VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



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stracts of the proceedings of the several agricultural societies 

 and farmers' clubs in the State as may be advisable. The re- 

 port shall show under separate heads the work of the Board 

 relating to the different subjects herein mentioned. 



Sec. 248. The Board shall collect authentic statistical 

 information, as full as possible, relating to agriculture and 

 agricultural products, farms and farm property, the manufac- 

 turing and mining industries of the State, which under a sep- 

 arate head, shall form a part of its annual report; and such 

 information shall be complete as to unoccupied farms. The 

 Board shall also publish such information in separate form 

 showing by description and illustrations, the resources and 

 attractions of Vermont; also the advantages the State offers 

 and invitations it extends to capitalists, tourists, and farmers; 

 and shall distribute the same in such manner as, in its judg- 

 ment, will be most effective in developing the resources and 

 advertising the advantages of the State. 



Section 4346. The term "commercial fertilizer" as used 

 in this chapter shall mean compounds and manufactured sub- 

 stances containing or represented as containing, two or more 

 of the following ingredients, namely: nitrogen, ammonia, 

 potash and phosphoric acid, but shall not apply to the separ- 

 ate ingredients used to manufacture the same, or to bone meal 

 land plaster, lime, or any substance the product of nature, 

 which has not been compounded. 



Sec. 4347. The term " importer " as used in this chapter 

 shall mean a person who procures or sells fertilizers made in 

 other states. 



Sec. 4348. Every lot or parcel of commercial fertilizer, 

 or material used for manurial purposes, sold or exposed for 

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

 shall be accompanied by a plainly printed statement, clearly 

 and truly certifying the number of net pounds of fertilizer in 

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



