ARKANSAS 

Act of 1921 As Amended 1939 - Rules 67 and 68 - Regulations Form 101 and 102 i 
INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR: 
(A) Agricultural Seed. Each Bag. 
Use Arkansas permit tags. 
Kind of seed. 
Lot number. 
Percentage of pure seed. 
Percentage of inert matter. 
Percentage of weed seeds. 
Percentage of other agricultural seeds. 
Percentage of: 
(a) Germination exclusive of hard seed. 
(b) Hard seed. 
8. Month and year of test. Test shall have been 
completed within a six-month period. 
9. Origin of seed, if unknown, so state. 
10. Name and address of seedsman or vendor. 
11. Name and number of noxious weed seeds per 
pound—if none are present, a statement to 
that effect must be given. 
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(B) Mixtures of Agricultural Seeds. Each 
Bag. 
Use Arkansas permit tags. 
Mixtures of 2 or more kinds percentage of 
purity of the predominant kind may be given 
and the other kinds be considered as impurities, 
or the percentage of the various kinds present 
may be shown with the germination of each 
(exclusive of hard seeds) and the percentage 
of hard seeds, if present, or if the germination 
(including hard seeds) of none of said seeds is 
below 85%, then only the germination of the 
mixture taken as a whole need be shown. 

Revised 1943 
2. TOP CROSS—first generation of a cross be- 
tween an INBRED LINE and an OPEN 
POLLINATED variety. : 
3. MULTIPLE CROSS—first generation of a 
cross between a SINGLE CROSS and an 
OPEN POLLINATED variety. 
4. SINGLE CROSS—first generation of a cross 
between two INBRED LINES. ; 
5. THREE-WAY CROSS—first generation of a 
cross between a FOUNDATION HYBRID 
and an INBRED LINE. : 
6. DOUBLE CROSS—first generation between 
two FOUNDATION HYBRIDS. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Primary Noxious Weeds: 
Johnson grass—Sorghum halpense. 
Bermuda grass—Cynodon dactylon. 
Nut .grass—Cyperus rotundus. | 
Wild onion or garlic—Allium vineale and cana- 
dense. 
Sheep sorrel—Rumex acetosella. 
Dodder—Cuscuta spp. : 
Field bindweed—Convolvulus arvensis. 
Hedge bindweed—Convolvulus sepium. 
Secondary Noxious Weeds: 
Corn Cockle—Agrostemma githago. 
Cheat or chess—Bromus secalinus. 
Darnel—Lolium temulentum. 
Curled dock—Rumex crispus. 
Broad-leaf dock—Rumex obtusifolius. 
Buckhorn—Plantago lanceolata. 
Bracted plantain—Plantago aristata. 
Morning glory—Ipomoea spp. 
No tests will ordinarily be made for non-resi- 
dents. 
Uncleaned samples will not be tested, except for 
germination. 
ENFORCEMENT 
Enforcement under State Plant Board, War 
Memorial Building, Little Rock, Arkansas, 
Paul H. Millar, Chief Inspector. 
Permit tags required on each bag of field seeds 
may be secured from the State Plant Board, 
War Memorial Building, Little Rock, Arkansas: 
tags 2 cents each; good until July 1 of follow- 
ate year; expired tags exchanged at %4 cent 
each, 
Special Permit Tags bearing the words “Ex. 
cessive Noxious Weeds’’ in large type, secured 
from the Plant Board and shall be used in lieu of 
the permit tag where required. 
Annual application of $1.00 required except 
from those who use less than 20 permit tags 
and growers of Arkansas certified seed. Permit 
tags may be cancelled for failure to comply 
with the regulations. 
ADDITIONAL FEATURES 
Cotton seed. To sell cotton seed in Arkansas 
must file with the application for permit, a 
satisfactory certificate of freedom from com- 
municable diseases signed by state quarantine 
officer of state in which seed was grown. 
