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fertilizer is sold, the name and address of the manufacturer 

 or importer, the place of manufacture, and a chemical analy- 

 ses stating- the percentage of nitrogen or its equivalent in am- 

 monia, of potash soluble in distilled water and of phosphoric 

 acid soluble in distilled water and reverted, as well as the total 

 phosphoric acid. Fertilizers composed of other and cheaper 

 materials, shall bear labels giving a correct general state- 

 ment of the composition and ingredients thereof. 



Sec. 4349. Before any commercial fertilizer, the retail 

 price of which is ten dollars or more per ton, is sold, or ex- 

 posed for sale, the importer, manufacturer or party who 

 causes it to be sold or offers it for sale, shall file with the direc- 

 tor of the agricultural experiment station a certified copy of 

 the statement required by the preceding section, and shall 

 also deposit with said director, at his request, a sealed jar, 

 glass or bottle containing not less than one pound of the fer- 

 tilizer, accompanied by an affidavit that it is a fair average 

 sample thereof. 



Sec. 4350. The manufacturer, importer or agent of a 

 commercial fertilizer or material used for manurial purposes, 

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

 before the fertilizer is offered for sale, obtain a license from 

 the state treasurer countersigned by the director of the agri- 

 cultural experiment station, authorizing the sale of the same 

 in the state and shall securely affix to each barrel, bag or 

 other package of fertilizer the word "Licensed, " with the 

 date of the license. The manufacturer, importer or agent ob- 

 taining such license shall pay to the state one hundred dollars 

 for the same and the license shall expire on the thirty-first 

 day of December of the year for which it is issued. One li- 

 cense shall cover all brands manufactured by one party. 



Sec. 4351. Manufacturers and importers of a commercial 

 fertilizer sold or offered for sale, the retail price of which is 

 ten dollars or more per ton, shall, before such fertilizer is sold, 

 or exposed for sale, file with the state treasurer, a bond, with 

 sureties residing within the state satisfactory to said treas- 

 urer, in the sum of one thousand dollars payable to the state 

 and conditioned for the payment of fine and costs imposed on 

 such mauf acturers and importers for violating the provisions of 

 this chapter, and such bond shall be renewed from time to 

 time, as the state treasurer requires. 



Sec. 4352. No person shall sell or expose for sale, any 

 pulverized leather in any form, as a fertilizer, or as an in- 

 gredient thereof, without an explicit printed certificate of the 

 fact conspicuously affixed to each package. 



Sec. 4353. A person selling or exposing for sale a com- 

 mercial fertilizer without the statement required by this chap- 



