﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agricultuee. 
  955 
  

  

  INDIANA. 
  

  

  This 
  act 
  is 
  to 
  regulate 
  the 
  manufacture 
  and 
  sale 
  of 
  commercial 
  

   fertilizers 
  and 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  manufacture 
  and 
  sale 
  of 
  adulterated 
  

   commercial 
  fertilizers 
  and 
  prescribes 
  penalties. 
  

  

  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  chemist 
  to 
  inspect 
  and 
  analyze 
  

   fertilizers 
  and 
  issue 
  certificates, 
  and 
  he 
  may 
  obtain 
  samples 
  from 
  

   any 
  package 
  of 
  commercial 
  fertilizers 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  or 
  found 
  in 
  

   the 
  State. 
  He 
  shall 
  prescribe 
  and 
  enforce 
  such 
  rules 
  and 
  regula- 
  

   tions 
  relating 
  to 
  fertilizers 
  as 
  he 
  may 
  deem 
  necessary. 
  (Laws 
  

   1899, 
  chaps. 
  33, 
  75.) 
  

  

  KENTUCKY. 
  

  

  This 
  act 
  is 
  to 
  regulate 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  fertilizers 
  in 
  this 
  common- 
  

   wealth 
  and 
  is 
  an 
  amendment 
  to 
  a 
  previous 
  law 
  on 
  this 
  subject. 
  

  

  It 
  requires 
  that 
  the 
  seller 
  of 
  any 
  commercial 
  fertilizer 
  shall 
  fur- 
  

   nish 
  a 
  sample 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  to 
  the 
  agricultural 
  experiment 
  station 
  

   each 
  year 
  for 
  analysis 
  before 
  it 
  is 
  sold, 
  offered 
  or 
  exposed 
  for 
  sale. 
  

   Said 
  sample 
  to 
  be 
  furnished 
  under 
  prescribed 
  rules 
  and 
  regulations. 
  

  

  The 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  experiment 
  station 
  shall 
  issue 
  labels 
  or 
  tags 
  

   on 
  which 
  shall 
  be 
  printed 
  the 
  name 
  and 
  address, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  

   minimum 
  percentages 
  of 
  fertilizer, 
  and 
  every 
  bag 
  or 
  package 
  sold 
  

   or 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  shall 
  have 
  a 
  tag 
  attached. 
  Any 
  person 
  not 
  a 
  

   dealer 
  or 
  agent 
  for 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  a 
  fertilizer 
  who 
  may 
  purchase 
  any 
  

   commercial 
  fertilizer 
  may 
  have 
  an 
  analysis 
  by 
  the 
  experiment 
  sta- 
  

   tion 
  free 
  of 
  charge. 
  

  

  A 
  label 
  attached, 
  as 
  required 
  by 
  this 
  law, 
  shall 
  be 
  accepted 
  as 
  

   a 
  guarantee 
  that 
  the 
  fertilizer 
  contains 
  the 
  essential 
  ingredients 
  

   indicated 
  on 
  the 
  tag, 
  and 
  penalties 
  are 
  prescribed 
  if 
  the 
  fertilizer 
  

   is 
  found 
  to 
  contain 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  indicated 
  percentum 
  of 
  ingredients 
  

   as 
  per 
  label. 
  

  

  The 
  director 
  shall 
  annually 
  analyze 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  sample 
  of 
  every 
  

   fertilizer 
  sold 
  or 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  (Laws 
  1898, 
  

   chap. 
  181.) 
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