
BELT SEED COMPANY 
INCORPORATED 
BALTIMORE 



Better Lawn Grasses 
and 


Farm Seeds 





By Royal Command 
Purveyors to His Majesty 
The American People 












of 
CROTALARIA RICE 
CATTAIL MILLET 
BLUE LUPINE 
SEED CORN 
SOY BEANS 
OTOOTANS - PALMETTO 
CLEMSON - AVOYELLES 
BILOXT - MAMLOXTI 
BLUE LUPINE 
All Seed Tested and A-1 Quality 
We Will Appreciate Your 
Inquiries for Sample and Prices 
Wholesale Only 
Hiemers’ Farms 
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subject to seizure on complaint of the State 
Board of Agriculture or its agents to a court of 
competent jurisdiction in the county in which 
the seed is located. If the court finds the seed 
to be in violation of the act and orders the 
condemnation of said seed, it shall be denatured, 
processed, destroyed, relabeled or otherwise dis- 
posed of in compliance with the law; Provided, 
that in no instance shall such disposition of said 
seed be ordered by the court without first having 
given the claimant an opportunity to” apply 
to the court for the release of ‘said seed or per- 

mission to process or relabel it to bring it int 
compliance with the act. 3 
SPECIAL FEATURES. 
All seed sold at auction sales, sales stables, etc., 
must be labeted and comply with the law, re- 
gardless of its source. 
Mr. E. K. Chaffee, seed analyst. _ 
Fees—Purity tests, 50 cents; germination tests, 
50 cents. 
FLORIDA | 
Law of 1943 - Rules and Regulations of 1943 
INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR: 
(A) Agricultural Seed. Each container. 
1. Commonly accepted name of kind and vari- 
ety. : 
2 io number or other lot identification. 
3. Percentage of purity. 
4. Percentage of inert matter. on gh Mee 
5. Percentage of weed seeds. Prohibit if in ex- 
cess of 244%. Carpet grass 5%. 
6. Percentage of other agricultural seed. 
7. Percentage of: 
(a) Germination exclusive of hard seed. 
(b) Hard seed. 7 
8. Month and year of test. Test for germina- 
tion shall have been completed within a 5 
month period exclusive of the month in 
which test was completed. 
9. Origin, if unknown, so state. 
10. Name and address of person who labeled 
seed, or who sells, offers or exposes seed for 
sale. 
11. Name and number per pound of each kind of 
noxious weed seed. 
12. Net weight of unbroken packages. 
Mixtures of Agricultural Seeds. Each 
container. 
Same as for unmixed seed except that it must be 
called ‘‘Mixed”’ or a ‘‘Mixture”’ and the informa- 
tion required under items (A) 1, 3 and 7 shall 
be given for each agriculutral seed component 
present in excess of 5%, in the order of its pre- 
dominance. 
(B) 
(C) 
Vegetable Seeds. Each container of 
less than 100 pounds. 
1. Name of kind and variety. 
2. For seed which germinates less than the 
standard last established by the Commissioner 
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. The test shall 
have been completed within a 5 month 
period. (Packages of 8 ounces or less, 
12 months.) 
(d) The words “BELOW STANDARD” in 
not less than 8-point type. (Provided 
no seed shall be sold which falls more 
than 20% below the established stand- 
Semrard:) 
3. Name and address of the person who labeled 
seed, or who sells, offers, or exposes said seed 
for sale. 
4. Net weight of unbroken packages, packages 
of 8 ounces or less exempt. 
(D) Vegetable Seeds. Each container of 
»“ 100 pounds or more. 
1. Name of kind and variety. 
2. Lot number or other lot identification. 
3. Percentage of germination. Seed which falls 
more than 20% below the standard estab- 
lished by the Commissioner cannot be sold. 
4. Month and year of test. Test for germina- 
tion shall have been completed within a 5 
month period exclusive of the month in 
which test was completed. 
Net weight of unbroken packages. 
Seed which germinates less than the standard 
last established by the Commissioner shall be 
marked with the words “BELOW STAND- 
ARD” in not less than 8 point type across 
the face of the analysis tag. If 20% below 
established standard seed cannot be sold. 
7. Name and address of the person who labeled 
eed or who sells, offers or exposes seed for 
sale. 
8. Net weight of unbroken packages. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Primary. 
Bermuda grass—Cynodon dactylon. 
Bindweed—Convolvulus arvensis. 
Dodders—Cuscuta spp. 
Johnson grass—Sorghum halpense. 
Nut grass—Cyperus Rotundus. 
Sheep sorrel—Rumex acetosella. 
Wild garlic—Allium vineale. 
Wild onion—Allium canadense. 
An 
Secondary. 
Buckhorn—Plantago lanceolata. 
Cheat or chess—Bromus secalinus. 
Corn cockle—Agrostemma githago. 
Darnel—Lodium temulentum. 
Dock, broad leaf—Rumex obtusifolius. 

