{NFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAG 
(A) 
(B) 
Agricultural seed. Every lot of 10 
pounds or more. 
1. Commonly accepted name. 
2. Percentage of pure seed. 
3. Percentage of weed seed ; 
4. Name and number per ounce of each kind 
of moxious weed seed present singly or 
collectively in excess of: 
(a) one seed in 5 grams, 
(See page 106, group A.) 
(b) one seed in 25 grams 
(c) one seed in 100 grams 
5. Percentage of germination with the month 
and year tested. 
6. Year in which seed was grown. 
7. Where grown if brought into the state. 
8. Name and address of vendor. 
Mixtures of agricultural seeds of 
only 2 kinds. Every lot of 10 pounds 
or more. 
1. That seed is a mixture. 
2. Name and percentage of each kind of agri- 
LOUISIANA 
Act of 1926 and Regulations 
(C) 
(D) 
1934. 
cultural seed present in excess of 5% of 
total mixture. 
3. Percentage of weed seeds. , 
4, Name and number per ounce of each kind 
of noxious weed seed present singly or 
collectively in excess of one seed in each 
15 grams. ; ; 
5. Percentage of germination of each kind of 
agricultural seed present in excess of 5% 
together with the month and year tested, 
and year grown. ' 
6. Where grown if brought into the state. 
7. Name and address of vendor. 
Special Mixtures. Every lot of 8 
ounces or more. 
That such seed is a mixture. 
Name of each kind of agricultural seed 
present in proportion of 5% or more. 
Percentage of weed seed. 
Percentage of inert matter. : 
Name and number per ounce of each k‘nd 
of noxious weed present singly or collective- 
ly in 15 grams. 
6. Where grown if brought into the state. 
7. Name and address of vendor. 
AW Ne 
Vegetable seeds. Every lot of 10 
pounds or more. 
Included under agricultural seeds. Label as 
under (A) above. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Dodder—Cuscuta epithymum; Johnson grass— 
Sorghum halepense; tie vine—Convolvulus ar- 
vensis, cockle bur—Xanthium canadense; cocoa 
grass—Cyperus rotundas; Bermuda grass—Cy- 
nodon dactylon; foxtail—Alopecurus genicula- 
lus; ox-eye daisy—Rudbeckia hirta; wild mus- 
tard—Brassica arvensis; large dock—Rumex ob- 
tusifolius; crab grass—Digitaria sanguinalis: 
dandelion—Pyrrhopappus carolinianus; thistle— 
Sonchus species. 
LABORATORY AND TESTS 
Seed Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, 
Baton Rouge, in charge of A. P. Kerr, State 
chemist. 
Commissioner of Agriculture may fix number of 
free samples to be tested in a period of time 
and may fix charges for tests of samples sub- 
mitted in excess of those free of charge. 
ENFORCEMENT 
Enforcement under Commissioner of Agriculture, 
Harry D. Wilson, A. P. Kerr, enforcement 
agent, Baton Rouge. 

INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAG OR CONTAINER 
(A) 
(B) 
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. 
NANPWNY 
SG a eas 
Mixed Agricultural Seed. Every lot. 
Same as for unmixed seed except that the infor- 
mation required under Items (A) 1, 3 and 7 
shall be given, in the order of its predominance, 
for each agricultural seed component present in 
excess of 5%. When more than one component 
is named the word ‘“mixture’”’ or ‘‘mixed’’ shall 
be used. 
(D) 
& 
MARYLAND 
Law of 1941 
(C) Vegetable Seeds. 
1. For containers of 8 ounces or more, 
(a) Lot number or other identification. 
(b) Name of kind and variety. 
(c) Percentage of 
1. Germination, exclusive of hard seed. 
2. 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. 
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. 
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. 
Prohibits the sale, offering or expos- 
ing for sale of any agricultural or 
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. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Dodder—Cuscuta Spp.; Canada Thistle—Cir- 
slum arvense; Quackgrass—Agroypron repens; 
Bindweed—Convolvulus arvensis; Johnson grass 
—Sorghum halepense; Wild garlic — Allium 
vineale; Bermuda grass—Cynodon dactylon. 
STOP SALE” orders may be issued by the au- 
thorized agent of the State Board of Agriculture 
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. 
SEED LABORATORY AND TESTS 
Seed Laboratory at Agricultural Experiment 
Station, College Park, Maryland. Number of 
free tests to Maryland citizens determined by 
the person in charge. 
F. S. Holmes, in Charge of Laboratory. 
ENFORCEMENT AND REGULATIONS 
Enforcement under State Board of Agriculture. 
Bermuda grass—while a ‘‘noxious weed’’ when 
present in any other kind of seed, may be sold 
as Bermuda grass. 
(Not under law of 1941.) 

INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAG 
(A) 
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Agricultural Seeds. Every lot. 
1. Name of seed. 
(B) 
MAINE 
Revised In 1919 
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. 
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; 
SEED TRADE 

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