Vetch seed must have attached to each bag, in 
addition to analysis and permit tag, a state or 
federal certificate, attached by official seal, to 
seal the mouth of the bag, showing that the 
bag has been satisfactorily fumigated or that 
the seed was grown in a state or county free 
(C) Vegetable Seeds. 
The State Plant Board is authorized to sample 
and test vegetable seeds and to publish the re- ~ 5 
sults should the seed be found adulterated, Eee THE SALE OF AGRICUL 
misbranded or of poor quality. TURAL SEED: 
from vetch weevil. 
Hybrid Corn. Permits to sell hybrid corn will 
be granted: . 
(1) To breeder who has been officially recog- 
nized in his respective state. 
Red rice—Oryza sativa var. 
(D) Hybrid Seed Corn. Each Container. 
Use Arkansas permit tags. 
Same as for (A) Agricultural seed in addition: 
1. Breeder must be officially recognized as such, 
in his respective state. 
2. Strain shall have been tested at the Arkansas 
Experiment Station or some other acceptable 
tests in the state and found adapted to Ar- 
kansas conditions, except on special request 
of the grower (purchaser) permission will be 
granted on strains regardless of adaptation. 
3. Breeder’s permit tag shall be attached to 
each bag. 
Hybrid corn defined as: 
1. FOUNDATION CROSS—first generation of 
a cross between two INBRED LINES. 
1. Containing: 
Field bindweed, nut grass and wild onion or 
garlic. 
1 Johnson grass per pound. 
100 Dodder per pound. 
250 Cheat or chess or darnel per pound. 
2000 Noxious weeds per pound. 
2. Unless special permit tag is used, if seed con- 
tains: 
100 to 500 dodder per pound. 
2 to 25 Johnson grass per pound. 
SEED LABORATORY 
Agricultural Building, Fayetteville, Arkansas. 
John E. Casey, Analyst. 
Tests.—No charge for tests on samples submitted 
by residents. 
CALIFORNIA 
Agricultural Code 1943 
(2) On strains which have been found adapted 
to Arkansas. Breeder’s permit tag must be 
attached to each container. 
Sorghum seed for syrup purposes and Abruzzi 
rye is prohibited unless permission has been 
obtained from the Plant Board based on proof 
of trueness to name. . 
Use of words “‘Certified’’ or ‘‘Registered’”’ \lim- 
ited to seed certified or registered by the duly 
authorized officer of the state of origin. 
If Soybeans and small grains are sold for 
other than planting purposes this must be in- 
dicated on the bag or tag. r 
Sorghum seed for syrup, cotton seed under a 
varietal name and Abruzzi rye cannot be sold 
unless permission has been obtained by the per- 
mit holder from the Plant Board. 
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Dodder, Flax—Cuscuta epilinum. 
Dodder, Large-seeded—Cuscuta indecora. 
INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR: (C) Vegetable Seeds. Each Container. 
(A) Agricultural Seeds. Each Container. 1. Name of kind and variety. Dodder, Small-seeded—Cuscuta planifiora. 
1. Commonly accepted name of: 2. For seed which germinates less than the Johnson Grass—Holcus halepensis 
RiGoEKina tc ' standard last established by the director. Mallow, White or Alkali—Sida hederacea. 
Tr, a. Percentage of germination exclusive of Nutgrass, chufa—Cyperus esculentus. 
(b) Kind and variety or, 
(c) Kind and type. 
Lot number or other lot identification. 
Percentage of pure seed. 
Percentage of inert matter. 
Percentage of weeds seeds. 
Percentage of other agricultural seeds. 
Percentage of: 
(a) Germination, exclusive of hard seeds. 
(b) Hard seeds. 
Following (a) and (b) “Total germina- 
tion and hard seed may be given.” 
8. Date germination test was completed. Test 
for germination cannot be over 9 months old, 
seed in packages of. one pound or less, 15 
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hard seeds. 
b. Percentage of hard seeds. 
c. Date germination test was completed. 
d. The words ‘Below Standard” in not less 
than 8 point type. 
