: 
OSTBERG 
SEED CO. 
7301 Woodlawn Avenue 
Telephone Dorchester 0314 
CHICAGO 
F 
Wholesalers of Imported 
and Domestic 
FIELD SEEDS 
Blue Grass 
Red Top 
Clovers 
Rye Grass 
Fancy Grasses 
Lawn Mixtures 

GEO. KELLER 
& SONS 
QOuiney, Fil. 
K Brand 
Seeds 
Wholesale 
Dealers 
© Red Clover 
Mammoth 
Clover 
Timothy 
Alsike 
Alfalfa 
Sweet Clover 
Lespedeza 

BUYERS GUIDE 


Regulations (Novemberl, 1942) 
Regulation I 
Seed in storage, in bins or other containers 
in salesroom, storeroom or warehouse, unless 
otherwise labeled, shall be considered offered | 
or exposed for sale for seeding purposes in 
Illinois and shall be subject to the provisions 
of the seed law. 
Regulation II 
Agricultural seeds for seeding purposes stored 
in bulk or bins or tanks shall be labeled by 
attaching a tag or label to the bin at the en- 
trance. Each portion of seeds sold from this 
bulk for seeding purposes shall be accom- 
panied by an exact copy of the label attached 
to the container of the bulk lot. 
Regulation V 
When the number of mottled seed in sweet 
clover seed is in excess of 1.3%, the seed 
shall not be considered white blossom sweet 
clover and shall be labeled as sweet clover or 
a mixture of White Blossom and Yellow Blos- 
som Sweet Clover and the percentage of each 
given. 
Regulation VI 
Hybrid Corn. Definition: ‘‘Hybrid Seed Corn 
is the seed of corn resulting from the first 
cross fertilization involving inbred lines of 
corn and/or their combinations, the inbred 
lines having been self-fertilized until they are 
reasonably pure.”’ 
To sell seed of corn labeled “Hybrid Corn’’ 
without giving proper and indisputable evi- 
dence that it complies with the above defini- 
tion shall constitute a violation of the Illinois 
Seed Law. 
Regulation VII 
Certified and Registered Seed. Such seed 
must have been produced and labeled in ac- 
cordance with the procedures and in compli- 
ance with the rules and regulations of an 
officially recognized seed-certifying agency. 
The Illinois Crop Improvement Association 
is recognized as the certifying agency in 
Tilinois. 
Regulation VIIT 
Recleaned Seed. Agricultural seed shall be 
considered recleaned if the total inert matter 
and weed seeds shall not exceed 20% of the 
sample in the case of Bluegrasses; 15% in 
case of Red Top, Bent Grasses, Orchard 
Grass and Brome Grass; and 3% in all other 
agricultural seeds. 
Regulation XI 
Inasmuch as the sale of agricultural seeds 
(vegetable seeds exempt) containing any of 
the primary noxious weed seeds in greater 
number than 1 to 50 grams in the seeds of 
groups Ba and Bb, 1 to 150 grams in the 
seeds of group Be, and 1 to the pound in the 
seeds of group Bd (page 106), is prohibited, 
the presence of any of these weed seeds, if 
present in smaller amounts than specified 
above, shall be shown on the tag or label. 
Section 40 of the Criminal Code of the IIli- 
nois statutes prohibits the bringing into this 
state, seeds of Canada Thistle, Perennial Sow 
Thistle, European Bindweed, Russian Knap- 
weed and Leafy Spurge. 

INDIANA 
Law 1941 and Amendments and 
Rulings to January 1, 1939 
INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAG. 
(A) Agricultural 
Indiana 
Seeds. Use 
Tags A or B. Every lot of one pound 
or more. 
1. Commonly accepted name of kind and 
variety. When not known so state by 
using word ‘‘unknown.” 
2. Percentage of pure seed. 
3. Percentage of inert matter. 
4, Percentage of weed seeds. 
excess of 3%. 
5. Percentage of other agricultural seeds. 
6. Percentage of: 
a. Germination. 
b. Hard seed. 
c. Month and year of test. 
7. Locality where grown. If unknown it 
must be so stated by using the word ‘“‘un- 
known.”’ 
8. Name and address of person or firm who 
labeled seed, or who sells, offers or ex- 
poses seed for sale. 
Prohibit if in | 


Purcell Seed Co. inc. 
EVANSVILLE, IND. 
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SPECIALTIES: 
FANCY RED TOP 
UNHULLED RED TOP 
SOY BEANS 
COW PEAS 
and a General Field Seed Line 
CARLOTS OR LESS 





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