
H.G. WASHBURN, Jr. 
Representing in the South 
) 
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SEED CORN 
PEAS BEANS 
VEGETABLE 
AND 
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WRITE FOR SPOT OR CONTRACT 
PRICES ON SEED OF THE 
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McCrea Seed Co. 
O & M Seed Co. 
Waldo Rohnert Co. 
J. C. Robinson Seed Co. 
Wash. Co-op. E. & P. Ass'n 
Simpson Nursery Co. 
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ATLANTA 

GEORGIA 


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to every section of the 
northern corn belt from 
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(B) Mixed Agricultural Seeds. Every lot. 
Same as for unmixed seed except that it must 
be called ‘‘Mixed”’ or a ‘‘Mixture’”’ and the in- 
formation required under items (A) 1, 3 and 
7 shall be given for each agricultural seed 
present in excess of 5% in the order of its pre- 
dominance. 
(C) Vegetable Seeds. Every lot. 
1. Name of kind and variety. 
2. For seeds which germinate less than the 
standard last established by the Director of 
Agriculture. (See page 102 for standards.) 
(a) Percentage of germination, exclusive of 
hard seed. 
(b) Percentage of hard seed. ~ 
(c) Month and year of test. Test shall have 
been completed within a nine month 
period exclusive of the month in which 
it was completed. 
(d) The words “BELOW STANDARD.” 
3. Name and number per pound of secondary 
noxious weeds. 
4. Name and address of the person who labeled 
acca a who sells, offers or exposes said seed 
or sale. 
NOXIOUS WEEDS 
1. Primary noxious weeds. Prohibits seed con- 
taining any subject to tolerances. 
Quack grass—Agropyron repens; Canada 
thistle—Cirsium arvense; Bindweed—Con- 
volvulus arvenisis and C. sepium; Perennial 
sow thistle—Sonchus arvensis; Hoary cress 
or White top—Lepidium draba, L. repens and 
Hymenophysa pubescens; Yellow toadflax— 
Linaria vulgaris; Russian knapweed—Cen- 
taurea picris; Blue flowering lettuce—Lactuca 
pulchella; Leafy spurge—Euphorbia esula; 
Camelthorn—Alhagi pseudalhagi; Austrian 
field cress—Radicula austriaca; Perennial 
peppergrass—Lepidum latifolium. 
2. Secondary noxious weeds. 
Alkali mallow—Sida hederacea; Corn cockle 
—Agrostemma githago; -Docks—Rumex spp. ; 
St. Johnswort—Hypericum perforatum; Dod- 
der—Cuscuta spp.; Fanweed—Thlaspi ar- 
vense; Poverty weed—lIva axillaris; Wild 
mustard—Brassica species; Plantain—Plan- 
tain species; Perennia! ground cherry— 
Physalis subglabrata. 
PROHIBITS THE SALE, OFFERING OR 
EXPOSING FOR SALE OF: 
AGRICULTURAL AND VEGETABLE SEEDS 
1. Unless the test for germination shall have 
been completed within a 9-months period, 
exclusive of the month in which the test was 
completed. 
2. Containing primary noxious weeds subject to 
tolerances prescribed in the rules and regu- 
lations. 
SEED LABORATORY AND TESTS 
Seed Laboratory, Dept. of Agronomy, State Col- 
lege of Washington, Pullman, Washington, E. G. 
Schafer in charge. Dwight D. Forsyth, seed an- 
alyst. State Dept. of Agriculture, Olympia, Wash. 
Tests. One free test (purity and germination) 
will be made per year for any person residing 
in the state. Additional tests will be charged 
as follows: 
FOR PURITY 
(1) Peas, beans, vetches, cereals, beets, 
mustards, cabbage, melons, parsnips 
and Carrots. (oc. seereyapeiae esta ee $0 
(2) Alfalfa, clovers, wheatgrasses, rye- 
grasses and timothy... sc) ose) eae 1.00 
(3) Bentgrasses, bluegrasses, orchard grass, 
finey fescues'.\5'o0..).a. cane aeons 2.00 
(4) Seed mixtures containing two species 
when the lesser of the two species 
consists of more than five percent 
(S%) of the ‘totall.5 Se eee 3.0) 
(5) Charges shall be made according to time 
required to make tests of mixtures of moje 
than two species, for dirty samples and 
screenings. 
