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. 
Lrucks or other motor conveyors transporting 
seed tor sale on the public highways shail 
have available for examination a bill of lad 
ing, waybill, or delivery receipt showing (1) 
the name of the shipper or party trom whom 
purchased; (2) the name and address of the 
party to whom seeds are to be delivered; (3) 
the kind and amount ot each separate kind ot 
seed and (4) the name of the truck driver 
and truck line making the delivery. 
Farmer seed sold off the premises to be useu 
tor planting purposes must be tagged. Seeds 
gathered in elevator or other establishments 
to be sold by tarmers 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 atter 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 242% total weeds or 300 noxious weeds 
per pound, or is of excessively low germina- 
tion or mislabeled seed, whose variety is 
unadapted and unsuited tor 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 shail 
be offered tor 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, Rules and Regulations 
1942 
INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAGS 
(A) Agricultural seeds. 
(B) 
Each lot 
one 
pound or more. 
1, Commonly accepted name. 
2. Percentage of pure seed. 
3. Percentage of weed seed. 
4. Name of each noxious weed seed and num- 
ber per ounce of the seeds in group Ba, 
Bb, Be and per pound in group Bd (page 
106-B) 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. 
Lest cannot be over 9 months old. 
Percentage of hard seeds. 
. 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. 
1. That such seed is a mixture. 
2. Name and percentage of each kind present 
In excess of 5% by weight of the total. 
3. Percentage of weed seeds. 
Percentage of inert matter. 
No 
BUYERS GUIDE 
a ‘ ‘ 
5. Name and number of each noxious weed 
present, 
6. Percentage of germination of each kind 
present in excess of 5% by weight. Test 
cannot be over 9 months old. 
7, Full name ‘and address of vendor together 
with vendor’s ‘‘Missouri Permit No. mr 
(C) Vegetable Seeds. Each separate con- 
tainer. 
1. The kind of seed and variety, 
2. Percentage of germination together with the 
month and year tested, if the germination 
is below the Missouri Standard. (See page 
102 for standards.) Statement ‘‘Below 
pandas s Test cannot be over 9 months 
old, 
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. 
5. If the container holding the small packets 
of vegetable seeds is labeled with the Mis- 
souri Permit Number, each individual 
packet need not be so labeled. 
(D) 
Hybrid Seed Corn 
1. Hybrid seed corn shall be the seed of the 
first generation or a control cross involy 
ing one, two, three or four different inbred 
lines of corn or their combinations and 
shall be restricted to seed of top crosses, 
single crosses, three-way crosses and dou- 
ble crosses. 
2. Each package or bulk lot shall be labeled 
with the words “top cross hybrid,” “‘sin- 
“three-way cross hy- 
hybrid,” as the 
gle cross hybrid,” 
brid” or ‘“‘double cross 
case may be. 
Each package or bulk lot shall be labeled 
with the name and number by which the 
hybrid is designated. 
4. The information required under (A) Shall 
also be required for each package or bulk 
lot of Hybrid Seed Corn. 
WwW 
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. 







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