River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
No. 1877, Al Published May % 1909.
CHAPTER 173, LAWS OF 1909.

CHAPTER 173, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to create sections l494x--1 to
t4s4x16 incusye. o q the statues and
and 1494--11p of the statutes relating
to impurities In seeds and making an APP
preparation.
The people Of the State of wisconsin, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly. do en-
act as follows:
section 1 There are added TO the stat
utes sixteen new sections 10 read: Section
l494x--1. No person. hrm or corporation
shall, by himself, his agent, or representa-
tive of any other person. 6rrn or corpora
ton, sell or offer for sale or distribution
within the state for seeding purposes any
lot or package Of agricultural seeds exceed
Ing one pound In weight unless the same,
when put up IN either open or closed pack
ages, shall have attached thereto label on
which is plainly printed or written Ia the
E,nglish language. the, following:
(1) Name and kind of seed.
~ Full name and address Of aeedsnAn.
importer, agent or dealer
(S) Statement Of purity Of the seed con-
tained therein Impurities defined In sec,
tions 1494x--9. 1494x-4 and t40<x-5
hereof)
a. Germapating power Of seed
20 Locality where seed was grown. II
section l4s4x-2. For the purposes Of
this act the term Agricultural seeds shall
include seed Of the red clover (either me
diam or r1ammothl, white clover, alslke
clover. alfalfa timothy orchard grass Ken
lucky blue grass. red top. bromls lnermis
x
let's, other grass and forage plant seeds. fax
rape ard cereals.
Section 1494x--s. /. No agricultural
seeds as defined In section 1494x-2, Of
the statutes shall be sold or offered for sale
or distribution within the state. which con-
tain IN greater numbers than one TO one
thousand Of the seed under examination the
seeds Of the following named uoxious weeds !:
Canada thistle lcarduus arveDgis L., Rus
sian thistle tsalsola tragus IL. couch quack
or qu.tch grass (agropyron repens L.. Glow
er dodder leHscuta epithymum LII field
dodder fcuscuta aryensis L.. English char
lock or wild mustard (brassica arvensis l.. +,
wild oats favena fatu0 L.. corn cookie
(lychnis .githago) ox-eye. daisy (chrysan-
themum leucanthemum), butter and eggs
(llnaria linaria). SOW thistle (sonchus ar
yenisl, ribwort or English plantain tplan-
tago lanceoiata) velvet weed (abutilon abb
utilon Id, or star thistle tcentaurea cal
citrapa L..
mentioned are present n fewer numbers
than one TO one thousand Of the seed being
examined. statement shall be so made on
the label attached TO the package naming
the weed seeds present therein.
Section 1494x--4 !. The seeds Of the fol-
lowing named weeds shall be classed as I'M
purities In agricultural seeds as defined IN
section 1892 Of the statutes Sheep
sorrel (rumex acetosella) green fox tai
(chaetochloa FITidis l.. J, yellow fox-tail or
pigeon grass (chaetochioa glauca Ii night
towering cateh.dy (silene noctifiora h.,
black seeded plaintain fplantago rugel y,
common plantaln (piantago major), curled
retrofiexus L.. lambs quarters tchenopod-
ium album L., lady's thumb or smart weed
(polygonum persicaria), yellow trefoil ftri-
folium aquarium LII burr clover (rledicago
denticulatal, sweet clover (melilotus alba
and oficinalisl, chickweed tceragtium vulga-
tum). orange hawkweed (hieracium auran-
tiacuTn Ii, black bIndweed fpoiygorum con-
voivulug L., ragweed (aabrosia artemisae-
folia J.. }.
2 When such impurities. or any Of them,
are present 10 quantity exceeding two per
cent Of said agricultural seeds, the approx
mate percentage Of each shah be plainly
stated on the tag attached as specified In
section 1494x-1 Of the statutes
Section 1494x--5. Sand dirt, sticks,
broken seeds. other seeds Than those men
ton In sections 1494x-3 and 1A04x--A Of