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(all capitals) not less 'than onr- and one-half (HX) inches, and the 

 balance of the ^ciiarantee, including the commercial value, must be 

 in letters and ligures not let«s than throe quarters (^.j) of an inch in 

 height. 



When the minimum and maximum guarantee is gixen, the com- 

 mercial value must be calculated (ij>o)i the iiiiiunuDii alone. 



In computing the value of the commercial fertilizers the laws of 

 Alabama only rec gnize the following ingredients: Nitrogen, 

 Water Soluble, Phosphoric Acid, Citrate Soluble, Phosphoric Acid 

 and Potash. 



In making your calculations to determine the commercial value, 

 you will confine yourself to the foregoing ingredients and to the fol- 

 lowing values: 



Water Soluble Phosphoric Acid 5 cents per pound. 

 Citrate Soluble Phosphoric Acid 5 cents per pound. 



Nitrogen 16 cents per pound. 



Potash (K 2 O) 6)^ cents per pound. 



I would lespectfully call your attention to the fact that it is the 

 -opinion of our Attorney-General that every Fertilizer Dealer or 

 Manufacturer who sells goods in this State must obtain a license be- 

 fore offering their goods for sale. Failure to obtain such license not 

 only makes the sale void and the debt non-collectible, but subjects 

 the seller to a fine of one hundred dollars for each sale made. The 

 license fee is only one dollar. The fertilizer season runs from Octo- 

 ber to October, and I w^ould suggest that you send for your license at 

 the beginning of the season. 



ALL COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS MUST BE ANALYZED BY 



THE STATE CHEMIST. 



AN ACT 



To Amend Subdivision 18, Section 147 of the Code. 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the General A^.^embly of Alabama, 

 That subdivision eighteen of section one hundred and thirty-seven 

 of the Code be amended so as to read as follows : It shall be the duty 

 of the Commissioner of Agriculture to obtain samples of each and 

 every brand of fertilizers sold and exchanged, c»r offered for sale or 

 exch.inge, in this Statp/ for, each season in which such fertilizers 

 •are offered for sale, and cause such samples to be analyzed by the 



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