$. Name and number per pound of each kind 
of noxious weed present singly or collectively 
in excess of one seed in each 15 grams. 
6. For each kind of agricultural seed present in 
excess of 5% give: 
(a) Percentage of germination, exclusive of 
hard seeds. 
(b) Percentage of hard seeds. 
(c) Month and year of test. 
7. Name and address of vendor. 
(Regulation.) 
(D) Vegetable seeds. Each separate con- 
tainer. 
1. Kind of seed and the variety. 
2. Percentage of germination together with 
the year seed was tested (using type not 
smaller than 10 point). 
3. Name and address of person or firm that 
Ppacketed the seed and labeled the same. 
(E) Flower seeds. Each separate con- 
(F) Tree and Shrub Seeds. 
arate container. 
tainer. 
1. Kind of seed and variety. 
2. Name and address of person or firm that 
packeted the seed and labeled the same. 
Each sep- 
1. The kind of seed, and the variety. 
The approximate percentage by weight of 
pure seed. 
The approximate percentage of germination. 
The year of collection of such seed. 
The specific locality (state and county in 
the United States, or nearest equivalent 
political unit in the case of foreign countries) 
in which the seed was collected. 
6. The name and address of the vendor of 
such seeds. 
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(G) Potatoes. Each separate container. 
1. The variety or varietal type. 
2. U.S. grade of the contents. 
3. Name and address of grower or vendor. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Quack grass—Agropyron repens; wild mustard 
—Brassica arvensis and other Brassica species; 
Canada thistle—Cirsium arvense; dodder—Cus- 
cuta species; crabgrass—Digitaria species; docks 
—Rumex species. 
SEED LABORATORY AND TESTS 
Seed Laboratory. 
New York State Agricultural Experiment Sta- 
tion, Geneva, New York. 
M. T. Munn, State Seed Analyst. 
ENFORCEMENT 
Enforcement—Department of Agriculture, Al- 
bany, New York. C. Chester Du Mond, Com- 
missioner of Agriculture. 
“STOP SALE.” 
The commissioner or his authorized agents may 
remove from further sale or prohibit from sale, 
any unlabeled seed or any seed which is found 
to be grossly unclean as to be unfit for seeding 
purposes until it has been properly recleaned, 
and may prohibit further sale or destroy after 
due process of law, seeds which are found to 
be so weak or low in germination as to be 
useless for seeding purposes. 
ADDITIONAL FEATURES 
“Commonly accepted name’’ shall mean the 
complete botanical designation commonly ac- 
cepted by the public and seed trade as Leam- 
ing corn, Ithacan oats, Grimm alfalfa, not 
simply corn, oats and alfalfa. 
Germination shall mean the percentage of seeds 
which are capable of sprouting promptly into 
normal seedlings. Hard seeds as found in le- 
gumes may be stated separately and shall not 
be added to the percentage of germination or 
used in such a way as to be misleading. 
“Seed unfit for seeding purposes’ shall be un- 
derstood to mean those lots which contain nox- 
ious weeds in excess of the average commercial 
grades for that particular season or mixtures 
containing in excess of 1.5% of troublesome 
weeds or special lawn seed mixtures containing 
in excess of 20% of inert matter. These are 
subject to removal from sale. 
Seed stocks showing less than one-half the so- 
called standard germination as accepted in seed 
control and seed trade practices shall be con- 
sidered too low in germination and unfit for 
sale. 
The term ‘‘kybrid’’ must not be used in con- 
nection with any kind of seed corn unless such 
stock is the seed of the first generation of a con- 
trolled cross between strains of different parent- 
age and involving one or more inbred lines of 
corn or their combinations. 
“Certified Seed.’ Use of word “‘certified’” limited 
to seed which has been certified by an official of 
a State or Federal agency (part of the law). 

NORTH CAROLINA 
Law 1941, Regulations of 1941-43 
INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAGS 
Use North Carolina state tags. 
(A) Agricultural seeds. Ten pounds or 
more. 
1. Commonly accepted name of: 
(a) Kind or 
(b) Kind and variety. 
Lot number or other identification number. 
Percentage of purity. 
Percentage of inert matter. 
Percentage of weed seeds. Prohibit if in ex- 
cess of 3%. Dallis grass and carpet grass 5%. 
Percentage of other agricultural seeds. 
Percentage of: 
(a) Germination, exclusive of hard seed. 
(b) Hard seed. 
(c) Month and year of test. The test for 
germination shall have been completed 
within nine months prior to sale or ex- 
posure for sale. 
8. Origin, if unknown it must be so stated. 
9. Name and address of person labeling seed, 
or who sells, offers or exposes seed for sale. 
10. Name and number per pound of secondary 
noxious weed seeds. (Regulation.) 
Requirements under 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10 shall not 
apply to cotton, corn and tobacco. 
SID UHWNY 
(B) Mixed agricultural seeds. Ten pounds 
or more. 
Same as for unmixed seed, except that it must 
be called ‘‘Mixed” or a ‘‘mixture’’ and the in- 
formation required under 1, 3, and 7 shall be 
given for each agricultural seed present in ex- 
cess of 5%. 
(C) Vegetable seeds. Ten pounds or more. 
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1. Name of kind and variety. 
2. Seed which germinates equal to or above 
the standard last established, the words 
“NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD” may 
be used in lieu of the actual germination. 
For standards see page 102. 
3. For seed which germinates less than the 
standard last adopted give: 
(a) Percentage of germination, exclusive of 
hard seeds. 
(b) Percentage of hard seeds. 
(c) Month and year of test. The test for 
germination shall have been completed 
within nine months prior to sale or ex- 
posure for sale. 
(d) The words ““BELOW STANDARD.” 
4. Name and address of person labeling seed, 
or who sells, offers or exposes seed for sale. 
