Show government SEED TESTING the news has been requested to publish the following the act of at congress making appropriations for the department of agriculture for the fiscal year ending june 30 1899 under the heading botanical investigations and experiments division of botany contains the following the secretary of agriculture is hereby authorized to purchase sampler of seed in open market test same and when found not up to standard he may at his discretion publish the ref result fult of these tests together with the names of the seeds men by whom the seeds were sold the purchase of seeds for the tests teats authorized under this act will begin july 1 1898 it will be the aim of the department of agriculture in carrying out this law to put a stop to the sale of seed so poor as to make probable a positive injury and loss to the purchaser thus giving protection on the one hand to the farmer and gardener and on an the other hand to the hono honorable rabid and seed dealer further information including a table of the standards of purity and ancl germination and a use of th tha most injurious seeds likely to occur in commercial seed may be obtained from the department upon application |