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  CoMMissioNEK 
  OF 
  Agricultuee. 
  965 
  

  

  Pure 
  cotton 
  seed 
  meal 
  is 
  exempt 
  from 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  labels 
  for 
  ship- 
  

   ping 
  purposes 
  required 
  for 
  other 
  fertilizers. 
  (Laws 
  1893, 
  chap. 
  

   462; 
  Laws 
  1899, 
  chap. 
  3T7.) 
  

  

  OHIO. 
  

  

  Any 
  person 
  who 
  shall 
  offer 
  for 
  sale 
  any 
  commercial 
  fertilizer 
  

   shall 
  affix 
  to 
  every 
  package 
  a 
  printed 
  certificate, 
  stating 
  the 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  pounds 
  in 
  the 
  package, 
  the 
  name 
  or 
  trade-mark, 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  the 
  manufacturer 
  and 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  manufacture, 
  and 
  a 
  chemical 
  

   analysis 
  stating 
  the 
  percentage 
  of 
  nitrogen, 
  or 
  its 
  equivalent 
  in 
  

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

   phosphoric 
  acid 
  in 
  an 
  available 
  form 
  (soluble 
  or 
  reverted), 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  the 
  total 
  phosphoric 
  acid. 
  

  

  Before 
  any 
  commercial 
  fertilizer 
  is 
  sold 
  or 
  offered 
  for 
  sale, 
  the 
  

   manufacturer 
  or 
  importer 
  shall 
  file 
  with 
  the 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Ohio 
  

   state 
  board 
  of 
  agriculture 
  a 
  certified 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  certificate 
  referred 
  

   to, 
  and 
  shall 
  deposit 
  a 
  sample 
  of 
  the 
  fertilizer, 
  accompanied 
  with 
  

   an 
  affidavit 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  fair, 
  average 
  sample. 
  The 
  manufacturer 
  or 
  

   agent 
  for 
  each 
  brand 
  shall 
  pay 
  an 
  annual 
  license 
  fee 
  of 
  twenty 
  

   dollars. 
  

  

  At 
  least 
  one 
  analysis 
  of 
  each 
  brand 
  of 
  fertilizer 
  sold 
  shall 
  be 
  

   made 
  yearly 
  by 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  and 
  the 
  secretary 
  shall 
  

   publish 
  a 
  report 
  of 
  all 
  such 
  analysis 
  made. 
  

  

  Any 
  person 
  failing 
  to 
  comply 
  with 
  this 
  law, 
  or 
  selling 
  fertilizer 
  

   not 
  substantially 
  like 
  the 
  certified 
  statement 
  placed 
  on 
  each 
  pack- 
  

   age, 
  is 
  liable 
  to 
  a 
  fine 
  and 
  also 
  for 
  damages 
  sustained 
  by 
  any 
  pur- 
  

   chaser. 
  

  

  The 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  agriculture 
  may 
  select 
  two 
  pounds 
  

   of 
  any 
  fertilizer 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  for 
  analysis. 
  (Ohio 
  

   Statutes, 
  4446a-4-446i.) 
  

  

  