﻿954 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Each 
  purchaser 
  may 
  have 
  samples 
  of 
  fertilizer 
  reserved 
  for 
  the 
  

   chemist 
  to 
  analyze. 
  Should 
  analysis 
  show 
  that 
  said 
  sample 
  was 
  

   not 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  guaranteed 
  constituents, 
  purchaser 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  

   liable 
  for 
  payment. 
  (Laws 
  1890, 
  p. 
  143.) 
  

  

  All 
  fertilizers 
  and 
  chemicals 
  for 
  manufacturing 
  the 
  same, 
  and 
  

   all 
  cotton 
  seed 
  meal 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  shall 
  have 
  branded 
  or 
  at- 
  

   tached 
  to 
  each 
  bag, 
  barrel 
  or 
  package 
  the 
  guaranteed 
  analysis 
  

   showing 
  percentage 
  of 
  valuable 
  constituents. 
  The 
  analysis 
  so 
  

   placed 
  upon 
  or 
  attached 
  to 
  any 
  fertilizer 
  shall 
  be 
  a 
  guarantee 
  and 
  

   binding 
  on 
  the 
  manufacturers, 
  agent 
  or 
  dealer. 
  The 
  sale 
  of 
  speci- 
  

   fied 
  chemicals 
  is 
  forbidden 
  if 
  below 
  certain 
  named 
  standards 
  of 
  

   purity. 
  All 
  persons 
  who 
  intend 
  to 
  sell 
  chemicals, 
  fertilizers 
  or 
  

   cotton 
  seed 
  meal 
  shall 
  make 
  a 
  statement 
  to 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  

   agriculture, 
  giving 
  name 
  of 
  each 
  brand, 
  name 
  and 
  place 
  of 
  each 
  

   manufacturer, 
  number 
  of 
  tons 
  of 
  each 
  brand, 
  number 
  of 
  tags 
  re- 
  

   quired, 
  name 
  of 
  consignee, 
  also 
  number 
  of 
  pounds 
  contained 
  in 
  

   each 
  bag 
  or 
  receptacle, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  request 
  for 
  tags 
  for- 
  

   ward 
  a 
  fee 
  of 
  ten 
  cents 
  per 
  ton 
  as 
  an 
  inspection 
  fee; 
  whereupon 
  

   the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  shall 
  issue 
  tags 
  to 
  the 
  party 
  ap- 
  

   plying, 
  who 
  shall 
  attach 
  a 
  tag 
  to 
  each 
  package, 
  which 
  when 
  so 
  

   attached, 
  shall 
  be 
  prima 
  facie 
  evidence 
  that 
  the 
  seller 
  has 
  com- 
  

   plied 
  with 
  the 
  law. 
  Tags 
  shall 
  only 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  current 
  season. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  unlawful 
  to 
  sell 
  any 
  fertilizer, 
  chemical 
  or 
  cotton 
  seed 
  meal 
  

   unless 
  registered 
  and 
  tagged. 
  Inspectors 
  shall 
  see 
  that 
  all 
  fertil- 
  

   izers, 
  chemicals 
  and 
  cotton 
  seed 
  meal, 
  wherever 
  sold 
  in 
  this 
  State, 
  

   are 
  properly 
  tagged. 
  They 
  may 
  take 
  samples 
  for 
  the 
  commis- 
  

   sioner 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  who 
  shall 
  make 
  such 
  rules 
  for 
  analysis 
  and 
  

   sale 
  of 
  fertilizers, 
  chemicals 
  and 
  cotton 
  seed 
  meal 
  as 
  his 
  judgment 
  

   dictates, 
  if 
  not 
  inconsistent 
  with 
  this 
  act. 
  All 
  contracts 
  for 
  sale 
  

   of 
  these 
  commodities 
  not 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  this 
  act 
  are 
  void 
  and 
  

   all 
  persons 
  not 
  complying 
  with 
  this 
  act 
  commit 
  a 
  misdemeanor. 
  

   (Laws 
  1891, 
  pp. 
  144, 
  145, 
  146.) 
  

  

  