Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-08

No l67. \ Published May % 1909
CHAPTER 49, LAWS OF 1909
AN ACT 70 create sections I4o4x--I to
14G4S-l6 Inclusive Of the statues and
70 repeal sectious l494-l1n 14p4--1t 10
and 5484-11p Of the statutes relating
to impurities In seeds and making al aD-
The people OF the State Of wisconsin, rep
resented IN Senate and Assembly do en-
act SIS follows:
section j. There are added to the stat
rtes sixteen new sections 10 read: Section
| lz94x--1. No person, firm or corporation
shall, by himself his agent or representa-
tive II any other person, Grin or corpora.
ton, sell or offer for sale or distriblition
within the state FOR seeding purposes any
lot or package Of agricultural seeds exceed
Ing one pound IN weight unIess the same.
when put up IN either open or closed pack
ages, shall have attached thereto label on
which Is plainly printed or written. IN the
English language the following
a Name aud Kind Of seed.
(2) Fall name and address Of sesdsman n.
Importer. agent dealer.
90 Statement OF purity OF the SEED con
tained therein. Impurities defined Ia sec
lions I494x--3, 1909 and 149%x-5
- GermanatIng power Of seed
90 Locality where seod was grown, u
section 14gAx-2. FOR the purposes Of
this act the term agricultural seeds shall
Include seed Of the red clover ieither ne
clover, alfalfa. timothy orchard grass Ken
lucky blue grass, red top. hromls insrmis
oat grass, rye grass, tba fe5~Iea the mil
lets, other grnss and forage plant saeds, FAX,
rape and cereals
Section i494x-3 I. No agricultural
seeds, as defined In section t4oIx-2. Of
the statutes, shall be sold or offered for sale
or distribution within tie state. which con
tain IN greater numbers than one to one
thousand OF the seed under examination the
seeds of the following named n0xious weeds {:
Canada thistle (carduus arVrnss L.. Rus
sian thistle tsaisOla tra2us L. }. couch guack
or qu' ten grass tagropyron repens Ii. Glow
doddeT lCuS"uta epithymum H., bcld
dodder tcuscuta aTyensis L.. English char
lock or wild mustard tDrassica arvensis L. },
wild oats taTcna tstua L.. corn cookie
Nychnis githaEo) OX-eye daisy tChrysan-
theBum icucGnthemum). butter and eggs
(linarla Enaria). SOW thistle lsOucbu5 ar
yenlsl, ribYort or English plantain 'pian-
tsgo lanceOatal. velvet weed labutiIoD alb
utiion l., or star thistle tcentaurea cal
citrapa L..
2. Where the seeds Of the weeds herein
mentioned are present 10 fewer Plumbers
than one TO one Thousand of the seed being
examined, statement shall be 80 made on
the label attached to the package naming
the weed seeds present therein.
Section 1i94N-4. /. The seeds Of the fol
lowing named weeds shall be classed as I'm
pur!ties in agricultural seeds. as defined n
section 1494Z-2 Of the statutes: Sheep
sorrel (rUmex acetOseia). green fox-tail
(chaetocllOa Viridis L.. yellow fOE-tail, or
pigeon grass tchaetOchloa giauca IL night
lowering eaten 9T fsilene noctihora L.,
black seeded pIainta'n tpiantago rlgeliJ,
common plantain tpIGHtaCo major, curled
Tetro8ezus L.. lambs CHARTERS Cchenopod,
lum albun Ii, lady 5 thumb o! smart weed
(poIygonum per5lcariaj yellow trefoil ltrl-
foiur1 aquarium L. burr clover (medicago
denticuIataj, sweet clover lfGeIlotus alba
and Odicinalisj, chickweed lcerastiup yuga-
tum) orange hawkweed thieracium auran-
tiacum /. }. black bindweed fpolygonum con-
voiyuius Ii, ragweed lambrOsla artemlsae-
foiia l. J.
2. When such impurities or any Of them,
are present Ia Cuantity exceeding two per
cent Of said agricultural seeds the approh-
mate percentage Of each shall be BlaiTIy
stated on the tag attached specified Ia
section f494x-1 OF the statutes
Section 1f94x-5. Sand dirt stick5
broken seeds. other seeds than those men
ton n sections 14S4x---2 and i<9AIA ~