FOR GERMINATION TESTS 
(1) Seeds in purity groups (1) and (2). 30 50 
(2) Seeds in purity group (3) 1.00 
(3) Charges for germination of mixtures shall 
be the sum of the charges for germinating 
each single species as given above. 
ENFORCEMENT 
Director of Agriculture, Walter J. Robinson, 
Olympia, Washington. 
Charles D. Gaines, State Seed Inspector. 
LICENSE 
An annual license, fee $10.00, must be ob- 
tained from the Director of Agriculture for 
each separate place of business. License ex- 
pires Dec. 31st of each year. 
Merchants selling only seeds in sealed packages 
of 8 ounces or less are exempt from license fee 
provided seed packages bear name and address 
of packetor who is licensed. 
“STOP SALE” orders for any lot of agricultural or 
vegetable seeds may be issued and enforced by 
the Director of Agriculture if he finds or has 
reason to suspect the seed is in violation of any 
of the provisions of this act, prohibiting further 
sale of said seed until he has evidence that the 
law has been complied with. No ‘‘Stop Sale’’ 
order shall be issued or attached without first 
giving the owner or custodian an opportunity to 
comply with the law or to withdraw the seed 
from sale. The owner or custodian shall have 
the right to appeal from such order to a court 
of competent jurisdiction, praying for a judg- 
ment as to the justification of said order and for 
the discharge of said seed from the order in ac- 
cordance with the findings of the court. 
SEIZURE. Any lot of agricultural or vegetable 
seed not in compliance with the provisions of the 
seed law shall be subject to seizure on com- 
plaint of the Director of Agriculture to a court 
of competent jurisdiction in the area in which 
the seed is located. If the court finds it in 
such violation and orders the condemnation of 
said seed it shall be denatured, processed, de- 
stroyed, relabeled or otherwise disposed of in 
compliance with the laws of the state. No such 
disposition of said seed shall be ordered without 
first having given the claimant an opportunity 
to apply to the court for the release of said 
seed or permission to process or relabel it to 
bring it into compliance with the act. 
ADDITIONAL! FEATURES 
SCREENINGS. Any screenings or other material 
removed in the cleaning of agricultural, turf or 
vegetable seeds containing ‘Noxious weed” 
seeds are declared to be a menace to agriculture. 
and by agreement with the owner may be de- 
stroyed. Said screenings may be ground or 
treated in a manner approved by the Director 
of Agriculture that will destroy the viability of 
the seed before it can be used for feeding pur- 
poses. Any screenings not ground or treated 
may be removed from the cleaning establish- 
ment only under permit issued by the Director 
of Agriculture and shall be labeled “SSCREEN- 
INGS CONTAINING NOXIOUS WEEDS. 
UNFIT FOR PLANTING OR FEEDING PUR- 
POSES IN WASHINGTON.” 
WEST VIRGINIA 
Law 1937 Regulations of 1942 
INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR: 
(A) Agricultural Seeds. Every lot. 
(1) Commonly accepted name of: (Regula- 
tion). 
(a) Kind, 
(b)° Variety, or 
(c) Type. 
(2) Percentage of pure seed. 
(3) Percentage of weed seed (prohibit 3%). 
(4) Percentage of other agricultural seeds. 
(Regulation.) 
(5) Percentage of: (Regulation.) 
(a) Germination, exclusive of hard seeds. 
(b) Hard seeds. 
(c) Month and year of test. 
Following a & b “Total” may be shown if 
desired. 
(6) Origin of red clover, alsike clover and 
alfalfa. 
(7) Name-and address of vendor. 
(8) Name and number per ounce of each 
kind of noxious weed seeds present in 
excess of: 
(a) One in each 5 grams. (See page 
106, group A.) 
(b) One in each 25 grams. 
(c) One in each 100 grams. 
‘B) Mixtures (All mixtures — Regula- 
tions). Every lot. 
(1) That such seed is a mixture. 
(2) Name and percentage of each kind of 
agricultural seed present in excess of 5% 
of the total mixture. 
(3) Percentage of weed seeds (prohibit 3%). 
(4) For each kind of agricultural seed men- 
tioned in (2) give percentage of: 
(a) Germination, exclusive of hard seeds. 
(b) Hard seeds. 
(c) Month and year of test. 
Following a & b “Total” may be given if 
desired. 
(5) Origin of red clover, alsike clover and 
alfalfa. (Regulation.) 
(6) Name and address of vendor. 
(7) Name and number per ounce of each 
kind of noxious weed seed present. 
(Regulation. ) 
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