3. Name and address of person who labeled seed, 
or who sells said seed. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Primary Noxious Weeds. Prohibited. 
Blueweed, Texas—Helianthus ciliaris. 
Camel’s thorn—Alhagi camelorum. 
Canada thistle—Cirsium arvense. 
Cress, Austrian field~—Roripa austriaca. 
Cress, hoary—Cardaria draba. 
Cress, Perennial pepper—Lepidium latifolium 
Nutgrass, yellow—Cyperus rotundus. 
Poverty weed—Iva axillaris. 
Puncture vine—Tribulus terrestris. 
Sandbur grass—Cenchrus pauciflorus. 
Thistle, Russian—Salsola kali. bis. 
Thistle, Yellow star—Centaurea solstitialis, 
PROHIBITS THE SALE OF AGRICUL- 
TURAL OR VEGETABLE SEEDS: 
(A) Unless the germination test shall have been 
completed within a 9-month period exclusive 
of the month in which the test was completed. 
Seed in packages of one pound or less unless the 
germination test shall have been completed with- 
in a 15-month period. 
(B) Containing primary noxious weed seeds. 
months. Gaura, perennial—Gaura vill 
9. Name and address of’ person who labels or Gaura, poiripe= Gauracoccinen LABORATORY AND TESTS. 
sells seed. Gaura, scented—Gaura odorata. Federal—State Seed Laboratory. State Office 
10. Name of secondary noxious weed seeds and 
number per ounce of seeds in groups B a 
and b and per pound in groups B c and d 
when present singly or collectively in ex- 
Gaura, Wavy leaved—Gaura sinuata. 
Horsenettle, Carolina—Solanum carolinense. 
Horsenettle, White—Solanum elaeagnifolium. 
Knapweed, Russian—Centaurea repens. 
Building, Sacramento. 
Mrs. Leatha B. Howard, Analyst, U. S. Dept. 
of Agriculture. . ‘ 
Free tests—Four free tests or one special mix- 
ture will be made during the calendar year for 
cess of: Klamath weed—Hypericum perforatum ; 
(a) 1 seed_in each 5 grams (see page 102 Quackgrass—Agropyron repens. any firm or individual. 
group B). Sowthistle, Creeping or Perennial—Sonchus ar- Charges: 
(b) 1 seed in each 10 grams. 
(c) 1 seed in each 25 grams. 
(d) 1 seed in each 100 grams. 
(B) Mixtures of Agricultural Seeds. Each 
container. 
1. Same as for unmixed agricultural seed ex- 
cept it must be called ‘“‘Mixed” or a ““Mix- 
ture” and the information required under 
items A. 1, 3 and 7 shall be given for each 
component present in excess of 5%, in the 
order of its predominance. 
vensis. 
Surge, Leafy—Euphorbia esula. 
Whitetop, hairy—Cardaria pubescens. 
Secondary Noxious Weeds. 
(Each county has regulations on noxious weed 
— which should be checked before shipping 
seed. 
Bermuda grass—Cynodon dactylon. 
Bindweed or Wild morning glory—Convolvulus 
Dodder, Clover—Cuscuta epith 
odder, Clover—Cuscuta epithymum. 
Dodder, Field—Cuscuta pentagona, 
(a) For purity tests. 
1. Alfalfa, cereals, clovers, cotton, 
cowpeas, fescues, field peas, 
flax, flower, lolium, millets, 
mixtures of only 2 kinds of 
seeds, mustards, phalaris, rape, 
rice, sorghum, soy beans, sugar 
beets, timothy, vegetable and 
VEtCheS: ~ otc amcsheantecsl team re teers $1.50 
2. Agropyrons, Bermuda grass, 
brome grass, crested dogs tail, 
meadow foxtail, sudan grass, 
sweet vernal, and tall meadow 
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