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VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



No. 83.— AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE OF COMMERCIAL 



FERTILIZERS. 



Section 

 i. Commercial fertilizer defined. 



2. Importer defined. 



3. Every lot of fertilizer offered for 



sale" shall have printed statement 

 of quality accompany it. 



4. License fee of f 100 paid before sale; 



method and time of payment. 



5. Expiration of licenses ; manufac- 



turer paying fee. agent not requir- 

 ed to pay same. 



6. Fees paid to state treasurer by di- 



rector; treasurer to pay director 

 expenses caused by performing 

 duties imposed by this act. 



7. No person to sell certain products 



as a fertilizer unless printed state- 

 ment is affixed to package. 



Section 



8. 



10. 

 11. 



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14. 



15- 

 16. 



Penalty for selling without printed 

 statement. 



Director of experiment station may 

 enter premises where fertilizer is 

 stored and take out sample. 



Analysis of samples so taken. 



Penalty for hindering director in 

 discharge of his duty. 



Director shall notify manufacturer 

 of violation of this act ; prosecu- 

 tion of manufacturer. 



Brands of fertilizer distinct. 



This act not to effect fertilizers 

 used by individuals. 



Sections 4346 to 4359 V. S. repealed. 



Takes effect December 11, 1902. 



It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State oj Vermont . 



Section 1. The term "commercial fertilizer" as used in this act. shall 

 be taken to mean compounds and manufactured substances containing, 

 or represented as containing, two or more of the ingredients mentioned 

 in section three of this act, but shall not apply to the separate in- 

 gredients used to manufacture the same, or to bone meal, land plaster, 

 lime, or any substance the product of nature, which has not been com- 

 pounded. 



Sec. 2. The term "importer," as used in this act, shall be taken to 

 mean all who procure or sell commercial fertilizers made in other 

 states. 



Sec. 3. Every lot or parcel of commercial fertilizer, sold, offered or 

 exposed for sale in this State, the retail price of which is ten dollars or 

 more per ton, shall be accompanied by a plainly printed and legible 

 statement, clearly and truly certifying the number of net pounds of 

 fertilizer in a package, the name, brand or trade-mark under which the 

 fertilizer is sold, the name and address of the manufacturer or importer, 

 and a chemical analysis stating the minimum percentages of nitrogen, 

 of potash soluble in distilled water, and of soluble, reverted, insoluble, 

 available and total phosphoric acids, and the maximum percentage of 

 chlorin, or such of these as are claimed to be present; the several con- 

 stituents to be determined by the methods adopted at the time by the 

 association of official agricultural chemists. 



Sec. 4. The manufacturer, importer, agent or seller of a commer- 

 cial fertilizer, the retail price of which is ten dollars or more per ton, 

 shall, before the same is sold, offered or exposed for sale, annually in 

 the month of December, pay the director of the Vermont agricultural 

 experiment station a license fee of one hundred dollars. Said director, 

 on the receipt of such fee, shall issue to such licensee a license per- 

 mitting the sale in the state of not to exceed five brands of commercial 

 fertilizer, all of which brands shall be the product of the licensee. If any 