Dock, curled—Rumex crispus. 
Horse nettle—Solanum carolinense. 
Plantain, bracted—Plantago aristata. 
PROHIBITS THE SALE, OFFERING OR 
EXPOSING FOR SALE OF: 
1. Agricultural or vegetable seeds unless the 
test for germination shall have been com- 
pleted within a 5 month period (vegetable 
seed in packets of 8 ounces or less, 12 
months) exclusive of the month in which test 
was completed. De 
2. Agricultural and vegetable seed containing in 
excess of 200 PRIMARY or 500 SECON- 
DARY noxious weed seeds per pound or a 
total of 500 noxious weed seeds per pound. 
Agricultural and vegetable seed containing 
214% weed seeds. Carpet grass 5%. 
4. Agricultural seed except grasses, unscarified 
legumes such as clovers, alfalfa, Alyce clover, 
crotalaria, chickpea, and kudzu, garden seed 
listed in The Standards for Germination, and 
seed released by the United States Customs, 
if the germination percentage is below 60%. 
5. Vegetable seed which falls more than 20% 
below the standard last established by the 
Commissioner for such seed. 5 
6. Oats consisting of mixed varieties. 
SEED LABORATORY 
State Seed Laboratory at Tallahassee. 
Miss Mildred V. Henry, seed analyst. 
Fees for tests for persons residing in Florida. 
iss) 
Purity on: 
Clovers, lespedeza, beggarweed, and seed of sim- 
ilar SIZE Sih deka ott isra teen etna a teed: 0.50 
Grasses similar to carpet, Dallis, red top and 
Bahia. .; cn h eu Ree oe 1.00 
Mixtures, such as lawn grass mixtures. ...$2.00 
Germination of any sample.............. $0.25 
Fees for tests for persons not residing in Florida: 
The fees shall be the same as those charged by 
Commercial analysts. For example: 
Oats Ooi. Fate Peete eee $1.50 
Rye, wheat, and similar grains......... $1.00 
Grasses) 2y 5, «'ograsuaccia taeie Saris AkarESR ore $3.00 
Mixtures: oairs s,s crores eeteiecaerenier sn aieerels $3.00 
ENFORCEMENT 
Commissioner of Agriculture, Nathan Mayo. 
Department of Agriculture, Tallahassee. 
Supervising Inspector, Phil S. Taylor. 
SS LORESAL Bas 
“Stop Sale’? notice or order may be issued and 
enforced by the Commissioner of Agriculture or 
his authorized agents to the owner or custodian 
of any lot of agricultural or vegetable seed which 
he finds or has good reason to believe is in viola- 
tion of any of the provisions of this act which 
will prohibit further sale, barter or exchange of 
such seed until the Commissioner is satisfied the 
law has been complied with. After receiving 
confirmation that the seed does not comply with 
the act the owner or custodian shall have 15 days 
in which to comply with the law or withdraw 
the seed from sale. 
SEIZURE. 
Any seed on which a ‘“‘Stop Sale’’ has been is- 
sued and on which the owner or custodian has 
failed to comply with the provisions of this act, 
shall be seized and held and shall be destroyed 
within 30 days or disposed of by the Commis- 
sioner as he shall by regulation prescribe. 
REGISTRATION AND LICENSE FEES. 
(A) Every person, before selling, offering or ex- 
posing for sale any agricultural or vegetable 
seeds, or mixtures thereof shall: 
1. Register with the Commissioner as a seed 
dealer. 
2. Give number and location of each place of 
business at which such seed is sold, offered or 
exposed for sale. 
3. Pay the Commissioner 
(a) $1.00 if retailer, for each place of busi- 
ness. 
(b) $25.00 if wholesaler, for each place of 
business. 
4. Such registrations shall be renewed July 1st 
of each year at the same fee. If the dealer 
does not register by August 31st he shall be 
assessed a penalty equal to the fee or fees re- 
quired. 
(B) When vegetable seeds are sold or consigned to 
or placed with any person for sale in packets or 
packages of 8 ounces or less, each box or con- 
tainer of not exceeding 72 dozen such packets or 
packages of vegetable seeds, or vegetable and 
flower seeds, shall have attached thereto an in- 
spection fee stamp furnished and secured from 
the Commissioner, for which a fee of 50 cents 
shall be paid. a 

