EXPERIMENT STATION lilLLETINS. I'.)'.) 



jn'ovisions <»f seclioiia one, two, and lliree of lliis act, or who shall 

 attach or cause 1o be attached 1o any snch packajje or fertilizer an 

 analysis statin<ij that it contains a larj^er ]»ercen1ajife of any one or more 

 of the constituents or ingredients named in section one of this act than 

 it really does contain shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less 

 than one hundred dollars for the first offense, and not less than three 

 hundred dollars for every subsequent oifense. and the offender shall 

 also be liable for damages sustained by the purchaser of such fertilizer 

 on account of such misrepresentation. 



Skc. 7. The State Board of Agriculture by any duly authorized agent 

 is hereby authorized to select from any ])ackage of commercial fertilizer 

 exposed for sale in this State, a quantity, not exceeding two pounds, 

 for a sample, such sample to be used for the purposes of an official 

 analysis and for comparison with the certificate filed with the secretary 

 of the State Board of Agriculture and with the certificate affixed to the 

 package on sale. 



Sec. 8. All suits for the recovery of fines under the provisions of this 

 act shall be brought under the direction of the State Board of Agri- 

 culture. 



LICENSED BRANDS. 



Twenty-seven manufacturers and fertilizer companies have licensed 

 207 distinct brands for sale in the State during the season of 1912. 

 The brands appearing in the following tables of analyses, and no others, 

 can be legally sold. 



Parties manufacturing or im])orting fertilizers for their own use and 

 not foi' sale are not affected by the restrictions of the law. 



COLLECTION OP SAMPLES. 



The sampling agents of the Station, during the months of April, May 

 and June, drew 52G samples from dealers' stocks representing 232 dif- 

 ferent brands. The failure to get samples of 35 brands is due to the 

 fact that many of them are sold only in the fall, then, too, a few com- 

 panies sell direct to the consumer through the Grange and other organ- 

 izations and consequently it is only by chance that samples of such 

 goods are obtained. If persons ordering goods in this way wish to have 

 them inspected they will protect themselves and at the same time confer 

 a favor on this department by notifying us, and upon the arrival of 

 the goods an inspector will be sent to draw samples. 



It is the desire of this department to make the inspection as complete 

 as possible, and any information to further this end from dealer or con- 

 sumer will be greatly appreciated. In all cases of failure to find a 

 brand on the market, the analysis was made on the manufacturer's 

 sample as indicated in the tables of analyses. 



RESULTS OF INSPECTION. 



A study of the tables of analyses shows that, of the 298 samples 

 analyzed, representing 207 brands, 27 (9%) are below guarantee* in 

 one or more constituents. Ten (3.3%) are below guarantee in nitro- 

 gen, 6 (2%) are below guarantee in available phosphoric acid, 1 (0.4%) 

 is below guarantee in total phosphoric acid and 13 (4%) are below 



