Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 61-8C-6 - General procedure6.1. The purpose of the certifying of a field of potatoes for seeding purposes is to ensure the purchaser that the heredity of the potatoes has been such as to ensure reasonably good quality seed. This is brought about by sufficient inspection at critical times in order that the history of the potatoes produced in the field will be known. The Commissioner will supervise the kind of seed that is planted in the field to be certified and will require such seed be treated with standard treatments of corrosive sublimate, hot formaldehyde or organic mercury compounds if the previous history of the seed, or an inspection, shows such treatments to be necessary.6.2. Two (2) field inspections to determine the amount of visible disease present in the field will be made by the Commissioner or his assistants. The first of these will be about the time the potatoes are 8 inches high or before the blossoming period has passed. Subsequent field inspections may be made at any time prior to the time the vines have matured past a point where the disease symptoms can no longer be seen.6.3. During the growing season the grower must rogue the field and remove all plants showing symptoms of visible diseases. All parts, including tubers larger than 1 inch in diameter, of such plants must be carefully dug, placed in a sack and removed from the field. Three (3) complete roguings will be required and, of these, one (1) must follow the first inspection and one (1) after the second inspection.6.4. The potatoes will be dug under the supervision of the inspector and moved to storage in such a manner that no question of the identity of the potatoes can arise. The first inspection of the tubers will be made at this time. The bin, in which these potatoes are stored, must be marked with a description of the location of the field, number of acres and number of bushels harvested. If they are placed in a common storage or warehouse, the management must furnish the Commissioner with a copy of the warehouse receipt, giving the location in the warehouse in addition to the facts required to be placed on the bin, as stated above.6.5. Ten (10) days from the time of digging the potatoes may be graded, sacked, sealed and sold. The grade will be determined by an assistant of the Commissioner and the sacks sealed under his direction. This final scaling should not take placeunless it is known the potatoes are to be moved in afew days. It will he necessary for this final inspectionto be made, if the potatoes are to be sold as certifiedseed or if they are to be used as a seed source for certified seed.6.6. The potatoes shall be so placed that it will be convenient for the inspector to make his examination.The grower, under the directions of the inspector,shall be responsible for the placing of the wire and seals on the sack in such manner that the sacks cannot be emptied and refilled. The sacks must be clean and hold one hundred (100) pounds of potatoes when sealed.