60 c The Agricultural Law 



4. The chemical composition of the fertilizer expressed in the 

 following terms : 



(a) Percentum of nitrogen. 



(b) Per centum of available phosphoric acid, or in case of un- 

 dissolved bone the per centum of total phosphoric acid. 



(c) Per centum of potash soluble in distilled water. 



If any such fertilizer be sold, offered or exposed for sale in bulk 

 such printed statement shall accompany every lot and parcel so 

 sold, offered or exposed for sale. 



§ 221. Variation in composition constituting violation of article. 



— It shall be a violation of the provisions of this article if the 



statement required by section two hundred and 



False twenty of this article shall be false in regard 



statement. to the number of net pounds of fertilizer in the 



package sold, offered or exposed for sale, or in the 



name, brand or trade mark under which the fertilizer is sold, or 



in the name and address of the manufacturer of the fertilizer. It 



shall also be a violation of the provisions of this article if any 



commercial fertilizer or material to be used as a fertilizer shall 



contain a smaller percentage of nitrogen, phosphoric acid or potash 



than is certified in said statement to be contained therein, when 



such deficiency shall be greater than one-third of one per centum 



of nitrogen, or one-half of one per centum of 



Margin of available phosphoric acid or one per centum of 



deficiency. total phosphoric acid in the case of undissolved 



bone or one-half of one per centum of potash 



soluble in distilled water. 



§ 222. Statement filed with commissioner of agriculture; license 

 fees. — Before any commercial fertilizer or any material to be 

 used as a fertilizer is sold, offered or exposed for sale in this state, 



the manufacturer, importer or person who 

 Filing. causes the same to be sold, offered or exposed 



for sale shall file with the commissioner 

 of agriculture a certified copy of the statement prescribed in sec- 

 tion two hundred and twenty of this article and, in addition, such 

 statement shall be filed thereafter annually during the month of 

 December; Each manufacturer, importer or person, before sell- 

 ing, offering or exposing for sale in this state any brand of com- 



