﻿Commercial 
  Fertilizers. 
  

  

  The 
  enormous 
  consumption 
  of 
  commercial 
  fertilizers 
  in 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  and 
  the 
  ease 
  with 
  which 
  liberal 
  frauds 
  can 
  be 
  prac- 
  

   ticed 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  and 
  dealing 
  in 
  these 
  commodities 
  has 
  

   led 
  thirty-one 
  States 
  to 
  enact 
  laws 
  authorizing 
  official 
  inspection. 
  

   The 
  f 
  ollow'ing 
  briefs 
  of 
  many 
  laws 
  are 
  given, 
  and 
  full 
  information 
  

   on 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  penalties, 
  prosecutions 
  and 
  methods 
  may 
  be 
  

   had 
  by 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  dates 
  and 
  chapters 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  each 
  

   section: 
  

  

  ALABAMA. 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  to 
  obtain 
  

   samples 
  of 
  each 
  and 
  every 
  brand 
  of 
  fertilizers 
  sold 
  or 
  exchanged, 
  

   or 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  or 
  exchange 
  in 
  this 
  State, 
  for 
  each 
  season 
  in 
  

   which 
  such 
  fertilizers 
  are 
  offered 
  for 
  sale, 
  and 
  cause 
  such 
  samples 
  

   to 
  be 
  analyzed 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  chemist; 
  and 
  make 
  publication 
  of 
  such 
  

   analysis 
  not 
  later 
  than 
  August 
  first 
  of 
  each 
  year. 
  (Laws 
  1891, 
  

   Xo. 
  205.) 
  

  

  ARKANSAS. 
  

  

  This 
  act 
  provides 
  that 
  before 
  any 
  fertilizer, 
  having 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  

   over 
  ten 
  dollars 
  per 
  ton, 
  shall 
  be 
  offered 
  for 
  sale, 
  samples 
  shall 
  be 
  

   submitted 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  chemist, 
  giving 
  name 
  of 
  brand 
  and 
  place 
  

   and 
  name 
  of 
  manufacture, 
  and 
  said 
  chemist 
  shall 
  grant 
  a 
  certificate 
  

   setting 
  forth 
  the 
  analysis. 
  Every 
  package 
  shall 
  have 
  attached 
  to 
  

   it 
  a 
  guaranteed 
  analysis, 
  substantially 
  corresponding 
  to 
  the 
  said 
  

   certificate. 
  The 
  chemist 
  shall 
  receive 
  for 
  analyzing 
  each 
  brand 
  a 
  

   fee 
  of 
  fifteen 
  dollars, 
  but 
  any 
  purchaser 
  may 
  have 
  samples 
  an- 
  

   alyzed 
  free 
  of 
  charge. 
  

  

  