; galinsoga—Galinsoga parviflora. 

PROHIBITED WHEN IN EXCESS OF ONE 
IN 5 GRAMS: 
Quack grass—Agropyron repens; Canada this- 
tle—Carduus arvensis; dodder—Cuscuta spe- 
cies; sow thistle—Sonchus species. 
SEED LABORATORY 
Department of Agriculture, Charleston, West 
Virginia. 
Marvin H. Snyder, Seed Analyst. 
TESTS 
No charge will be made for the first ten 
tests for any farmer, dealer, person or firm. 
All in excess of 10, the following charges 
shall be made. Purity, 50c for red, white 
and mammoth clovers, alsike, wheat, alfalfa, 
timothy, corn, soybeans, rye, buckwheat, oats, 
flax, kaffir corn, millet, sorghum, field peas 
and vetch. Purity, $1.00 for red top, Ken- 
tucky and Canada blue grass, fescues, rough- 
stalk meadowgrass. Purity, $2.00 for lawn 
grass mixtures and complex field seed mix- 
tures. All germination tests, 25c each. 
ENFORCEMENT AND REGULATIONS 
Department of Agriculture. | 
J. B. McLaughlin, Commissioner. , 
Certificates of Registration must be obtained 
from the Commissioner of Agriculture for 
each kind of agricultural or vegetable seed 
offered for sale. Application for certificate 
must be accompanied. by fee of $5.00 for 
each kind and a certified copy of the com- 
plete information required on the analysis 
tag. 
Certificates are void on June 30th, next— 
succeeding the issuance thereof. 
Registration may be refused or cancelled (1) 
if the application does not contain the com- 
plete information required; yr ii vegetable 
seeds do not meet the minimum requirements 
of germination. (See page 118 for germina- 
tion standards), (3) If agricultural seed or 
mixtures contain quack grass, Canada thistle, 
dodder species or perennial sow thistle in ex- 
cess of five per ounce. (4) If such seeds or 
mixtures contain more than 3% by weight o: 
weed seeds. (5) If seeds found on the mar- 
ket are improperly labeled or do not meet the 
guarantee of the see’sman. (6) Tf it is found 
by the Department laboratory that the. labels 
do not show the correct purity germination 
and noxious weed seed content. (7) Any seed 
registered in violation of the law or rules 
and regulations. 
CERTIFIED SEED. Seed that has been pro- 
duced and labeled in accordance with the 
procedures and in compliance with the rules 
and regulations of an officially recognized 
seed-certifying agency. 
HYBRID SEED CORN. The first generation 
seed of a cross produced by controlling the 
pollination, and by combining two, three or 
four inbred lines, or by combining one in- 
bred line or a single cross with an open- 
pollinated variety. Hybrid designations shall 
be treated as variety names. 
eg eel OS Se oh a ee ee ee 
INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAG OR CONTAINER 
(A) Agricultural Seeds (Unmixed). Every 
lot. 
(1) Commonly accepted name or kind, va- 
riety or type. 
(2) Lot or identification number. 
(3) Percentage of purity. 
(4) Percentage of inert matter. 
(5) Percentage of weed seeds. Prohibits, if 
in excess of 5%, except ragweed and 
foxtail which may be present up to 10%, 
including other weeds, singly or collec- 
tively. 
) Percentage of other agricultural seed. 
) Percentage of: 
a. Germination, including hard seeds. 
b. Hard seeds. 
c. Month and year of test. Test shall 
have been completed within a twelve 
month period, exclusive of the month 
in which it was completed. 
(8) Origin of alfalfa, seed grains and corn. 
(9) Name and address of the person who 
labeled the seed, or who sells, offers or 
exposes said seed for sale. 
(10) Name and number per ounce of each 
kind of secondary noxious weed seeds 
pect singly or collectively in excess 
of: 
a. 1 in each 25 grams of redtop, Can- 
ada blue grass, Kentucky blue grass 
and seeds of similar size and weight, 
or smaller, and mixtures of such 
seeds. 
b. 1 in each 50 grams of timothy, or- 
chard grass, reed canary _ grass, 
smooth brome grass, alsike, white and 
red clovers, rape, alfalfa, sweet clo- 
ver, rye grasses, millets, flax and 
seeds of similar size and weight and 
mixtures of such seeds. 
c. 1 in each 150 grams of sudan, proso, 
and seeds of similar size and weight, 
and mixtures of such seeds. 
d. 1 in each 300 grams of sorghums, 
buckwheat and seeds of similar size 
and weight, and mixtures of such 
seeds. 
e. 1 in each 500 grams of vetches, ce- 
reals, field corn, beans, field and can- 
ning peas, cowpeas and seeds of 
similar size and weight and mixtures 
of such seeds. 
(B) Mixed Agricultural Seeds. Every lot. 
Same as for unmixed agricultural seed, ex- 
cept that it must be called “Mixed” or a 
“Mixture,” and the information required 
under items (A) 1, 3 and 7 shall be given 
for each agricultural’ seed present in excess 
of 5%. 
(C) Vegetable seeds. Every lot. 
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(1) Name of kind and variety. 
(2) For seed which germinates less than the 
standard last established by the depart- 
ment. (See page 102 for standards.) 
a. Percentage of germination. 
b. Month and year of test. Test shall 
have been completed within a twelve 
month period, exclusive of the month 
in which it was completed. 
c. Marked “BELOW STANDARD?” in 
not less than 8-point type. 
