bladder campion—Silene latifolia; blue bur or 
stickseed—lappula echinata; blueweed—Echium 
vulgare; Canada thistle—Cirsium arvense; char- 
lock—Brassica arvensis; chicory—Cichorium in- 
tybus; clover dodder—Cuscuta species: clustered 
dock—Rumex conglomeratus; common ragweed 
—Ambrosia artemisiifolia; common (annual) 
sow thistle—Sonchus oleraceus; corn cockle— 
Agrostemma githago; cow-herb—Saponaria vac- 
caria; daisy fleabane—Erigeron ramosus; false 
flax—Camelina sativa; field bindweed—Convol- 
vulus arvensis; field penny cress—Thlaspi ar- 
vense; field (perennial) sow thistle—Sonchus 
arvensis; great ragweed—Amprosia trifaa; in- 
dian mustard—Brassica juncea; hare’s-ear mus- 
tard—Conringia orientalis; king devil weed— 
Hieracium pratense; night-flowering catchfly— 
Silene noctiflora; orange hawk weed—Hieracium 
aurantiacum; ox-eye daisy — Chrysanthemum 
leucanthemum; perennial ragweed — Ambrosia 
psilostachya; ribgrass—Plantago lanceolata; ru- 
tabaga—Brassica campestris; small seeded false 
flaa—Camelina microcarpa; spinyleaved or 
prickly sow  thistke—Sonchus asper; sweet 
scabious—Erigeron annuus; tumbie mustard— 
Sisymbrium altissimum; white campion—lych- 
nis alba; wild carrot—Daucus carota; wild oats 
—Avena fatua; wild radish— Raphanus rapha- 
nistrum; witch grass—Agropyron repens; yellow 
dock—Rumex crispus. 
SEED LABORATORY 
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono. 
George P. Steinbauer, Analyst. 
ENFORCEMENT 
Department of Agriculture, Augusta. : 
A. M. G. Soule, Chief of Division of Inspection. 

MASSACHUSETTS 
Law of 1938 
INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAGS 
(A) Agricultural seed, every lot. 
1. Name and variety. 
2. Percentage of pure seed. 
3. Percentage of weed seed. 
4. Name and number per ounce of each kind 
of noxious weed seeds present singly or 
collectively in excess of 
(a) one seed in each _ 5 grams 
(See page 106, group A.) 
(b) one seed in each 25 grams 
(c) one seed in each 100 grams 
5. Germination together with month and year 
of test. 
6. Name and address of vendor. 
(B) Mixtures of Agricultural seeds of 
ne more than two kinds. Every 
ot. 
1. That such seed is a mixture. 
2. Name, variety and percentage by weight of 
each kind of agricultural ‘seed in excess of 
5% by weight of the total mixture. 
3. Percentage of weed seeds. 
4. Name and number per ounce of noxious 
weed seeds present singly or collectively in 
excess of one seed in each 15 grams. 
5. Percentage of germination of each kind of 
agricultural seeds present in such mixture in 
excess of 5% by weight, together with the 
month and year tested. 
6. Name and address of the vendor. 
(C) Mixtures of Agricultural Seeds not 
included in the above. Every lot. 
1. That the seed is a mixture. 
2. The name, variety and percent by weight of 
each kind present in excess of 5% by 
weight of the total mixture. 
Percentage of weeds. 
Percentage of inert matter. 
Name and number per ounce of each kind 
of noxious weed seed present singly or 
APwW 
collectively in excess of one seed in each 
15 grams of such mixture. 
6. Percentage of germination of each kind of 
agricultural seed present in excess of 5% of 
the entire mixture together with the month 
and year tested. 
7. Name and address of the vendor. 
(D) Vegetable seeds. Each separate con- 
tainer. 
1. Kind of seed and variety. . 
2. Percentage of germination, together with the 
month and year tested provided such seed 
germination is less than the standard for 
such seed for the current year as established 
in Massachusetts. (See page 102 for stand- 
ards. ) 
3. Name and address of vendor, packer or 
processor. 
(E) Flower Seed. Each container. 
1, Kind of seed and variety. 
2. Name and address of vendor, packer or 
processor. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Quack grass—Agropyron repens; Canada thistle 
—Cirsium arvense; dodder—Cuscuta species; 
wild mustard—Brassica species; English plan- 
tain—Plantago lanceolata. 
SEED LABORATORY 
Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, 
Amherst, F. A. McLaughlin, analyst in charge. 
Tests—Any person residing or doing business 
in this commonwealth shall have the privilege 
of submitting samples of seed for test subject 
to rules and regulations, including a reasonable 
fee for such test. 
ENFORCEMENT 
State Department of Agriculture, Commissioner 
of Agriculture, State House, Boston. 

MICHIGAN 
Act as Amended - 1943 - Rules and Regulations 1943 
INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR: 
(A) Agricultural Seeds. One pound or 
more. 
(1) Commonly accepted name. 
(2) Lot number or other identification. 
(3) Percentage of pure seed. 
(4) Percentage of inert matter. 
(5) Percentage of weed seeds. 
(6) Percentage of other agricultural seeds. 
(7) Percentage of: 
a. Germination, exclusive of hard seed. 
b. Hard seed. 
(8) Month and year of test. Test shall have 
been completed within a 9 month period 
exclusive of the month in which the test 
was completed. 
(9) Origin of red clover, alfalfa, soybeans 
and field corn. If originating in more 
than one state give percentage from each 
state in the order of its predominance. 
(10) Name and address of person who labels 
seed or who sells, offers or exposes seed 
for sale. 
(11) Name of each noxious weed seed present 
singly or collectively in excess of: 
a. 90 or more per pound (group B page 
106). 
b. 25 or more per pound. 
c. 10 or more per pound (brome grass 
included in this group). 
d. 2 or more per pound. 
BUYERS GUIDE 
(B) Mixtures of Agricultural Seeds. Eight 
ounces or more. 
(1) Same as for unmixed agricultural seeds 
except it must be called ““MIXED” or a 
“MIXTURE,” and the information re- 
quired under items (A) 1, 3, and 7 shall 
be given for each component present in 
excess of 5%, in the order of its predomi- 
nance. 
(2) Name and number of each noxious weed 
seed present. 
(C) Lawn Grass Mixtures. In any size 
container. 
In lieu of the label specified in (B) a special 
label showing: 
(1) That the seed is a mixture. 
(2) Michigan grade. 
(3) Name and percentage of each ingredient 
seed present in excess of 5%. 
(4) Percentage of inert matter. 
(5) Percentage of weed seeds. 
(6) Percentage of other agricultural seeds. 
(7) Percentage of germination of each kind of 
agricultural seed named on the label. 
(8) Month and year seed was tested. Test shall 
have been completed within a 9 month 
period exclusive of the month in which the 
test was completed. 
(9) Name and address of person who labels seed 
or who sells, offers or exposes seed for sale. 

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