The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-12-15
THE Pure SEED LAW
Statute in Idaho Is Now In
Effect.
REQUIREMENTS ARE STRICT
Wholesale Dealers Must Put Up
Guaranty Bond.

The Idaho Pure Seed Law Is now
in force. All persons selling seeds or
Offering seeds for sale to parties with
In the state Of Idaho. whether the
place OF business OF such seed dealers
is within or without the said state,
are liable to prosecution unless they
conform to the requirements OF the
Seed Law. Copies OF this law have
been sent TO all seed dealers In Idaho,
SO far as their addresses are known;.
other copies are available and will be
sent free to any address In the United
States upon application for the same
to the undersigned.
In brief, the essential requirements
Of the Idaho Pure Seed Law are as
follows:
That every package or lot OF agri-
cultural seeds (hower, garden. field
and grass seeds) sold or offered for
sale In this state must be correctly
labeled as to Gay name, (b) full name
and address Of scotsman, importer,
dealer or agent, (c) weight, Gay kind
ard percentage of impurities, (e)
locality where grown, and (D year
when grown.
2. That agricultural! seeds cannot
be sold in this state unless they are
free from the seeds Of the following
weeds: Wild mustard or charlock
(Brassica sinapistrum), Quack grass
(Agropyron repens), Canada thistle
(Cirsium arvense), wild oats (Avena
fatua), clover and alfalfa dod der Gus
cuta epithymum), field do,lder (Cus-
cuta arvensis), corn cookie (Agrostem-
ma githago), Plantain (Plantago
lanceolata), bracted plantain (Plar,-
ago aristata.)
3. That certain Standards Of
purity and viability are established
for the various kinds OF seeds. For
these see copy of the Act.
4. That the provisions Of this act
shall not apply to: Those who grow
or sell seeds for food purposes ouly,
those selling seeds direct TO dealers or
merchants to be cleaned or graded be-
fore being offered for sale for the
purpose OF seeding, those Offering for
sale mixtures of seeds for lawns or
pastures, except that the dealer Of
such mixtures shall not be exempt
from the restrictions OF this act.
s. That every retail seed dealer
shall pay an annual inspection fee or
license OF two dollars. "Provided,
thet no producer who Is the sole and
absolute propagator and producer Of
the seeds (such seeds to be inspected
as to their purity and viabiiity) shall
be liable for such inspection fee."
6. That every wholesale seed deal.
er shall pay an annual fee OF twenty
q We dollars for which he will receive
general wholesale license.
:. That every wholesale s,ed deal
er shall file with the director OF the
Idaho Experiment Station a guaran-
tee bond Of two thousand dollars
($2, ,00O) guaranteeing the purity and
viability of AL seeds sold by him and
his several agents In the state.
| 8. That "all moneys collected by
the Experiment Station from any
source connected with this act shall
be paid quarterly iuto the state
treasury"
1t does not seem to be the intent
OF the act that every retail dealer
must send to this station sample of
every variety OF seeds that he handles.
On the other hand, it would seem
that sample sent by the Wholesale
dealer would suffice for the particular
lot of seeds from which it was taken,
even tho this lot OF seeds might be
distributed to retail dealers all over
| the state. The examination of the
seeds may be made here or elsewhere.
The quantity to be sent for exaniina-
tiou is one pound of field seeds and
one ounce Of flower and garden seeds.
Small quantities will be examined
only when they are sent by the one
who contemplates planting such seeds
and the resul OF Il ese tests cannot