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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  If 
  any 
  fertilizers 
  shall 
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  to 
  differ 
  materially 
  from 
  the 
  

   constituents 
  named 
  on 
  the 
  package 
  the 
  manufacturer 
  shall 
  be 
  liable 
  

   to 
  indictment. 
  (Laws 
  1895, 
  act 
  82.) 
  

  

  DELAWARE. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  State 
  chemist 
  is 
  hereby 
  required 
  when 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  per- 
  

   sons 
  purchasing 
  any 
  fertilizer, 
  sold 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  and 
  composed 
  of 
  

   one 
  or 
  several 
  ingredients, 
  from 
  any 
  manufacturer 
  or 
  vendors, 
  for 
  

   their 
  own 
  use, 
  and 
  who, 
  themselves, 
  the 
  purchasers, 
  are 
  citizens 
  

   of 
  this 
  State, 
  submit 
  to 
  said 
  State 
  chemist 
  samples 
  of 
  any 
  such 
  fer- 
  

   tilizers 
  for 
  analysis 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  prescribed 
  in 
  section 
  6 
  of 
  chap- 
  

   ter 
  438, 
  volume 
  17, 
  Laws 
  of 
  Delaware, 
  to 
  make 
  any 
  and 
  all 
  such 
  

   analysis 
  for 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  one 
  dollar, 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  by 
  such 
  purchaser; 
  

   and 
  that 
  the 
  said 
  State 
  chemist 
  shall 
  receive 
  the 
  simi 
  of 
  one 
  dollar, 
  

   only, 
  when 
  he 
  makes 
  any 
  analysis 
  mentioned 
  in 
  section 
  10 
  of 
  this 
  

   act, 
  and 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  construed 
  to 
  mean 
  that 
  said 
  State 
  

   chemist 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  one 
  dollar 
  for 
  each 
  iiigTcdient 
  in 
  any 
  fer- 
  

   tilizer 
  mentioned 
  in 
  section 
  1 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  and 
  so 
  analyzed 
  by 
  him. 
  

   (L. 
  1899, 
  ch. 
  213.) 
  

  

  FLORIDA. 
  

  

  This 
  act 
  amends 
  section 
  896, 
  Revised 
  Statutes 
  of 
  Florida, 
  re- 
  

   lating 
  to 
  the 
  inspection 
  of 
  fertilizers, 
  and 
  requires 
  that 
  every 
  

   bag, 
  barrel 
  or 
  other 
  package 
  of 
  commercial 
  fertilizer 
  sold 
  in, 
  

   or 
  imported 
  into 
  this 
  State, 
  shall 
  have 
  plainly 
  stamped 
  thereon 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  net 
  pounds 
  of 
  fertilizer 
  in 
  the 
  package, 
  the 
  name, 
  

   brand 
  and 
  trade-mark 
  under 
  which 
  the 
  fertilizer 
  is 
  sold, 
  the 
  name 
  

   and 
  address 
  of 
  the 
  manufacturer, 
  and 
  chemical 
  analysis, 
  stating 
  

   the 
  percentage 
  of 
  ammonia, 
  of 
  potash, 
  soluble 
  in 
  water, 
  of 
  avail- 
  

   able 
  phosphoric 
  acid, 
  and 
  the 
  source 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  de- 
  

   rived, 
  and 
  insoluble 
  phosphoric 
  acid; 
  also 
  percentage 
  of 
  moisture 
  

   contained 
  therein, 
  and 
  all 
  other 
  ingredients 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  com- 
  

  

  