﻿950 
  Sevemh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  LOUISIANA. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  an 
  act 
  " 
  to 
  carry 
  into 
  eifect 
  article 
  306 
  of 
  the 
  Constitu- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Louisiana 
  and 
  to 
  define 
  the 
  duties 
  and 
  powers 
  

   of 
  the 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  agriculture 
  and 
  immigration 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  

   the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  and 
  immigration, 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  

   the 
  sujDpression 
  of 
  adulteration 
  and 
  fraud 
  in 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  commercial 
  

   fertilizers." 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  board 
  of 
  agriculture 
  and 
  immigration 
  is 
  authorized 
  to 
  

   control 
  the 
  sale 
  and 
  manufacture 
  of 
  fertilizers 
  and 
  suppress 
  the 
  

   adulteration 
  'of 
  the 
  same. 
  Samples 
  of 
  fertilizers 
  for 
  sale 
  in 
  this 
  

   State 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  submitted 
  to 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  for 
  

   inspection 
  and 
  analysis 
  under 
  prescribed 
  rules 
  and 
  regulations, 
  

   among 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  requirement 
  that 
  any 
  manufacturer 
  or 
  dealer 
  in, 
  

   or 
  any 
  person 
  soliciting 
  orders 
  for 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  commercial 
  fertiliz- 
  

   ers 
  shall 
  submit 
  with 
  fair 
  samples 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  a 
  written 
  or 
  printed 
  

   statement 
  setting 
  forth 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  the 
  named 
  ingredients 
  which 
  

   he 
  or 
  they 
  guarantee 
  said 
  fertilizers 
  to 
  contain 
  (1) 
  nitrogen; 
  (2) 
  

   soluble 
  phosphoric 
  acid; 
  (3) 
  reverted 
  phosphoric 
  acid; 
  (4) 
  insol- 
  

   uble 
  phosphoric 
  acid; 
  (5) 
  potash. 
  The 
  party 
  making 
  this 
  state- 
  

   ment 
  may 
  also 
  set 
  forth 
  any 
  other 
  ingredients 
  which 
  his 
  fertilizer 
  

   may 
  contain 
  which 
  shall 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  embraced 
  in 
  the 
  guar- 
  

   antee 
  above 
  stated. 
  An 
  inspection 
  fee 
  of 
  twenty-five 
  cents 
  per 
  ton 
  

   shall 
  be 
  paid 
  by 
  the 
  seller 
  upon 
  any 
  fertilizer 
  sold 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  this 
  

   State. 
  Certificates 
  that 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  compliance 
  with 
  the 
  

   foregoing 
  section 
  shall 
  be 
  furnished 
  without 
  any 
  additional 
  charge 
  

   therefor 
  by 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  after 
  an 
  examination 
  

   by 
  him 
  made, 
  and 
  additional 
  rules 
  and 
  regulations 
  are 
  prescribed 
  

   in 
  this 
  section 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  manufacturing, 
  dealing 
  in, 
  sell- 
  

   ing 
  or 
  soliciting 
  orders 
  in 
  this 
  State. 
  

  

  Circulars 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  set- 
  

   ting 
  forth 
  the 
  brands 
  of 
  fertilizers 
  for 
  sale 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  at 
  the 
  

   opening 
  of 
  each 
  season, 
  and 
  tags 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  com- 
  

   missioner, 
  to 
  be 
  attached 
  to 
  package 
  containing 
  fertilizers 
  that 
  

  

  