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Miss Wynona Robbins—Chief Analyst. 
Fees for tests—Residents of Texas: Agricultural 
seeds free; vegetable and flower seed purity 25c, 
germination 25c. Out of state firms: Purity 2oc, 
germination 25c. 
ENFORCEMENT AND REGULATIONS 
Enforcement is under the Department of Agri- 
culture, Austin, Texas. 
J. E. McDonald, Commissioner. 
Linden E. Jones, Chief of Seed Laboratory 
Division. 
Certified Copy of the information required on 
the tag, (see (A) above) shall be filed with 
the Commissioner of Agriculture covering the 
lot of seed to be sold. 
Inspection tax of not over 1 cent for each 100 
pounds or fraction thereof shall be paid to the 
Commissioner and a tag furnished by the Com- 
missioner shall be attached to the container of 
the seed offered for sale. 
(These tags constitute the ‘‘tested’’ seed labels 
and must bear the analysis (Sec. A).) 
To ship Cotton seed—a certificate of field in- 
spection made by county or state authorities 
must be filed with Seed Laboratory Division, 
Department of Agriculture, Austin. If fields 
were inspected, the per cent must be stated 
on the certificate. Over 2% denied entry. 
UTAH 
Lotton, Alfalfa, Corn and Sorghum seed (either | 
sweet or grain) must meet the requirement 
set forth by the Commissioner of Agriculture | 
and shall bear a special tag issued by him. He 
shall have authority tu refuse permission to ship | 
such seed into lexas when the records and in- | 
formation of his ayents show the seed tu be 
inferior quality, lacking prescribed varietal 
purity or from diseased fields. 
All planting seed shipped into Texas bearing 
labels denoting Registered or Certified seed shall 
have been produced under standards equal to 
standards in Texas for such class of seed. If 
not approved they may bear Registration or 
Certification tags issuea Dy tne state o1 origin 
provided such tags are plainly marked—‘‘These 
tags do not meet the requirements of Registra- 
tion or Certification in Texas.” 

Prohibit use of Red or Blue Tags except when 
used by duly qualified plant breeders or cer- 
tified seed growers unless such tags are marked 
in bold type, ‘‘Non-Registered’’ or ‘‘Non-Cer- 
tified” seed. 
Where such terms as “from officially inspected 
fields,’’ ‘‘State Inspected,’? ‘‘Approved Seed,”’ 
“Inspected Fields,’ ‘‘first year from Certified 
Seed,’ ‘tas good as Certified’ and similar terms 
are used, such written material shall plainly 
show the words, ‘‘Non-Registered’’ ur ‘*Non- 
Certified.” 

Revised Statutes of 1933 and Regulations 
INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR: 
(A) Agricultural Seeds. Each container 
or lot. 
1. Commonly accepted name. 
2. Lot number or designation. 
3. Percentage of pure seed. 
4. Percentage of weed seeds, Prohibit over 1%, 
a tolerance of 5% of cheat, chesses and 
downy brome grass allowed in grasses. 
5. Name and number per pound, not to exceed 
90 per pound, of secondary noxious weeds. 
6. Percentage of germination together with the 
month and year tested. 
7. Where grown. 
8. Name and address of vendor. 
(B) Mixtures of not more than two kinds 
Each container or lot. 
1. That such seed is a mixture. 
2. Lot number or designation. 
3. Name and percent of each kind of agricul- 
tural seed present in excess of 5% of the 
total mixture. 
4. Percentage of weed seeds. Prohibit over 1%, 
a tolerance of 5% of cheat, chesses and 
downy brome grass allowed in grasses. 
5. Name and number per pound, not to exceed 
90 per pound of secondary noxious weeds. 
6. Percentage of germination of each kind of 
agricultural seed in excess of 5% together 
with the month and year tested. 
7. Where grown. 
8. Name and address of vendor. 
(C) Special Mixtures. Each container or 
lot. 
1. That such seed is a mixture. 
2. Lot number or designation. 
3. Name of each kind of agricultural seed pres- 
ent in excess of 5% of the total mixture. 
4. Percentage of weed seeds. Prohibit over 1%, 
a tolerance of 5% of cheat, chesses and 
downy brome grass allowed in grasses. 
Percentage of inert matter. 
Name and number per pound, not to exceed 
90 per pound of secondary noxious weeds. 
7. Where grown. 
8. Name and address of vendor. 
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(D) Vegetable Seed. Each container or 
lot. 
Label same as agricultural seeds (A). 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
Primary—Prohibited. 
White top—Cardia draba and C. pubescens; wild 
morning-glory—Convolvulus arvense; Canada 
thistle—Cirsium arvense; Russian knapweed 
Centaurea repens (C. picris) ; perennial sow this- 
t'e—Sonshus arvensis; perennial ragweed—Am- 
brosia_ psilostachya; leafy spurge—Euphorbia 
esula; puncture vine—Tribulus terrestris; black 
night-shade—Solanum nigrum (including var. vil- 
losum); blue-flowering lettuce—Lactuca pul- 
chella; quack grass—Agropyron repens; Bermuda 
grass—Cynodon dactylon; bur buttercup—Ra- 
nunculus testiculatus. 

