Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15
No. 1877, A. Published May % 1909.
CHAPTER 173, LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to create sections 1494x-1 to
1494x-16. inclusive, Of the statues and
to repeal sections 1494--11n. 1494-11o
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 l. There are added to the stat
utes sixteen new sections to read: Section
1494x-1. No person, firm or corporation
shall, by himself, his 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 q label on
which is plainly printed or written, in the
English language, the following:
ID Name and kind of seed.
(2) Full name and address of scotsman,
importer, agent or dealer.
~ Statement of purity of the seed con-
tained therein. Impurities defined in sec
tions 1494x-3, 1494x--4 and 1494x-5
"a Germanating power of seed
t5) Locality where seed was grown, Il
known.
Section 1494x--2. For the purposes of
this act the term agricultural seeds" shall
include seed of the red clover (either me-
dunn or mammoth). white clover, alsike
lucky blue grass. red top, bromis inermis,
Dat grass, rye grass, the fescues, the mil
lets. other grass and forage plant seeds, flax,
rape and cereals.
Section 1494x-3 1. 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 noxious weeds
Canada thistle (carduus arvensts L., Rus
sian thistle (salsola tragus L.), couch quack
or quitch grass tagropyron repens L., Glow
CIR dodder (cuscuta epithymum L., field
dodder (cuscuta arvens.s L.), English char
lock or wild mustard (brassica arYensis L.
wild oats (avena fatua L., corn cookie
1ychris githago) ox-eye daisy (chrysan-
thenum leucanthemum). butter and eggs
venis1 ribwort or English plantain (plan-
tage lanceolata), velvet weed (abutilon abb
ntiion L.. or star thistle (centaurea cal
2 Where tie seeds Of the weeds herein
mentioned are present IN 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. J.. The seeds OF the fol-
lowing named weeds Shall be classed as inn
purities in agricultural needs. as defined m
section 1494x-2 of the statutes: Sheep
sorrel lruInex acetosella). green fox-tail
(ehaetochloa viridis La yellow fox tail, or
pigeon grass (chaetochloa glauca l.. night
towering catch dy (silene noctifiora H.,
black seeded plaintain (pantago ruge.i),
common plantain (plantago MAJOR, curled
dock trumeX crlSpuS) pIg-Weed tamafanthuS
retroflexus L), lambs quarters (chenopod-
iurn album L.), lady's thumb smart weed
(polygonum persicaria). yellow trefoH (tri-
folium aquarium L. burr clover (medicago
denticniatal, sweet clover (meilotus alba
and oficinalis). chickweed (cerastium vulga-
tum), orange hawlweed (hieracium auran-
tiacum la black bindweed (polygonum con-
volyulus L., ragweed (ambrosia artemisae-
folia L..
2 When such impurities, or any of them,
are present in quantity exceeding two per
cent of said agricultural seeds, the approx
mate percentage of each shall be plainly
stated on the tag attached specified in
section 1494x--1 of the statutes.
Section 1494x--5. Sand. dirt, sticks
broken seeds. other seeds than those men
tion in sections 1494x-3 and 1494x--4 Of