WISCONSIN 
Law and Regulations of 1941 
(3) Name and address of the person who 
labeled the seed, or who sells, offers or 
exposes said seed for sale. 
Prohibits the sale, offering or exposing 
for sale of — 
(A) Agricultural seeds containing primary 
noxious weeds subject to tolerances. 
(B) Agricultural seeds containing secondary 
noxious weeds, singly or collectively, in 
excess of: 
1 seed in 5 grams of the agricultural 
seeds listed in A-10-a. 
1 seed in 10 grams of the agricultural 
seeds listed in A-10-b. 
1 seed in 25 grams of the agricultural 
seeds listed in A-10-c. 
1 seed in 50 grams of the agricultural 
seeds listed in A-10-d. 
1 seed in 100 grams of the agricultural 
seeds listed in A-10-e. 
(C) Any agricultural seed containing in ex- 
cess of 5% of weed seeds, except rag- 
weed (Ambrosia elatior) and _ foxtail 
(Chaetochle spp.), which may be present 
either singly or collectively at a rate 
not to exceed 10%, if the total weed 
seed content does not exceed 10%. 
(D) Any agricultural or vegetable seed unless 
the test for germination shall have been 
completed within a 12 month period, 
exclusive of the month in which the test 
was completed. 
(E) Any alfalfa seed represented to be 
Grimm, Cossack or Ladak variety and 
any field seed corn represented to be 
hybrid, unless such seed is certified as 
to variety by a seed certifying agency 
which is approved by the department as 
satisfactory for the performance of seed 
certification and the official tag of such 
agency is properly attached to each con- 
tainer. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
(A) Primary Noxious Weeds. 
PROHIBIT SEED CONTAINING ANY SUB- 
TECT TO TOLERANCES. 
Field bindweed—Convolvulus arvensis; Leafy 
spurge—Euphorbia esula; Canada thistle— 
Cirsium arvense; Quack grass—Agropyron 
repens. 
(B) Secondary Noxious Weeds. 
Dodders—Cuscuta spp.; Wild mustard—Bras- 
sica arvensis; Indiana mustard—Brassica 
juncea; Buckhorn—Plantago lanceolata; Ox- 
eye daisy—Chrysanthemum leucanthemum; 
Perennial sow thistle—Sonchus arvensis. 
SLOP SAL Be 
Whenever the department or any of its 
duly qualified inspectors shall find in any 
warehouse, store, freight depot, car, truck 
or place of business, a lot of seed which 
appears to be offered for sale in violation 
of the seed laws of this state or regula- 
tions promulgated by this department, the 
inspector shall obtain fair and representa- 
tive samples of such seed, mark the same 
for identification, and forward the same 
to the department for analysis. At the 
time of obtaining the samples, the in- 
spector shall notify the owner or custodian 
of such seed in writing that the sale 
thereof appears to be in violation of law. 
The lot of seed shall not thereafter be 
sold or removed from the premises with- 
out permission or release by the depart- 
ment. The department shall cause an 
analysis to be made of such seed and re- 
port its findings to the owner or custodian 
of the seed. The analysis and report shall 
be made within 15 days of the date of 
taking the sample. ‘ 
Tf it shall appear, from the official labora- 
tory examination of any lot of seed, that 
jt does not meet the requirements of the 
statute or is not labeled in accordance 
with the provisions of the seed law of the 
state or regulations promulgated by the 
department, the vendor of such seed shall 
be notified and be given an opportunity 
for a hearing under the rules and regu- 
lations of the department. 
SEED LABORATORY AND TESTS 
State Seed Laboratory, Agronomy Building. 
Madison, Wisconsin. 
Henry Lunz, Analyst in charge. ; 
Fees for testing seed—25 cents, except mix- 
tures which shall be 25 cents for each com- 
ponent present in excess of 5%. 
ENFORCEMENT 
Department of Agriculture and Markets, 
Ralph E. Ammon, Director, State Capitol, 
Madison, Wisconsin. 
Seed and Weed Control Section, Henry 
Lunz. 
Permit. 
No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale 
in Wisconsin any agricultural or vegetable 
seeds without securing a permit from the 
Department of Agriculture, a separate permit 
e recuired for each place of business, fee 
1.00. 
Permit not required for: 
a. Persons selling. offering or exposing for 
sale, seed of their own production, pro- 
vided it is sold and delivered to the pur- 
chaser only on the farm or premises 
where grown. 
b. Persons selling seed which has_ been 
packaged and distributed by seedsman 
having permit. 
REGULATIONS 
1. The Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment 
Association is approved as the agency 
satisfactory for the performance of seed 
certification in Wisconsin. In other states 
and in Canada the department approves 
that agency officially recognized by the 
department of agriculture of that state or 
province as satisfactory for the perform- 
ance of seed certification. 
2. White Blossom Sweet Clover seed con- 
taining 5% or more of mottled seed shall 
not be labeled as White Blossom Sweet 
Clover seed but shall be labeled Sweet 
Clover seed. 
3. Seed containing hard seed shall be la- 
beled by one of the following methods: 
a. Germination ....% including ....% 
hard seed. 
b. Germination including hard 
Seed <>. CC SEA eee % 
Hardiseed= | * 7 ms Serene % 
ce}, Germination =») =) aweulscertGre % 
Hardyseeds a oe ae --% 
Germination and hard seed........ % 
4. The methods and procedures used in 
making purity analyses and germination 
tests shall be those adopted by the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture in the admin- 
istration of the Federal Seed Act. 
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