
SHENANDOAH 
VALLEY’S 
SEED 
HOUSE 
Car Lot Buyers 
FIELD 
AND 
GARDEN SEEDS 
Wrife for Prices on 
ORCHARD GRASS, BLACK WILSON 
SOYBEANS & KOREAN LESPEDEZA 
IN CAR LOTS AND LESS 
v 
The WETSEL SEED COMPANY, Inc. 
HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA 
ESTABLISHED 1911 


DAKOTA IMPROVED SEED CO. 
& 
Mitchell and Redfield, | Emmetsburg, 
$. Dakota lowa 
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South Dakota, Wyoming 
Common, Grimm, Cossack 
U. S. Verified and State Sealed 
Crested Wheat 
Grass 
Canadian and Domestic 
Standard and Fairway 
Brome Grass 
Canadian and Dakota Grown 
Kentucky Bluegrass 
Idaho Grown Dwarf Essex Rape 


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ENFORCEMENT AND REGULATIONS 
Enforcement—Commissioner of Agriculture. 
Regulations—Hard seeds shall not be included in 
the percentage of germination but may be 
shown on the analysis tag in the following 
manner: 

Germination) “sist ci cvleiels oieiee or 85% 
Hard: seed. (..0cers.estectume nesses 10% 
Total)! secitsistimissciaeleracolss cresers to wvarsiere 95% 
Broken sprouts—seedlings of crimson clover and 
other legumes having both cotyledons broken 
off or a broken hypocotyl shall not be counted 
as germinated. 
Local vendor may use the wholesaler’s tag for 
only 90 days from date of delivery. 
Bermuda grass may be sold as an agricultural 
seed when so marked. When present in other 
kinds of seeds is s noxious weed. 
WASHINGTON 
Law As Amended to 1941 
INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAG OR CONTAINER 
(A) Agricultural Seeds (Unmixed) Every 
(B) 
lot. 
1. Commonly accepted name of 
(a) Kind or 
(b) Kind and variety or 
(c) Kind and type. 
Lot number or other lot identification. 
Percentage of purity. 
Percentage of inert matter. 
Percentage of weeds. 
Percentage of other agricultural seeds. 
Percentage of 
(a) Germination, exclusive of hard seed. 
(b) Hard seed. 
(c) Month and year of test. Test shall have 
been completed within a nine month 
period exclusive of the month in which 
test was made. 
Following (a) and (b) ‘‘Total germination 
and hard seed’’ may be given if desired. 
8. Origin of alfalfa, red clover and field corn 
(except hybrid). If origin is unknown it 
must be so stated. 
9. Name and address of person who labeled 
seed, or who sells, offers or exposes said seed 
for sale. 
10. Name and number of each secondary noxious 
weed per pound when present singly or col- 
lectively in excess of 
(a) One seed or bulblet in each 10 grams of 
Agrostis spp., Poa spp., Bermuda grass, 
timothy, orchard grass, fescue (except 
meadow), alsike and white clover, reed 
canary grass and other agricultural seeds 
of similar size and weight or mixtures 
within this group. 
(b) One seed or bulblet in each 25 grams of 
ryegrass, meadow fescue, millet, alfalfa, 
red clover, sweet clover, lespedeza, 
smooth brome grass, crimson clover, 
Brassica spp., flax, Agropyron spp., and 
other agricultural seeds of similar size 
and weight, or mixtures within this 
group, or of this group with (a). 
(c) One seed or bulblet in each 100 grams 
of wheat, oats, rye, barley, buckwheat. 
sorghums, vetches, and other agricultural 
seeds of a size and weight similar to or 
greater than those within this group or 
any mixtures within this group. 
SIDUR WN 
Mixed Agricultural Seeds. Every lot. 
Same as for unmixed seed except that it must 
be called *‘Mixed”’ or a ‘““Mixture’”’ and the in- 
formation required under items (A) 1, 3 and 
7 shall be given for each agricultural seed 
present in excess of 5% in the order of its pre- 
dominance. 
(C) Vegetable Seeds. Every lot. 
1. Name of kind and variety. 
2. For seeds which germinate less than the 
standard last established by the Director of 
Agriculture. (See page 102 for standards.) 
(a) Percentage of germination, exclusive of 
hard seed. 
(b) Percentage of hard seed. 
(c) Month and year of test. Test shall have 
been completed within a nine month 
period exclusive of the month in which 
it was completed. 
(d) The words “BELOW STANDARD.” 
3, Name and number per pound of secondary 
noxious weeds. 
4. Name and address of the person who labeled 
eae or who sells, offers or exposes said seed 
or sale. 
