﻿COMMISSIONEE 
  OF 
  AgEICULTUKE. 
  961 
  

  

  " 
  On 
  each 
  fertilizing 
  company 
  employing 
  a 
  capital 
  of 
  over 
  

   twenty 
  thousand 
  dollars, 
  and 
  not 
  over 
  thirty 
  thousand 
  dollars, 
  sev- 
  

   enty-five 
  dollars." 
  

  

  " 
  On 
  each 
  fertilizing 
  company 
  employing 
  a 
  capital 
  of 
  over 
  thirty 
  

   thousand 
  dollars, 
  one 
  hundred 
  dollars." 
  (Chap. 
  5, 
  Laws 
  1898.) 
  

  

  This 
  act 
  amends 
  section 
  2065 
  of 
  the 
  Annotated 
  Code 
  of 
  1892, 
  

   chapter 
  48, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  After 
  the 
  w^ords 
  cotton 
  seed 
  products, 
  the 
  words 
  castor 
  

   pomace, 
  shall 
  be 
  added, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  bill 
  shall 
  read 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  Definition 
  of 
  the 
  term 
  fertilizers: 
  The 
  term 
  fertilizers 
  as 
  

   used 
  herein 
  includes 
  all 
  substances, 
  chemicals 
  and 
  compounds, 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  known 
  as 
  commercial 
  fertilizers, 
  and 
  all 
  manures, 
  except 
  

   animal 
  excrements, 
  cotton 
  seed 
  and 
  unmixed 
  cotton 
  seed 
  products, 
  

   castor 
  pomace, 
  whether 
  matured 
  or 
  artificial 
  products." 
  (Chap. 
  

   65, 
  Laws 
  1896.) 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2066. 
  " 
  The 
  professor 
  of 
  chemistry 
  at 
  the 
  agricultural 
  and 
  

   mechanical 
  college 
  is 
  State 
  chemist, 
  and 
  all 
  fertilizers 
  shall 
  be 
  an- 
  

   alyzed 
  by 
  him, 
  and 
  his 
  analysis, 
  stating 
  the 
  percentage 
  therein 
  of 
  

   nitrogen 
  in 
  an 
  available 
  form, 
  of 
  potash 
  soluble 
  in 
  water, 
  and 
  of 
  

   phosphoric 
  acid 
  in 
  an 
  available 
  form, 
  soluble 
  or 
  reverted, 
  and 
  of 
  

   insoluble 
  phosphoric 
  acid, 
  shall 
  be 
  posted 
  and 
  kept 
  posted 
  in 
  a 
  

   conspicuous 
  manner 
  at 
  every 
  place 
  where 
  fertilizers 
  are 
  sold." 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2067. 
  The 
  certificate 
  of 
  the 
  manufacturer 
  or 
  producer 
  of 
  

   every 
  brand 
  of 
  fertilizer 
  shall 
  also 
  be 
  posted, 
  giving 
  the 
  component 
  

   parts 
  and 
  valuable 
  elements, 
  with 
  a 
  guarantee 
  that 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  con- 
  

   tain 
  leather 
  in 
  any 
  form, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  manufacture 
  or 
  

   production, 
  the 
  name 
  and 
  address 
  of 
  the 
  manufacturer 
  or 
  pro- 
  

   ducer, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  and 
  trade-mark 
  of 
  the 
  brand, 
  and 
  such 
  cer- 
  

   tificate 
  and 
  the 
  prescribed 
  tag 
  shall 
  be 
  posted 
  on 
  or 
  attached 
  to 
  

   every 
  package 
  of 
  fertilizers 
  sold. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2068. 
  " 
  Before 
  offering 
  any 
  fertilizer 
  for 
  sale 
  the 
  manu- 
  

   facturer, 
  producer 
  or 
  seller 
  shall 
  furnish 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  chemist 
  a 
  

   certificate 
  of 
  the 
  manufacturer 
  or 
  producer, 
  showing 
  the 
  compo- 
  

   nent 
  parts 
  thereof 
  and 
  a 
  fair 
  sample 
  of 
  it, 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  

  

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