“STOP SALE” 
The commissioner is authorized to seize and 
hold any lot, parcel, package or bulk of 
agricultural seeds or mixtures of the same 
found in violation of any provisions of the 
seed law or rules and regulations thereof 
until same have been complied with or said 
violation otherwise disposed of. 
SEIZURE OF SEED 
The commissioner upon seizing any agri- 
cultural seeds shall notify the person who 
was in possession of such seeds, or the owner 
thereof, or his agent, of such seizure, and 
return said seed to the consignor upon re- 
ceipt of the expenses for transportation and 
also the expenses in handling, storing or 
caring for said seed, before same is billed 
for return shipment. If after 10 days said 
costs are not paid, the commissioner may 
confiscate said seed and destroy or otherwise 
dispose of it to prevent its use for seeding 
purposes and the net proceeds from the sale 
of such seed by the commissioner shall be 
transmitted to the State Treasurer. 
IMPORTED SEEDS. It shall be unlawful to 
import or bring into the state or transport 
within the state any agricultural seeds unless 
each container shall bear a label giving— 
. Kind and variety of seed. 
2. Percentage of purity. 
3. Percentage of germination and date of 
test. 
4. The state from which seed was shipped, 
if corn, the county in which it was grown. 
55 lems and address of person shipping 
seed. 
In all other respects the seed shall conform 
to the act and the rules and regulations of 
the commissioner. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Prohibited when in excess of 25 per pound, 
singly or collectively. 
Quack grass—Agropyron repens; Canada 
thistle—carduus arvensis; perennial sow 
thistle—Sonchus arvensis; dodders — cus- 
cuta species; oxeye daisy—Chrysanthemum 
leucanthemum; buckhorn plantain—Plan- 
tago lanceolata. 
Prohibited when in excess of 9 per pound, 
singly or collectively. 
Perennial pepper grass—Lepedium draba; 
horse nettle—Solanum carolinense; Aus- 
tralian field cress—roripa or radicula 
austriaca. 
Prohibit any—Creeping Jennie—Convolvulus 
arvensis. Leafy spurge—Euphorbia esula. 
SEED LABORATORY AND TESTS 
State Seed Testing Laboratory—University 
Farm, St. Paul. J. L. Larson, Chief Analyst. 
Fees for tests (5 free samples allowed during 
a year.) 
Germination— 
25 cents—corn, peas, flax, beans, cereals, vetch 
and such larger seeds. 
30 cents—alfalfa, clover, rape, sorghum, millet, 
Sudan grass, timothy and similar seeds, also 
vegetable and flower seeds. 
40 cents—blue grass, redtop, rye grass, wheat 
grass, brome grass, fescues, tobacco, Reed 
Canary grass and similar smaller grasses. 
Purity— 
25 cents—cereals, buckwheat, flax, vetch and 
other seeds of similar size. 
50 cents—millets, Sudan grass, alfalfa, alsike 
clover, red clover, sweet clover, rape, timothy, 
rye grass, cereal mixtures, slender wheat grass 
and seeds of similar character. 
$1.00—white clover, orchard grass, timothy and 
alsike mixtures, all clover mixtures and all un- 
cleaned seeds. 
$2.00—Kentucky blue grass, redtop, bent 
grasses, and all lawn grass mixtures. 
Examination for Noxious Weeds— 
50 cents—grasses and other small seeds. 
30 cents—other larger seeds. 
ENFORCEMENT AND REGULATIONS 
126 
Enforcement: State Dept. of Agriculture 
537 State Office Bldg., St. Paul. 
Division of weed and seed con- 
trol, C. P. Bull, director. 
Regulations: 
Grimm Alfalfa—After Sept. Ist, 1930, no 
alfalfa seed shall be sold in Minn. as 
“Grimm” alfalfa in amounts of 30 pounds 
or more, except in sealed sacks bearing labels 
of the seed certification agency of the state 
in which the seed was grown. 
The name ‘‘GRIMM’’ when used to des- 
ignate the variety of alfalfa and referring 
to the seed of alfalfa shall mean and refer 
only to alfalfa seed, which may be traced 
through definite lineage to known Grimm 
a'falfa fields in Carver county, Minnesota. 
The size of the label shall not be less than 
two inches by four inches. Type not less 
than 8 po'nt Gothic caps. 
Re-Germination Tests—Tests made the year 
previous to which the seed is offered for 
sale are not regarded as fulfillment of the 
law. Date of test shall not be more than 6 
months prior to date of sale. 
Lawn grass labels must be placed on the 
front of the carton. 
Sugar beets and mangels shall be regarded 
as agricultural seeds and labeled a> such. 
Hard seeds—Iin stating the germination It 
shall be permissible to state the actual ger- 
mination in terms of %, the hard seed, 
(where hard seeds occur) in terms of % 
and add these two figures together to get a 
figure which can be listed as ‘‘live seed.” 
SEED TAG SALE ACT 
The following tags shall be used for pure 
and unmixed seeds other than cereals and 
suall be obtained from the Commissioner of 
Agriculture at the given prices. 
YELLOW TAGS for alfalfa, sweet 
clover, red clover, alsike clover, white 
clover, lespedeza, and other legume seeds 
of similar size, timothy, bromus, rye 
grass, orchard grass, reed canary grass, 
blue grass, fescues, red top, rape, bent 
grass and wheat grass. 
