Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-21
No. t67, Al Published May % 1909
CHA FTER 172. LAWS OE 1909

GtdAfTEiR 113, LAWS OF l309.
AN ACT to create sections 1de4x-l to
1404X--16 Inclusive Of the statues and
TO repeal sections l494-t1n, l494-11o
and f494-1Ip Of the statutes relating
TO impurities IN seeds end making an ap-
The people Of the State of wisconsin, rep
resented Ia Senate and Assembly, do en-
act rs follows:
Section /. There are added TO the stat
utes sixteen new sections to read Section
1404x-1. No person. 6rm or corporation
shall by himself, bis agent, or representa-
tive Of any other person firm 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
v hich is plainly printed or written. in the
~ Name and kind Of seed
~ Full name and address OF scotsman,
importer, agent or dealer.
49, Statement of purity Of the seed con
tanned therein. Impurities defined In sec
lions 1494x-a 1494x-4 and 1494K-S
hereof)
~ Germanating power Of seed
10 Locality where seed was grown, II
known.
Section f4o4x--2 For the purposes OF
this act the term agricultural seeds" shall
include seed OF the red clover teither ne
dunn or mamrnothl. white clover aske
clover. alfalfa timothy, orchard grass Ken
lucky blue grass, red top. bromls inerms,
let's other g. and forage plant seeds. fax.
rape and cereals.
seeds. as defined in section 1494x-2, Of
the statutes. shall be sold or offered FOR sale
or Gistribut or 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 no1ious weeds /:
Canada thistle (carduus aryensis Ii, Rus
sian thistle tsalsola tragus u. couch quack
or qu.tch grass tagropyron repens IL. cloV.
er dodder tcuscuta epithymum La. field
dodder fclscuta arVensjs La English char
lock or wild mustard (brassica arvensls L.) ,
Wild oats (avena fatua L.. corn cookie
Cychnis githagol oxeye daisy tchrysan-
tbeplum leucanthemum), butter and eggs
Ginaria l.naria), sow thistle (soncbus ar
venisl ribWort or English plantain tplan-
tago lanceolata). velvet weed tabutilon alb
utiion IL, or star thistle (centaurea cal
etrapa LIZ.
2 Where the seeds of the weeds herein
mentioned are present in fewer numbers
than one to one thousand OF the seed being
examined, statement snail 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
section 149ix-2 of the statutes Sheep
sorrel (rumex acetoseIla) green fox-taii
(chaetochloa vlridis LII yellow fox-taii, or
pigeon grass (chaetochloa glauca LII night
towering catch dy (silene noetiflora Ii,
black seeded piaintain lplantago rugel - /,
common plantain tpiantago MAJOR, curled
dock lrumex crispusl p1g-weed tamaranfhuS
retrofexus IL, lambs quarters (chenopod-
ium album L.. lady's thumb or smart weed
(polygonum persicar.a), yellow trefou {tri-
folium Aquarium L.. burr clover (medicago
denticulatal. sweet clover (meilotus alba
and oficinalis), chickweed (cefastium vuIga-
tuin) orange hawkweed thieraeium auran-
qcuIn L.. black bindweed tpolygonum con-
volvulus L.. ragweed (ambrosia artem.sae-
2 When such impurities. or any of them.
are present IN quantity exceeding two per
cent of said agricultural seeds. the approxi-
mate percentage of each shall be plainly
stated on the tag attached as specified in
section 149fx--1 of the statutes.
Section 1494x-5. Sand. dirt. sticks
broken SEEDS, other seeds than those mem
ton in sections 1494x--3 and 1494x-z Of