



ROSS SEED CO. 
INCORPORATED 
Established 1895 
LOUISVILLE, KY. 
MAY BELL 
FU 
HELD SEEDS 

Wholesale Field and 
Grass Seeds 
Jobbers of 
Orchard Grass .. Bluegrass. . 
Redtop . . Clovers . . Timothy 
. - Korean (Lespedeza) . . Soy- 
beans . . Cowpeas, Etc. 
Car lots or less 
ROSS SEED CO. 
INCORPORATED 
15th and Ly'le Louisville, Ky. 



MOORE 
Poa pa 
lO @wman 
W/eemenane 
SEEDS 
A WHOLESALE BROKERAGE 
SERVICE THAT IS JUST A 
LITTLE DIFFERENT 
COMMERCIAL BEANS 
MUSTARD SEED 
Correspondence invited with grow- 
ers and wholesalers considering a 
profitable brokerage connection. 
38 years’ personal experience in the 
Cincinnati market 
CHARLES R. MOORE 
Chamber Commerce Bldg. 
CINCINNATI, OHIO 
Telephone—Main 4246 Cables—Morseed 





(B) 
(C) 
(D) 
Mixtures. Every lot. 
1. That such seed is a mixture. : 
2. Name and percentage of each kind of agri- 
cultural seed present in excess of 5% of 
the total mixture. (If any agricultural seed 
named on the label is present in amount less 
than 5%, the percentage of such seed shall 
be given. ae 
<j. sel of weed seeds. (Prohibit, 3%.) 
(If inert matter exceeds 15% sale is pro- 
ibited. f 
4. Name ae number per ounce of each kind 
of noxious weed seed present singly or col- 
lectively in each 15 grams. 
For each kind of agricultural seed named 
on the label give: eS ; 
(a) Percentage of germination, exclusive of 
hard seed. 
(b) Percentage of hard seed. , 
(c) Month and year of test. Test date 
shall not be over 300 days old. Toler- 
ance of not over 10% allowed. 
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Vegetable seeds. 
1. In containers of less than one pound, if 
germination is equal to or above germina- 
tion standards. (See page 102.) 
(a) Kind and variety. P 
(b) Name and address of person, firm or 
corporation responsible tor labeling on 
the container. 
2. In containers of one pound or more and 
container of less than one pound when the 
seed germinates less than the Ohio germi- 
nation standard. (See page 102.) 
(a) Kind and variety. : ? 
(b) Percentage of germination with the 
month and year of test. 
(c) Name and address of person, firm or 
corporation responsible for labeling on 
the container. i fj 
3. Packet seed prohibited if germination is 
below Ohio standard. (See page 102.) 
“Certified” limited to seed certified 
by an approved agency—certifica- 
tion tag attached to container must 
show 
1. Grower’s name and address or his number 
registered with the Department of Agricul- 
ture, 
2. Name of certifying agency. 
3. The state of production. 
4. Such other information as pertains to cer- 
tification. 
Prohibits the sale offering or exposing 
for sale of— 
1. Agricultural seed containing in excess of 3% 
of noxious weeds. 
2. Seed with a germination date test of more 
than 300 days old prior to date of sale. 
3. Packet seed prohibited if germination is 
below Ohio standard. 
4. Mixtures of agricultural seed 
containing 
over 15% inert matter. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Canada thistle—Cirsium arvensis; Wild garlic— 
Allium vineale; quack grass—Agropyron repens; 
dodder—Cuscuta species; plantains—Plantago 
species (includes buckhorn); wild carrot—Dau- 
cus carota; ox-eye daisy—Chrysanthemum leu- 
canthemum; corn cockle—Agrostemma githago; 
docks—Rumex species (including Rumex ace- 
tosella or sorrel); chicory—Cichorium intybus. 
SEED LABORATORY AND TESTS 
State Department of Agriculture. 
Division of Plant Industry. 
Columbus, Ohio. 
C. N. McIntyre, State Seed Analyst. 
Free tests—purity and germination 4 samples of 
red clover or similar seed, two samples of red- 
top or similar seed or one sample of lawn mix- 
ture or five germinations of vegetable seeds. 
Additional samples will be charged at the rate 
of 25 cents for all germinations. 
Purity tests—clovers, alfalfa timothy, etc. $ .50 
grasses as bluegrass, redtop.. 1.00 
mixtures of lawngrass...... 2.00 
ENFORCEMENT 
Enforcement—Department of Agriculture. 
Division of Plant Industry. 
Columbus, Ohio. 
d Stanley E. Laybourne, Chief. 
License—Each person or company shall pay 
a license fee to the Director of Agriculture for 
each Separate place of business, according to 
quantities sold. 
Quantities not exceeding 8 ounces for 
each $25.00 wholesale value—$.25 tax stamp 
Quantities not to exceed 10 
pounds for any container... . $2.50 
Quantities up to and exceeding 
10 pounds for any container. .$5.00 
REGULATIONS 
Hard seeds must not be added to sprouted seed 
and designated as “total germination” or “to- 
tal viable seed” or “total live seed.” 

GHAIN WOOL 
nAAL 
DUNLEY’S 
Supor-(Cleaned 
FIELD 
and 
LAWN SEED 
J. L. DUNLEY 
& BRU. 
ASHLAND OHID 




INTERNATIONAL 
11 Park Place, New York City 
Cable Address: "Seedtest New York" 
E. E. PATTISON, President 
Specialists in 
Grass, Field, Vegetable Seed, 
Spice and Feed Seed 
© 
Representatives 
Consultants—Analysts 
Maintaining our own Com- 
plete Seed Testing 
Laboratories 
Open to the Seed Trade — 
Testing Accounts Solicited 
MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN SEED TRADE 
ASSOCIATION 
MEMBERS [ASSOCIATE] SOUTHERN SEEDSMEN’S 
ASSOCIATION 
MEMBERS ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCIAL 
ANALYSTS 
MEMBERS (ASSOCIATE) PACIFIC SEEDMEN’S 
ASSOCIATION 




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