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Seaboard Seed 
Company 
Philadelphia, Penna. 





NORTHERN GROWN 
FARM SEEDS 
Alfalfa 
Brome Grass 
Sweet Clover 
Red Clover 
* 
MILLETS 
German 
Hungarian 
Early Fortune 
White Proso 
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STORAGE 
Best of Warehousing facili- 
ties available for the stor- 
ing and distribution of seed 
stocks. 
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LESLIE EDGERTON 
334 North lst Street 
MINNEAPOLIS 
MINN. 



140 
G. R. Hyslop, Head of Division of Plant 
Industry. 
Mrs. Louisa Kanipe, Analyst, U. S. Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. : 
Free Tests to farmers—1 Purity and 1 
Germination Test per year. (Between Dec. 
1 and June 30 of succeeding year.) 
Charges: 
(a) Purity Tests: 
1. Lawn or pasture mixtures and 
special amixtunes: ae cise elel- aera $5.00 
2. Alfalfa, clovers (including 
sweet and bur clover), black 
medic, crested wheatgrass, win- 
ter bluegrass, ryegrass, meadow 
and tall fescues, millet, rape, tim- 
othy, phalaris, velvet grass, and 
and vetches (except mixtures).. 1.05 
3. Peas, cereals, beets, and flax.. .85 
4, Mixtures of vetches.......... 1.50 
5. Bermuda, bromes, crested dog- 
tail, fine fescues, Johnson grass, 
vernal, and Sudan grass....... 55 
6. Bentgrasses, red top, and al- 
Kal. grasses) cjcciscc cvs esieiers steleens 2.00 
7. Bluegrass (except winter blue- 
grass), oatgrass, orchard grass, 
meadow foxtail, and Rhodes 
OTASS erste ter ecctstersieretateepercherersteeteters 2.50 
Very dirty samples requiring 
an unusual amount of work or 
screenings at 60 cents per hour. 
(b) Germination Tests: 
1. Paspalum, bluegrass, fescues 
(except meadow), orchard grass, 
ee) 
ohnson grass, sugar beet 
fae test), Bermuda, bent- 
grasses, red top, meadow fox- 
tail, tree seeds, and fluorescence 
tests on English ryegrass....-- 1.05 
2. All seeds not listed above.... -55 
3. Where more than one germina- 
tion is made on mixed vetch 55 
cents will be charged for the 
first and 50 cents for each extra 
test. 
(c) Any seed not listed will be charged 
the fee in the appropriate class 
above. 
(d) Examinations and identifications.. .50 
(e) Extra copies of reports will be 
charged for at 10 cents each. 
ENFORCEMENT 
Under the Director of the State Department 
of Agriculture, J. D. Mickle, Salem, Oregon. 
Enforcing officer, Frank McKennon, chief 
Bureau of Plant Industry. 
License fee $2.50 per calendar year. Secured 
from State Director of Agriculture. 
Separate license fee is required for each 
branch, plant or warehouse. 
Exemptions from license— 
(1) Any grower selling seeds of his own pro- 
duction exclusively. 
(2) Retailer selling only vegetable and flower 
seeds in packets not in excess of % 
pound which were packeted by a licensed 
company. 

PENNSYLVANIA 
Law of 1921 
INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAGS 
(A) Agricultural Seeds. 10 pounds or 
more. 
1. Commonly accepted name. 
2. Percentage of pure seed. 
3. Percentage of weed seed. (Prohibit 3%) 
4. Name and number per ounce of each noxious 
weed present singly or collectively in excess 
of: 
(a) One in 5 grams. 
(See page 106, group A.) 
(b) one in each 25 grams. 
(c) one in each 100 grams. 
5. Percentage of germination 
month and year tested. 
6. Where grown in case of Turkestan and 
Italian grown alfalfa or Italian and Chilian 
grown red clover. 
7. Name and address of vendor. 
(B) Mixtures. 10 pounds or more. 
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. 
3. Percentage of weed seeds (Prohibit 3%). 
4. Name and number per ounce of each kind 
of noxious weed present im excess of one 
seed in each 15 grams. 
5. Percentage of germination of each agricul- 
ture seed present in excess of 5%, together 
with the month and year tested. 
6. Where grown if Turkestan or Italian alfalfa 
and Italian or Chilian red clover. 
7. Name and address of vendor. 
together ‘with 
(C) Special Mixtures. 8 ounces or more. 
1. That such seed is a mixture. 
2. Name of each kind of agricultural seed pres- 
ent in excess of 5% of total mixture. 
3. Percentage of weed seeds (Prohibit 3%). 
4. Percentage of inert matter. 
5. Name and number per ounce of each kind 
6. 
he 
(D) Vegetable seeds 
of noxious weed seed present, singly or 
collectively in excess of one in each 15 
grams. . 
Where grown if Turkestan or Italian alfalfa 
and Italian or Chilian red clover. 
Name and address of vendor. 
defined but ex- 
cluded from labeling. 
Prohibits the sale, offering or exposing 
for sale agricultural seeds— 
(a) Containing in excess of 3% of weed 
seeds. | : 
(b) Containing in excess of one or more 
seeds of dodder and Canada thistle to 
each five grams of seed. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Wild onion or garlic—Allium species; quack 
grass—Agropyron repens; devil’s paint brush 
—Hieracium aurantiacum; king devil—Hi- 
eracium species; perennial sow  thistle— 
Sonchus arvensis; horse nettle—Solanum 
carolinense; bindweed—Convolvulus species. 
PROHIBITED IF MORE THAN 1 IN 5 
GRAMS. 
SEED 
Dodder—Cuscuta species; Canada _ thistle— 
Cirsium arvense. 
LABORATORY AND TESTS 
Seed Laboratory, State Department of Agricul- 
ture, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 
Mrs. Mary Mowry, Analyst. 
Tests—Not more than five samples will be 
tested in any one month for any one person, 
firm or corporation, a fee of 25 cents must 
accompany the sample. 
ENFORCEMENT 
Department of Agriculture, 
Bureau of Plant 
Industry, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 

RHODE ISLAND 
Law of 1929 
INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAGS OR CONTAINER 
(A) Agricultural Seeds. Every lot. 
. Commonly accepted name. 
Percentage of pure seed. 
Percentage of weed seed. 
Name and number per ounce of each 
noxious weed seed present in excess of: 
& Gh = 
(a) One in 5 grams. 
: (See page 106, group A.) 
(b) One in 25 grams. 
(c) One in 100 grams. 
5. 
Percentage of germination together with the 
month and year tested. 
6. Name and address of vendor. 
(B) Mixtures of not more than 2 kinds. 
Every lot. 
v. 
2m 
That such seed is a mixture. 
Name and percentage of each kind of agri- 
cultural seed present im excess of 5% of 
the total mixture. 
Percentage of weed seeds. 
Name and number per ounce of each nox- 
ious weed seed present singly or collectively 
in excess of one seed in each 15 grams. 
SEED TRADE 
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