---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 201.43"
title: "7"
number: "201.43"
heading: "Size of sample."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/201.43"
---

# §201.43. Size of sample.


The following are minimum sizes of samples of agricultural seed, vegetable seed and screenings to be submitted for analysis, test, or examination:

- (a) Two ounces (57 grams) of grass seed not otherwise mentioned, white or alsike clover, or seeds not larger than these.
- (b) Five ounces (142 grams) of red or crimson clover, alfalfa, lespedeza, ryegrass, bromegrass, millet, flax, rape, or seeds of similar size.
- (c) **One pound (454 grams) of sudangrass, proso millet, hemp, or seeds of similar size.**
- (d) **Two pounds (907 grams) of cereals, sorghum, vetch, or seeds of similar or larger size.**
- (e) Two quarts (2.2 liters) of screenings.
- (f) Vegetable seed samples shall consist of at least 400 seeds.
- (g) Coated seed for a purity analysis shall consist of at least 7,500 seed units. Coated seed for noxious-weed seed examination shall consist of at least 30,000 seed units. Coated seed for germination test only shall consist of at least 1,000 seed units.

## Notes

### Amendments

[10 FR 9950, Aug. 11, 1945, as amended at 15 FR 2394, Apr. 28, 1950; 59 FR 64492, Dec. 14, 1994]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1592.

### Amendments

[10 FR 9950, Aug. 11, 1945, as amended at 15 FR 2394, Apr. 28, 1950; 59 FR 64492, Dec. 14, 1994]