(a)

1. (1) An official sample of each lot of seed to be certified shall be obtained by a representative of the State Plant Board at the request of the applicant from those lots that are so stored that a complete representative sample may be drawn.
2. (2) These samples will be drawn according to the rules of the Association of Official Seed Analysts.
3. (3) These samples, if used as a basis for approving lots for certification, shall be taken only from lots that have been cleaned, assigned a class, and packed in approved containers, each of which is printed or stenciled to show the lot number, except that all classes of cottonseed may be sampled in bulk, and blue tag class seed of all other crops may be sampled in bulk provided the seed has been cleaned and graded.

(b)

1. (1)

   1. (A) In order to secure a representative sample, equal portions shall be taken from evenly distributed parts of the quantity of seed to be sampled.
   2. (B) Access shall be had to all parts of that quantity.

2. (2)

   1. (A) When more than one (1) trierful of seed is drawn from a bag, different paths shall be followed.
   2. (B) When more than one (1) handful is taken from a bag, the handfuls shall be taken from well-separated points.

3. (3) Sampling of seed for certification shall be accomplished by one (1) of the following approved sampling methods:

   1. (A)

(i) If seed is sampled after processing and closing of bags, a probe or trier long enough to sample all portions should be used for free-flowing seed.

1. (ii) Non-free-flowing seed, such as certain grasses and other seeds difficult to sample with probe or trier, shall be sampled by thrusting the hand into the bag and withdrawing representative portions.

   1. (iii) When sampling closed bags in quantities of one (1) to six (6) bags, sample each bag and take a total of at least five (5) trierfuls or handfuls.

      1. (iv)

(b) (b) Regardless of lot size, it is not necessary to sample more than thirty (30) bags; or

1. (B)

   1. (i) If seed is sampled in bulk it shall be sampled by automatic sampler, turning the bin, or inserting a long probe or thrusting the hand into the bulk, as circumstances require, in at least seven (7) uniformly distributed parts of the quantity being sampled.

      1. (ii) At least as many trierfuls or handfuls shall be taken as the minimum which would be required for the same quantity of seed in bags of a size customarily used for each seed.