Ex: No. bags in lots | 7 | 10 | 23 | 50 | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 |
No. bags to sample | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 30 | 30 |
(4) Bulk seed. To obtain a composite sample, take at least as many cores or handfuls as if the same quantity of seed were in bags of an ordinary size. Take the cores or handfuls from well distributed points throughout the bulk.
(5) Seed in small containers. Seed in small containers shall be sampled by taking the entire unopened container in sufficient number to supply a minimum size sample for testing. The contents of a single container or the combined contents of multiple containers of the same lot shall be considered representative of the entire lot of seed sampled.
(6) A mechanical sampling device installed in a conditioning plant approved by the department under WAC
16-302-125 may be used in lieu of the sampling procedures above. Hand samples taken during the conditioning process may also be used in lieu of the sampling procedures above.
(7) If it is necessary for a sample to be taken by the department, a sampling fee will be charged under provisions of chapter
16-303 WAC.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
15.49.005,
15.49.081,
15.49.310,
15.49.370(3), and chapter
34.05 RCW. WSR 14-20-050, § 16-302-090, filed 9/25/14, effective 10/26/14. Statutory Authority: RCW
15.49.005,
15.49.081,
15.49.310,
15.49.370(3) and chapter
17.24 RCW. WSR 00-24-077, § 16-302-090, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]