198 STATE BOAllD OF AGRrClILTlTRE. 



Fi:irriLizi:K axalvsi:s. 



BullftinNn. 2G9. 



ANr)RB\Y J. PATPEX. WM. C. MARTI AND AKAO ITANO. 



The inspection and analyses of the commercial fertilizers offered for 

 sale in Michij^an are made under authority of an act of the Legislature 

 approved March 10, 1885. The full text of the law is again jtrinted 

 since many inquiries are continually received concerning it. 



Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact. That any 

 person or persons who shall sell or offer for sale in this State any com- 

 mercial fertilizer, the retail price of which exceeds ten dollars per ton, 

 shall affix on the outside of every package containing such fertilizer a 

 [)lainly ])rinted certificate, stating the number of net pounds therein ; 

 the name or trade mark under which such article is sold ; the name of 

 the manufacturer; the place of manufacture, and a chemical analysis, 

 stating the i)ercentage of nitrogen in an available form; of potash 

 soluble in water and of phosphoric acid in available form (soluble or 

 reverted) and the insoluble phosphoric acid. 



Sec. 2. Before any commercial fertilizer is sold or offered fur sale, 

 the manufacturer, importer or party who causes it to be sold or offered 

 for sale within this State, shall file with the secretary of the State 

 Board of Agriculture a certified copy of the analysis and certificate 

 referred to in section one, and shall also deposit with said secretary a 

 sealed glass jar containing not less than two pounds of such fertilizer, 

 with an affidavit that it is a fair sample of the article thus to be sold 

 or offered for sale. 



Sec. 3. The manufacturer, im])orter, or agent of any commercial fer- 

 tilizer, the retail price of which exceeds ten dollars per ton as afore- 

 said, shall pay annually to the secretary of the State Board of Agri- 

 culture, on or before the first day of May, a license fee of twenty dollars 

 for each and every brand of fertilizer he offers for sale in this State: 

 I'rovided, That whenever the manufacturer or importer shall have paid 

 this license fee his agents shall not be required to do so. 



Sec. 4. All such analyses of commercial fertilizers required by this 

 act shall be made under the direction of the State Board of Agriculture 

 and paid for out of the funds arising from the license fees provided for 

 in section three. At least one analysis of each fertilizer shall be made 

 annually. 



Sec. ~). The secretary of the State Board of Agriculture shall publish 

 in his annual report a correct statement of all analyses made and certifi- 

 cates filed in his oflBce; together with a statement of all moneys received 

 for license fees, and expended for analysis. Any sur])lus from license 

 fees remaining on hand at the close of the fiscal year shall be placed 

 to the credit of the experimental fund of said board. 



Sec. 6. Any person or perscms who shall sell or offer for sale any 

 commercial fertilizer in this State without first complying with the 