GREEN TAGS for flax, millets, proso, 
sorghum or cane, kafir corn, milo maize, 
mangold, hemp, sudan grass, rutabagas 
and vetches. 
BROWN TAGS for field and canning 
peas, navy and/or white beans, sun- 
flowers, field and sweet corn and soybeans. 
WHITE TAGS for any and all mix- 
tures of seeds of the forgoing groups 
when two or more kinds, and/or varie- 
ties are intermingled in proportions of 
five percent or more by weight. 
PRICES OF TAGS: 
100 to 150 pound containers Sc each. 
60 to 99 pound containers 4c each. 
30 to 59 pound containers 3c each. 
15 to 29 pound containers 2c each. 
1 to 14 pound containers 1c each. 

MISSISSIPPI 
Law of 1940 and Regulations Effective January 1, 1941 
{NFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAGS. 
(A) Agricultural Seeds. Every lot of 5 
pounds or more 
1. Common name and variety. 
2. Net weight. 
3. Lot number. (Regulation.) 
4. Percentage of pure seed. 
5. Percentage of weed seeds. Prohibit if in 
excess of 214%. 
6. Percentage of other crop seed. (Regula- 
tion.) 
7. Percentage of inert matter. (Regulation.) 
8. Name and number per pound of each 
noxious weed present singly or collectively 
in excess of: 
(a) One in each 5 grams. 
(See page 106, group A.) 
(b) Onein 25 grams, 
(c) One in 100 grams. 
9. Percentage of: 
(a) Germination, exclusive of hard seeds. 
(b) Hard seeds. (Regulation.) 
(c) Month and year of test, provided not 
over 180 days prior to date of sale. 
10. Where grown. 
11. Full name and address of person responsible 
for the label. 
(B) Mixtures of agricultural seeds (by 
regulation every lot) 
1. That such seed is a mixture. 
2. Net weight. 
3. Lot number. (Regulation.) 
4. Name and percentage of each agricultural 
seed present in excess of 5% of total 
mixture. 
5. Percentage of weed seeds. Prohibit if in 
excess of 244%. 
6. Percentage of other crop. (Regulation.) 
7. Percentage of inert matter. (Regulation.) 
8. Name and number per pound of each 
noxious weed seed present singly or col- 
lectively in excess of one seed in each 15 
grams of the mixture. 
9. For each agricultural seed present in excess 
of 5% give: 
(a) Percentage of germination, exclusive of 
hard seeds. 
(b) Hard seeds. (Regulation.) 
(c) Month and year of test, provided not 
over 180 days prior to the date of sale. 
10. Where grown. 
11. Full name and address of person responsible 
for the label. 
(C) Vegetable seed. Each separate con- 
tainer 
1. Name of kind and variety. 
2, (a) Year during which seeds were grown 
or (b) Percentage of germination, hard 
seed if present and calendar month and year 
of test. (Regulation.) 
3. For seeds germinating less than the stand- 
ard last set by the Association of Official 
Seed Analysts in addition to (b) shall 
show the words ““Relow Standard,” (Reg- 
ulation.) 
4. Name and address of party responsible for 
the information given. 
Melons, Peas and Beans included as agri- 
cultural seeds 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Wild onion; Bermuda grass; Johnson grass; 
dodder; hawkweed; bindweed; nut grass or 
cocoa grass; dock and plaintain. 
WITHDRAW FROM SALE. 
Seeds not having a reasonable viability, or that 
are extremely impure, notwithstanding that 
they may be properly labeled, shall be with- 
drawn from sa'e when, in the opinion of the 
Commissioner such withdrawal is in the interest 
of normal crop production. 
SEIZURE OF SEED. 
The Commissioner of Agriculture may seize and 
hold any lot of agricultural or vegetable seeds 
found to violate any of the provisions of the 
seed act until the -taw has been complied with 
and said violation otherwise legally disposed of. 
SEED LABORATORY AND TESTS 
State Seed Laboratory, State College. , 
A. D. Suttle, Analyst, State College, Mis- 
Sissippi. es 
Any citizen of Mississippi has the privilege 
of submitting not more than 10 samples of 
agricultural and vegetable seeds for free test 
and analysis in any one year. Charges to 
non-residents to be fixed by the Commissioner 
of Agriculture. 
ENFORCEMENT 
State Department of Agriculture, Jackson. 
Si Corley, Commissioner of Agriculture. 
J. M. Dean, Chief Inspector. 
Seedsmen must secure permit of Commis- 
sioner of Agriculture annually, $1.00 for 
each seedsman registered and 25 cents for 
each agent. 
REGULATIONS 
Notice of Shipment: 
(a) Notice of shipment of agricultural or 
vegetable seeds shall be mailed within 24 
hours from shipping date and shall bear: 
(1) Name and address of shipper. 
(2) Name and address of person to 
whom shipped. 
(3) The amount. 
(4) The kind and variety of seed. 
(5) The lot numbers of seed. 
(b) Notice of the location of so-called com- 
mission boxes of packet seed shall state: 
(1) Number of boxes. 
(2) Number and size of packages in each. 
(3) Their classification as to kinds ot 
seed contained therein. 
(4) Name and address of shipper and 
party to whom delivered. 
Size of analysis tag shall be 434 x 2% inches 
or equivalent in square inches. 
All information required an analysis tag shall 
be placed on one side of the label without 
intervening matter. 
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. , i 
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