Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-22
VERIFICATION OF
SEEDS STARTED
BY GOVERNMENT

The Inauguration of seed veri
fication service, effective Sept. |
for verifying the origin and iden
tity Of field seeds in commerce. Is
announced by the bureau Of agri
cultural economics. of the Umtet
/, States department Of agriculture
Buyers Of alfalfa. red clover ana
other seeds, the origin of which is
Ct primary importance, viii soon be
liable tc~purehase seeds with a veri-
z fled origin seed certificate issued
T Under aathority Of the department
OF agriculture
Theft ropoSed service il the out
growthsaf recommendations made at
seed marketing conferences held III
Jule and November 1926 III Chi
kcago, to devise and suggest means
/, by whfch verlfication Of origin may
be accomplished The tentative
plan fsr seed VeritlcatI0u service
Developed at those conferences was
later approved by the International
Crop Improvement Association and
|-Wholesale Grass Seed Dealers As
|sociation NOW Farm Seed Assoeia
.tion of North America with the
Recommendation that the details be
worked out by the department.
In June Of this year at the time
et the regular meetings Of the
l'arm Seed Association Of North
pAmerica and the American Seed
Trade Association the details Of
che proposed service were presente !
for discussion 4 number Of seed
men made informal request that
i his service be esta ablIshed this
wear and that they be permitted to
issue verified-o1igin seed certifi- |
hates under the proposed plan. 9th |
,er seedmen stated that they were
6onsiderlng the matter fayorably !
and. II possible for them to CON
form II. the requirements Of this |
service would file application soon !
Rtter the announcement Of the or |
ganization of the service.
Much Discussion
In this service only the veriflea !
ton Of origin and identity Of seeds !;
IS contemplated There has been |
e0nsidera bic discussion if recent I!
years concerning the value Of ori- |
gin Of growth OF certain seeds, par
ficularlv alfalfa and red clover !
seed, Congress has enacted leglsla (
zion To furnish protection from un- ;
iesirable foreign strains Of red
Blower and alfalfa seed by colorlng
such seed upon entry into the Unit !
I'd States. This protects the Ameri- /
sn farmer from Objectionable for ,
ign seed but it is also very desir ,
able 10 protect HIM against seed /
produced in this country that Is not I
adapted for his use This protec I
lon may be accomplished by seed
serifiestion service.
Under this service the origin of I,
= given lot of seed sold by an au- ,
-horized vendor of inspected seed
nav, by an examination Of records
~ federal seed inspector, be trac-
I'd back TO the place the seed was
produced. Such records would coy
|ar all lots Of seed from the time
|hey are received from the grower
/ |lntil they leave the seedmen' S ware I
houses. In addition TO the records
.LtMStlNcsy Illes u sam pes OF all
OTIS offered for sale would affor /
enother reheck OH the identity Of
these fots.
Under the prop5.ad plan, seeds
men who comply with the regula
ions and provisions of the depart
nent governing the service, may IS
Sue United States verifiedorigin
seed certificates on seeds which
ave been previously verified as to
srgin by an authorized inspector
Must Apply for Service
I Seedsmen who wish TO use the
Service this season, that is, for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1928,
SHOULD file their application with
he bureau not later than Sept /.
1927 AS soon as possible after
hist date, the supervising seed in
4peetor viii visit those who have
made application for the service TO
Investigate the methods Of keeping