The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
WILL INSPECT SEED
GETTING READY TO MAKE WAR
ON THE BOIL WEEVIL.
The Law Recently Passed by the
Legislature About Seed Inspection
to be Enforced.

cuss the act passed at the last ses-
sion Of the general assembly calling
for the inspection of all seed sold
in this state, j. n. Harper of Glenn
son college was in Columbia Thurs
day for a conference with Commits
sioner Watson. Prof. Harper has cl-
ready commenced the preparations
for the inspection Of the e at the
experiment station. M~iscroplc tests
will be made. The act provides in
part as follows:
Section /. That on and after the
approval of this act, no person, firm
or corporation shall by himself or
themselves, his or their agents or re-
representatives. Of any persons, firms
or corporations, sell or offer for sale
or distribution within the State of
South Carolina, for seeding purposes,
any lot or package of agricultural
seeds exceeding one pound in weight
unless the same, when put in either
open or closed packages, shall have
attached thereto a label on which is
plainly printed or written in the
English language the following: Cd
Name and kind of seed. (2) State
ment of purity Of seed contained
therein. (4) terminating power of
seed. 50 Locality where seed was
grown if known.
Sec. 2. For the purpose OF this
act the term agricultural seeds
shall include seed of the red clover,
either medium or mammoth clover,
white clover, alsike clover, burr clo-
YER, crimson clover, %lespedeza, alfal-
ia, timothy, orchard grass, Kentucky
blue grass, red top, bromis inerimis,
oat grass, ~fescues, the millets, the
| vetches, other grass and forage plant
seeds, fax, rape, sorghum, rye, Jar
ley and other serials and cotton.
Sec. 8. No agricultural seeds, as
defined in section 2, shall be sold
or offered for sale or distributed
| within the State which contain in
| greater numbers than 80 to 1000
| seeds under examination, the seeds
of such noxious weeds as clover dod-
der, field dodder, white mustard, wild
oats and such other weeds as may be
designated in the regulations pro-
mulgated by the state department OF
| agriculture and the state experiment
station. Where the seeds OF the
weeds so designated are presented
in fewer numbers than 80 to 1000
of the seed being examined a state
ment shall be made on the Label
attached to the package numbering
the weed seeds present therein.
Sec. 4. The seeds of such weeds
as sheep sorrel, green and yellow
fox tail, yellow t%refoil, chick-weed
and such other weeds as may be pre-
| scribed in the regulations adopted by
| the state department of agriculture
and the state experiment station, and
| stated in circulars, shall be classed
as impurities in agricultural seeds.
When such Impurities or any of
them present in quantity exceeding
8 per cent. OF said agricultural seeds
the approximate percentage OF each
shall be plainly stated on the bag at
tached as specified in section /.
Section 5. Sand, dirt, sticks. brok-
en- seeds, other seeds than those men
toned in the foregoing sections, or
any other forign matter, shall be
considered as Impurities when mixed
with agricultural seeds sold, offered
or exposed for sale in this State for
feeding purposes. When such i'm
purities are present in seeds exceed
ing the standard fixed in the regu-
lations of the state department Of
agriculture and the state experiment
station the name and approximate
percentage Of each shall be stated on
the label as specified in section 1.
Sec. 6. The department Of agricul-
ture and the state experiment sta
ton are hereby empowered to pre-
scribe regulations designating when
seeds shall be considered mixed or
Az uLOO VI JllODl oluCu dhu do
terminating power standard.
Sec. 7. The provisions of this act
shall not be contracted as applying
to:
CD Any person growing, possess
ing for sale or selling for food pur-
poses only.
(2) Persons selling seeds contain
ing impurities except as defined in
the regulations, providing such seeds
are sold to merchants to be reclean-
ed before exposing for sale upon the
general market.
CD Seed that is in store for the
purpose of %recleaning and which is
not possessed, sold or offered for
sale for seed purposes.
(4) Cerals, grown or sold and de-
livered from the farm by the owner
thereof, buyer himself to use the
seed for seeding purposes, or fer
resale to local merchants, who may
resell.
90 Mixtures of seeds for lawn
purposes except that the sale of such
mixtures is sold subject to restric-
tions and regulations made theref1r
by the department of agriculture anil
the state experiment Staten.
Sec. s. For the purpose of this
act seed shall be deemed pure when
it complies with the foregoing pro-
cicinDc ond contains No on ,,poupin,-