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(a) Per centum of nitrogen; 



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

 dissolved bone, tbe per centum of total pbosplioric acid; 



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



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

 such printed statement shall accompany every part and parcel so 

 sold, offered or exposed for sale. 



Falsity in statement and deficiency in percentage composition violate 



provisions of act. 



§ 2. It shall be a violation of the provision of this act if the 

 statement required by section one of this act shall be false in re- 

 gard, 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 act 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 state- 

 ment 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 available phosphonc acid (or one per centum of 

 total phosphoric acid in the case of undissolved bone), or one-half 

 of one per centum of potash soluble in distilled water. 



Filing of statement required; license fee of twenty dollars per brand 

 required; certificate given; fees go to treasurer of State; report of 

 expenditures for analytical work required. 



§ 3. 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 causes the same to be sold, 

 offered or exposed for sale shall file with the j^ew York Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station at Geneva, a certified copy of the statsr 

 ment prescribed in section one of this act, and, in addition, such 



