116 THE CONNECTICUT AGEICULTUEAL 



AN ACT RELATING TO THE PRINTING OF THE 

 REPORT OF THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 

 AND OF THE CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EX- 

 PERIMENT STATION. 



Jie it enacted by the Senate and Mouse of Representatives in 

 General Assembly convened : 



Sec. 1. The Comptroller shall annually cause to be printed, at 

 the expense of the State, five thousand copies each of the report 

 of the State Board of Agriculture and of the Connecticut Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station. 



Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are 

 hereby repealed. 



Approved, March 19, 1879. 



AN ACT CONCERNING COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in 

 General Assembly convened : 



Sec. 1. Every lot or package of commercial manure or fer- 

 tilizer sold, offered, or exposed for sale, in this State, at a price 

 of one-half cent or more a pound, shall be accompanied by a 

 plainly-printed label or stencil mark on each package, which shall 

 clearly and truly state its name or brand, its weight, the name 

 and address of the manufacturer or seller, and its chemical com- 

 position, expressed in the terms and manner approved, ajid cur- 

 rently employed, by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment 

 Station. Every lot or package of commercial fertilizer or manure 

 sold at a price less than one-half cent a pound shall be accom- 

 panied by a printed label, which shall give a correct general state- 

 ment of its composition and ingredients. 



Sec. 2. Every manufacturer or importer of commercial fertil- 

 izers or manures, excepting rock plaster or sulphate of lime, shall, 

 before offering the same for sale in this State, procure a license 

 from the Secretary of State, as manufacturer or importer of the 

 sanje, and shall ))ay into. the treasury of the State the sum of 

 fifty dollars annually for one kind or brand of fertilizer or manure, 

 and fifteen dollars for each other distinct kind or brand of fertil- 

 izer, and shall at the same time file with the Secretary of State, 