Prohibits the sale, offering or exposing 
for sale of agricultural and vegetable 
seeds. 
1, Unless the test for germination shall have 
been completed within a 9-months period, 
exclusive of the month in which the test was 
completed. 
2. Containing primary noxious weeds subject to 
tolerances prescribed in the rules and regu- 
lations. 
SEIZURE. 
SCREENINGS. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
1. Primary noxious weeds. Prohibits seed con- 
taining any subject to tolerances. 
Quack grass—Agropyron repens; Canada 
thistle—Cirsium arvense; Bindweed—Con- 
volvulus arvenisis and C. sepium; Perennial 
sow thistle—Sonchus arvensis; Hoary cress 
or White top—Lepidium draba, L. repens and 
Hymenophysa pubescens; Yellow toadflax— 
Linaria vulgaris; Russian knapweed—Cen- 
taurea picris; Blue flowering lettuce—Lactuca 
pulchella; Leafy spurge—Euphorbia esula; 
Camelthorn—Alhagi pseudalhagi; Austrian 
field cress—Radicula austriaca; Perennial 
peppergrass—Lepidum latifolium. 
2. Secondary: noxious weeds. 
Alkali mallow—Sida hedcracea; Corn cockle 
—Agrostemma githago; Docks—Rumex spp.; 
St. Johnswort—Hypericum perforatum; Dod- 
der—Cuscuta spp.; Fanweed—Thlaspi ar- 
vense; Poverty weed—Iva axillaris; Wild 
mustard—Brassica species; Plantain—Plan- 
tain species; Perennial ground cherry— 
Physalis subglabrata. 
“STOP SALE”’ orders for any lot of agricultural or 
vegetable seeds may be issued and enforced by 
the Director of Agriculture if he finds or has 
reason to suspect the seed is in violation of any 
of the provisions of this act, prohibiting further 
sale of said seed until he bas evidence that the 
law has been complied with. No ‘‘Stop Sale’’ 
order shall be issued or attached without first 
giving the owner or custodian an opportunity to 
comply with the law or to withdraw the seed 
from sale. The owner or custodian shall have 
the right to appeal from such order to a court 
of competent jurisdiction, praying for a judg- 
ment as to the justification of said order and for 
the discharge of said seed from the order in ac- 
cordance with the findings of the court. 
Any lot of agricultural or vegetable 
seed not in compliance with the provisions of the 
seed law shall be subject to seizure on com- 
plaint of the Director of Agriculture to a court 
of competent jurisdiction in the area in which 
the seed is located. If the court finds it in 
such violation and orders the condemnation. of 
said seed it shall be denatured, processed, de- 
stroyed, relabeled or otherwise disposed of in 
compliance with the laws of the state. No such 
disposition of said seed shall be ordered without 
first having given the claimant an opportunity 
to apply to the court for the release of said 
seed or permission to process or relabel it to 
bring it into compliance with the act. 
Any screenings or other material 
removed in the cleaning of agricultural, turf or 
vegetable seeds containing ‘“‘Noxious weed” 
seeds are declared to be a menace to agriculture. 
and by agreement with the owner may be de- 
stroyed. Said screenings may be ground or 
treated in a manner approved by the Director 
of Agriculture that will destroy the viability of 
the seed before it can be used for feeding pur- 
poses. Any screenings not ground or treated 
may be removed from the cleaning establish- 
ment only under permit issued by the Director 
of Agriculture and shall be labeled “SCREEN- 
INGS CONTAINING NOXIOUS WEEDS. 
UNFIT FOR PLANTING OR FEEDING PUR- 
POSES. IN WASHINGTON.” 
SEED LABORATORY AND TESTS 
Seed Laboratory, Dept. of Agronomy, State Col- 
lege of Washington, Pullman, Washington, E. G. 
Schafer in charge. Dwight D. Forsyth, see an- 
alyst. State Dept. of Agriculture, Olympia, Wash. 
Tests. One free test (purity and germination) 
will be made per year for any person residing 
in the state. Additional tests will be charged 
as follows: 
FOR PURITY 
(1) Peas, beans, vetches, cereals, beets, 
mustards, cabbage, melons, parsnips 
and ‘carrots’ Si. genes ome a, $0 
(2) Alfalfa, clovers, wheatgrasses, rye- 
grasses and. timothy. ...a5.. 2. ace 1.00 
(3) Bentgrasses, bluegrasses; orchard grass, 
fine sféScuies 4.\secenicte cone eelelee ee 
SEED TRADE — 
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