MINNESOTA 
Law as Amended 1943. 
INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR: 
(A) Agricultural Seeds. Each container 
of 1 pound or more. 
Attach Minnesota Sales Tags. (Information in 
not less than 8 point Gothic caps.) 
1. Commonly accepted name of kind. 
2. Percentage of pure seed. 
3. Percentage of weed seeds. (Prohibit 2%.) 
4. Percentage of germination. 
5. Date of germination test. Date of test must 
not be over 9 months old exclusive of the 
month in which the test was made. 
6. Where grown (in case of corn, the county). 
7. Name and address of the person who labeled 
pe. or who sells, offers or exposes seed for 
sale. 
8. Name and number per pound of the follow- 
ing noxious weed seeds whenever the total 
number of any or all exceeds ten per pound; 
if less the word ‘“‘trace’’ together with the 
name of each kind shall be given. 
Quack grass, Canada thistle, perennial sow 
thistle, dodder, Ox-eye daisy, buckhorn, 
Frenchweed and hoary alyssum. 
(B) Mixtures of Agricultural seeds. Each 
Container of 1 pound or more. 
Attach Minnesota Sales Tags. (Information in 
not less than 8 point Gothic caps. ) 
Same as for unmixed agricultural seeds except it 
must be called ““MIXED” or a ‘“MIXTURE,” 
and the information required under items (A) 
1, 2, and 5 shall be given for each component 
present in excess of 5%. 
(C) Special Mixtures. Each container of 
8 ounces or more. 
Attach Minnesota Sales Tags. (Information in 
not less than 8 point Gothic caps.) 
Same as for (B) Mixtures of Agricultural seed 
except the percentage of inert matter must be 
given. Lawn seed mixtures require only the 
name of the noxious weed seeds present. 
(D) Vegetable Seeds. 
Not included under the law, however mangles 
and sugar beets are included under Agricultural 
seed. 
(E) Hybrid Seed Corn. Each container. 
Use Minnesota Sales Tags. (Information in not 
less than 8 point Gothic caps.) 
Definition—‘‘Hybrid Seed Corn’’ shall be seed 
of the first generation of a cross involving two, 
three or four different inbred lines of corn or 
their combinations and shall be restricted to 
seed of single crosses, three-way crosses and 
double crosses, these in turn being defined as 
follows: 
(1) Singie cross—The first generation of a 
hybrid between two inbred lines. 
(2) Three-way cross—The first generation 
of a hybrid between a single cross and 
an inbred line. 
(3) Double cross—The first generation of 
a hybrid between two single crosses. 
Maturity Zones—The Director of the Agricul- 
tural Experiment station of the University 
of Minnesota shall determine, establish and 
number or otherwise identify corn growing 
sections of the state and determine and pub- 
lish for each section so established, the ap- 
proximate number of days growing season re- 
quired for corn from emergence of the corn 
plants above ground after planting to ma- 
turity. 
Label—In addition to label requirements un- 
der (A) the label must state: 
(1) Whether said hybrid corn is a single 
cross, three-way cross or double cross. 
(2) The year and state where grown and the 
variety. 
(3) The approximate number of days for 
maturity in the section in Minnesota 
where said corn is intended to be grown. 
A record of each hybrid seed corn vari- 
ety including zone for which adapted 
shall be filed by February Ist of each 
year by the originator or owner with the 
Commissioner of Agriculture. Filing fee 
$2.00, annual renewal $1.00. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
PROHIBIT IF PRESENT. 
Creeping Jennie—Convolvulus arvensis. No tol- 
erance allowed. 
Leafy spurge—Euphorbia esula. 
allowed. 
No tolerance 
Perennial peppergrass—Lepidium draba. 
Horse nettle—Solanum carolinense. 
Austrian fieldcress—Ropia austriaca, 
PROHIBIT IF IN EXCESS OF 10 PER POUND 
SINGLY OR COLLECTIVELY. 
Quack grass—Agropyron repens, 
Canada thistle—Carduus arvensis. , 
Perennial sow thistle—Sonchus arvensis. 
PROHIBIT IF PRESENT IN EXCESS OF 25 PER 
POUND SINGLY OR COLLECTIVELY. 
Dodders—Cuscuta spp. 
Ox-eye daisy—Chrysanthemum leucanthemum. 
Buckhorn—Plantago lanceolata. 
Frenchweed—Thlaspi arvense. 
Hoary alyssum—Berteroa incana. 
PROHIBIT THE SALE, OFFERING OR 
EXPOSING FOR SALE OF; 
Agricultural seeds or mixtures of the same ccn- 
taining: 
1. Any seeds of creeping Jennie and leafy 
spurge, no tolerance allowed. 
2. Any seeds of perennial peppergrass, horse 
nettle, Austrian field cress. 
3. In excess of 2% of weed seeds. 
4. Other noxious weed seeds in excess of the 
number given under the heading Noxious 
Weeds singly or collectively. 
SEED LABORATORY AND TESTS 
State Seed Testing Laboratory — University 
Farm, St. Paul. J. L. Larson, Chief Analyst. 
Fees for tests (5 free samples allowed during a 
year.) 
Germination— 
25 cents—corn, peas, flax, beans, cereals, vetch 
and such larger seeds. 
30 cents—alfalfa, clovers, timothy and similar 
seeds. 
40 cents—blue grass, fescue and similar or 
smaller grass seeds. 
Purity— 
25 cents—cereals, buckwheat, flax, vetch and 
other seeds of similar size. 
50 cents—millets, Sudan grass, alfalfa, alsike 
clover, red clover, sweet clover, rape, timothy, 
rye grass, slender wheat grass and all similar 
seeds and mixtures of seeds hereinbefore named. 
$1.00—White clover, all mixtures of clover, or- 
rare grass, and wheat grass, and all uncleaned 
seed. 
$2.00—Kentucky blue grass, red top, and bent 
grasses, and all lawn grass mixtures, 
ENFORCEMENT 
State Dept. of Agriculture, 537 State Office 
Bldg., St. Paul. Division of weed and seed con- 


SELL and USE 
YANOGAS 
The Universal Pest Destroyer 
"It's the gas that kills "em" 
CYANOGAS* is calcium cya- 
nide, a materia] which liber- 
ates hydrocyanic acid gas 
(HCN) on exposure to the 
natural moisture in the air. 
A fine powder, CYANOGAS 
A-DUST is adapted to use 
with a duster for rodent con- 
trol and for various other 
purposes in the field of insect 
and rodent control. CYANO- 
GAS ANT-KILLER is special- 
ly packed for treating ant 
nests in lawns and gardens. 
CYANOGAS G-FUMIGANT 
is comparable to sea-sand in 
the size of the particles, flows 
and sifts freely and is dustless 
in application; it is used for 
‘fumigation. ~ 
FARMERS, RANCHERS, 

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WOODCHUCKS (GROUND 
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SQUIRRELS, GOPHERS and 
PRAIRIE DOGS. 
GARDENERS, HOME OWN- 
ERS use CYANOGAS ANT: 
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dens of ants. 
GREENHOUSES use CYAN- 

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throughout the year for the 
control of many kinds of in- 
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FLOUR MILLS, GRAIN EL- 
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PEST CONTROL OPERA- 
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OFFICERS are buyers and 
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other pests. 
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