Show seed law provisions 0 4 cited I 1 requirements apply to all seed sales noxious weeds listed H W gore district agricultural inan ector calls attention to the seed law as amended by the last E session of the state legislature 1 with respect to labeling purity of I 1 seed and weed classification r the general importance of the subject is well illustrated by mr gores statement that not more than an two or three of the noxious weeds which he lists are native to utah litah but have been imported in seed according to mr gore the provisions of the law apply to everyone who sells seeds whether a dealer trucker or farmer in other bother words it applies as much i to a farmer selling seed to his neighbor as it does to a merchant selling seed from a store the only exemptions are for seed possessed on the farm where produced and used there and seed sold to merchants to be cleaned re subject to rules and regulations to be established by the state board of agriculture before being sold or exposed for sale for seeding purposes the law provides that any agricultural or vegetable seed must be tagged lagged to show I 1 name of seed 2 purity 3 percentage of weed seed by T weight this must not exceed one per cent 4 name and approximate burn nurn number per pound of noxious weed ft seed there must be no primary i noxious weed seed and not to exceed 90 per pound of any of the secondary noxious weed seed 5 approximate germination of seed together with month and year said seed was tested i 6 the country or state or or oris gin of all imported seed 7 the full name and address of the vendor of such agricultural seed any one can get the correct information to place on the label of seed by applying to the state seed Aab laboratory oratory maintained by the state board aboard of agriculture at the state I 1 capitol in salt lake city A fee of 25 cents is charged for purity test lest 35 cents for purity and germination irai mi nation test i 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 vine night shade blue flowering lettuce quack grass bermuda grass the secondary noxious weeds are whorled milk weed burr dock bull thistle cockle bur alfalfa dodder perennial ground cherry poverty weed larkspur atwater vater hemlock buckhorn plain tain I 1 t all but three of the primary gand I 1 I 1 and two of the secondary noxious NIec weeds ds are known to occur in sevier county 1 purposes of the seed law include I 1 protection of farmers in buying ithe the quality of seed I 1 they want |