BUYERS GUIDE 
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Secondary 
Give name and number per pound, prohibited if 
in excess of 90 per pound. 
Poison milkweed—Ascelepias gladioides; burdock 
—Arctium minus; bull thistle—Cirsium lanceo- 
latum; cockle bur—Nanthium spp.; dodder— 
Cuscuta spp.; three flowering nightshade—Sol- 
anum triflorum; poverty weed—lIva_ axi'laris; 
larkspur—Delphinium Menzietti and D. occiden- 
ta’is; poison hemlock—Conium maculatum; 
plantain—Plantago major; crab grass—Digitaria 
Ischaenum. 
PROHIBIT THE SALE, OFFERING OR 
EXPOSING FOR SALE OF: 
Seed Containing: 
(a) Primary noxious weeds. 
(b) In excess of 90 secondary noxious weed seeds 
per pound. 
(c) In excess of 1% of weed seeds, tolerance of 
5% of cheat, chesses and downy brome al- 
lowed in grasses. 
SEED LABORATORY AND TESTS 
State Seed Laboratory. 
Department of Agriculture. 
Salt Lake City, Utah. 
Georgeanna Cameron, Analyst. 
TESTS. 
Certified alfalfa and red clover......... 50 cents 
Common alfalfa, clovers, small grains, 
CUCM teen cee eee tre des cians 25 cents 
(GEASSOS Mea arco BANS Cease setae fe neem 75 cents 
AMF SenMINAtlONS stoic sere selec eis csi ere 25 cents 
ENFORCEMENT 
State Board of Agriculture. 
Salt Lake City, Utah. 
ADDITIONAL FEATURES 
Screenings must be ground or otherwise devital- 
ized under supervision of State Board of Agricul- 
ture. Screenings of Alfalfa, Clover or Timothy 
or other seed of sufficient value which do not 
contain noxious weeds may be released by au- 
thority of the State Board of Agriculture. 
Quarantine and disposal of any seed, feed or 
hay containing any primary noxious weeds, plants 
or seeds, to be made -by District Agricultural 
Inspectors. 
Seeds or Feeds Quarantined because of primary 
noxious weeds not permitted to be transported 
within or without the state. May be cleaned 
under supervision of an official representative of 
State Board of Agriculture. If found free from 
primary noxious weed seeds, may be released for 
distribution, otherwise must be destroyed. 
Packet Seeds—Seeds commonly sold in small 
package or from bulk in small amounts may be 
exempt from the labeling provisions, provided 
the container containing such packages or seeds 
is labeled. The vendor’s name and address must 
appear on each smaller container in said lot of 
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MERCHANTS OF THE 
SOUTHWEST have at their 
command large stocks of Gar- 
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centrally located for receipt of 
prompt shipments. 
NICHOLSON’S SEEDS have 
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the Southwest for more than a 
half century. If you do not re- 
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send us your name. 
ROBERT NICHOLSON 
SEED CO. 
DALLAS - 
TEXAS 

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