Show farmers warned on seed taw law the last session of the state legislature amended the seed law according to 11 II 11 ak W gore district agriculture inspector th the provisions of the law apply to everyone eve every one who self seeds whether a dealer tru chor or farmer lu in other words it applies the same sade to a farmer selling seed to his neighbor as to merchant selling seed from a store stoie the only exemption from tile the provisions s of the law are when possessed on farm where produced for food purposes only when sold to merchants tobe to be re cleaned subject to rules and regulations to be established by the state hoard board of agriculture before being sold or exposed for sale tor for seeding purposes the law provides that and aarl cultural cult uial or vegetable seed must be tagged to show 1 name of seed 2 purity 3 per percentage Percent of weed seed by weight this must not exceed hueper one per cent by weight t 4 name and approximate number per pound of noxious weed seed there must be no primary noxious weed seed and not to elcee exceed A DO 90 per pound of any of the secondary no noxious weed seed 6 5 approximate germination of seed together with mouth month and year said seed was tested 0 6 the country or state of origin of all 1111 imported ported seed 7 th the full name and address of the vendor of such agricultural seed A anyone anyone can get the correct information to place un on the lable of their seed by sending a sample gample of the seed to the state seed see A laboratory maintained by the state board boa id of agriculture in the state capitol salt lake olty city A fee of bf 25 cents Is charged for purity test 35 cents for purity and germination test the following are the primary noxious weeds of utah white top wild morning glory canada thistle russian knapweed perennial sow thistle perennial rag weed leafy spurge puncture vine night shade blue flowering lettuce quack grass graas i burn burmida iuda gra grass ss the secondary noxious weeds a arc re chor whorled led milk weed burdock bull thistle cockle bur alfalfa dodder perennial ground cherry poverty weed larkspur water hemlock buckhorn among the purposes of the seed law Is to protect farmers and gardeners in the purchase of seed so that they get the quality of seed that they want not more than 2 or 3 of the noxious weeds are native i to utah but a nil ll 11 have been imported in seed aeed |