(D) Vegetable seeds. 
In containers of less than ten pounds which 
germinate less than the standard last adopted, 
shall show the actual germination. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
PRIMARY NOXIOUS WEEDS. PROHIBITED. 
Johnson grass—Sorghum halepense; bindweed— 
Convolvulus arvensis. 
SECONDARY NOXIOUS WEEDS. 
Wild onion—Allium vineale; corncockle—Agros- 
temma githago; cheat—Bromus secalinus; dod- 
der—Cuscuta spp. : 
PROHIBITS THE SALE OF— 
1. Seed, unless the germination test shall have 
been completed within a nine month period. 
2. Seed containing Primary noxious weeds sub- 
ject to the tolerances prescribed in the rules 
and regulations. 
3. Small grains (wheat, oats, rye and barley) 
containing more than 100 Secondary noxious 
. weed seeds per pound. 
4, Seed containing more than 1,000 dodder per 
pound. 
5. Seed containing in excess of 3% of weed 
seeds except carpet grass and Dallis grass 
which shall not exceed 5%. 
SEED LABORATORY AND TESTS 
Seed Laboratory, 
Raleigh. 
J. W. Woodside, Botanist. 
Tests—Free to citizens of the state. To non- 
residents the fee for purity 25 cents and for 
germination 25 cents. 
Department of Agriculture, 
ENFORCEMENT 
Enforcement—Department of Agriculture, Ra- 
leigh, North Carolina. 
D. S. Coltrane, Assistant to Commissioner, 
Licensing. 
Each seed dealer selling, offering or exposing 
for sale in, or for export from this state, of 
any agricultural, vegetable or flower seed, other 
than packet or package seeds, for seeding pur- 
i 
poses, shall register with the Department of 
Agriculture the name of such dealer, and_ shail 
on the first of January annually obtain a license 
paying: 
(1) $25.00 if a wholesaler or a wholesaler and 
retailer. 
(2) $10.00 if a retailer with sales in excess of 
$100.00 for the calendar year. Each branch 
of any wholesaler or retailer shall obtain 
a retail license. 
(3) $1.00 if a retailer at a permanent location 
with sales not in excess ot $100.00. (Owners 
or operators of harvesting or threshing ma- 
chines operating on a share basis and sell- 
ing only seed obtained in this manner shall 
be exempt from obtaining a license.) 
Stamps. 
Inspection stamps of $1.00 shall be purchased 
from the Department of Agriculture for each 
72 dozen packets or packages of vegetable or 
flower seeds or portion thereof. 
(1) Stamps shall be secured by the producer, 
grower, jobber or other person, firm or 
corporation shipping such seed into the state 
betore shipment to agent or retailer, and 
furnished to said agent or retailer for at- 
tachment. 
(2) Producer, grower or jobber or other per- 
son, firm or corporation, residing within 
this state shall secure said stamps and at- 
tach to the display case before said seed 
is offered for sale. 
(3) When package seed of one kind or variety 
are oftered or exposed for sale in boxes or 
display cases not in excess of three dozen 
packages, a ten cent stamp shall be pur- 
chased and attached to said box. 
Tags. 
(1) A North Carolina seed analysis tag pur- 
chased from the Department of Agriculture 
for 1 cent each shall be attached to each 
container of 10 pounds or more. If 
shipped into the state, said tag shall be 
secured by person shipping such seed. 
(2) Seed containing more than 500 dodder seed 
per pound shall be designated as “Low 
Grade Seed” and shall be labeled with a 
red tag. 
“STOP SALE.’ The Commissioner of Agriculture 
or his authorized agents shall issue ‘‘Stop Sale” 
orders which shall prohibit further sale of any 
lot of seed which he has reason to believe is - 
being offered or exposed for sale in violation of 
any provisions of this act, until the law has 
been complied with, or said violation otherwise 
legally disposed of. 
WITHDRAWAL FROM SALE. The Commis- 
sioner of Agriculture may withdraw from sale 
seed not having a reasonable viability or that 
are extremely impure, or that are of distinct 
low quality otherwise, notwithstanding they may 
be properly labeled, when such withdrawal is 
in the interest of normal crop production. 
NORTH DAKOTA 

Act of 1931 Regulations of 1939, 
Amended 1941 
INFORMATION REQUIRED ON 
ANALYSIS TAGS 
(A) 
Agricultural seeds. Every lot. 
1. Commonly accepted name. 
Lot number or other lot identification. 
Percentage of purity. 
Percentage of inert matter. 
Percentage of weed seeds. 
Percentage of other agricultural seeds. 
Percentage of germination, together with 
the month and year of test. 
Where grown—state and county in case 
of corn, and state in case of alfalfa and 
clovers. 
9. Name and address of vendor. 
10. Seed containing noxious weed seeds shall 
be labeled to show their presence if pres- 
ent, singly or collectively, in excess of: 
“Prohibited Noxious Weed Seeds’”—1 
seed in 90 grams. 
“Primary Noxious Weed Seeds”—1 
seed in 20 grams. 
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(B) Mixtures of two kinds. Every lot. 
(C) 
1. That such seed is a mixture. 
2. Name and percentage of each kind present 
in excess of 5% of total mixture. 
3. Name and number per pound of each kind 
of noxious weed present singly or collectively 
in excess of one seed in each 15 grams. 
4. Percentage of germination of each kind pres- 
ent in excess of 5% together with the month 
and year tested. 
5. Where grown, state and county in case of 
corn, and state in case of alfalfa and’ 
clover. 
6. Name and address of vendor. 
Special Mixtures. Every lot. 
1. That such seed is a mixture. 
2. Name of each seed which is present in pro- 
Portion of 5% or more of the total mixture. 
SEED TRADE 
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