﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  979 
  

  

  file 
  the 
  statement 
  and 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  certificate 
  of 
  authority 
  afore- 
  

   said, 
  shall 
  be 
  authorized 
  to 
  make 
  or 
  offer 
  to 
  sell 
  fertilizers 
  in 
  this 
  

   State. 
  

  

  All 
  fertilizers 
  or 
  chemicals, 
  or 
  ingredients 
  for 
  manufacturing 
  

   or 
  composing 
  the 
  same, 
  shall 
  have 
  printed 
  upon 
  each 
  bag, 
  barrel 
  

   or 
  package, 
  the 
  guaranteed 
  analysis 
  of 
  such 
  ingredients, 
  as 
  claimed 
  

   by 
  the 
  manufacturer, 
  showing 
  only 
  the 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  ammonia, 
  

   available 
  phosphoric 
  acid, 
  and 
  potash 
  soluble 
  in 
  water. 
  These 
  state- 
  

   ments 
  shall 
  all 
  correspond 
  with 
  such 
  as 
  have 
  been 
  filed 
  with 
  the 
  

   commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture; 
  provided 
  nothing 
  in 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  

   restrict 
  sales 
  of 
  acid 
  phosphate, 
  Kainit, 
  or 
  other 
  fertilizer 
  mate- 
  

   rial 
  in 
  bulk 
  by 
  importers 
  or 
  others, 
  who 
  mix 
  fertilizer 
  material 
  for 
  

   sale. 
  

  

  The 
  purchaser 
  may 
  request 
  a 
  sample 
  of 
  the 
  seller 
  to 
  send 
  to 
  

   the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  wdio 
  shall 
  analyze 
  same 
  and 
  

   send 
  a 
  copy 
  to 
  buyer 
  and 
  seller. 
  

  

  If 
  such 
  sample, 
  or 
  any 
  sample 
  collected 
  by 
  an 
  inspector, 
  shall, 
  

   upon 
  analysis, 
  fall 
  ten 
  per 
  centum 
  in 
  value 
  below 
  the 
  manufac- 
  

   turer's 
  guaranteed 
  analysis, 
  the 
  commissioner 
  shall 
  forbid 
  the 
  

   further 
  sale 
  of 
  said 
  fertilizer, 
  and 
  the 
  purchaser 
  may 
  recover 
  

   of 
  the 
  seller 
  or 
  the 
  manufacturer 
  the 
  purchase 
  money 
  thereof. 
  

  

  The 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  shall 
  have 
  full 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  

   inspection 
  and 
  analysis 
  of 
  fertilizers; 
  he 
  shall 
  obtain 
  samples 
  for 
  

   analysis, 
  and 
  publish 
  the 
  results 
  for 
  the 
  inf 
  onnation 
  of 
  farmers. 
  

  

  The 
  term 
  " 
  commercial 
  fertilizers 
  " 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  held 
  to 
  in- 
  

   clude 
  lime, 
  land 
  plaster, 
  ashes, 
  or 
  common 
  salt, 
  or 
  tobacco 
  stems, 
  

   ground 
  or 
  unground. 
  

  

  All 
  fertilizers 
  sold 
  in 
  violation 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  be 
  seized 
  and 
  

   delivered 
  to 
  and 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  court. 
  (Laws 
  

   1900, 
  chap. 
  10.) 
  

  

  WASHmGTOK 
  

  

  Every 
  lot 
  of 
  commercial 
  fertilizers 
  valued 
  at 
  over 
  ten 
  dollars 
  per 
  

   ton 
  shall 
  be 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  label 
  showing 
  the 
  weight, 
  name. 
  

  

  