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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  OREGOK 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  an 
  act 
  prescribing 
  the 
  duties 
  of 
  the 
  dairy 
  and 
  food 
  com- 
  

   missioner 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  unwholesome 
  food, 
  drink, 
  

   medicine 
  and 
  fertilizers, 
  and 
  section 
  15 
  of 
  said 
  act 
  reads 
  as 
  fol- 
  

   lows 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  Every 
  box, 
  barrel, 
  keg 
  or 
  other 
  package 
  of 
  any 
  substance, 
  or 
  

   any 
  quantity 
  of 
  any 
  substance 
  in 
  any 
  shape 
  or 
  form 
  whatever, 
  sold 
  

   or 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  as 
  a 
  commercial 
  fertilizer, 
  shall 
  have 
  attached 
  

   to 
  it 
  in 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  place 
  a 
  label 
  containing 
  a 
  certified 
  analysis 
  

   made 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  chemist 
  from 
  a 
  fair 
  and 
  true 
  sample 
  of 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   stance 
  to 
  which 
  such 
  label 
  is 
  attached." 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  term 
  ' 
  commercial 
  fertilizer,' 
  as 
  used 
  in 
  this 
  act, 
  shall 
  be 
  

   taken 
  to 
  mean 
  any 
  and 
  every 
  substance 
  imported, 
  manufactured, 
  

   prepared 
  or 
  sold 
  for 
  fertilizer 
  or 
  manurial 
  purposes, 
  except 
  barn- 
  

   yard 
  manure, 
  lime, 
  marl, 
  wood 
  ashes 
  and 
  plaster." 
  (Laws 
  1899, 
  

   p. 
  50.) 
  

  

  EHODE 
  ISLAND. 
  

  

  Every 
  lot 
  of 
  commercial 
  fertilizer 
  sold 
  or 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  shall 
  

   be 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  label 
  stating 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  pounds, 
  the 
  

   name, 
  brand 
  or 
  trade-mark 
  under 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  sold, 
  the 
  name 
  and 
  

   address 
  of 
  the 
  manufacturer 
  or 
  importer, 
  and 
  a 
  chemical 
  analysis 
  

   stating 
  the 
  percentage 
  of 
  nitrogen, 
  of 
  potash 
  (KjO.) 
  soluble 
  in 
  

   water, 
  and 
  of 
  soluble, 
  reverted, 
  and 
  insoluble 
  phosphoric 
  acid 
  

   (P2O5). 
  

  

  When 
  fertilizei*s 
  are 
  sold 
  in 
  bulk 
  for 
  use 
  of 
  farmers 
  in 
  this 
  

   State, 
  a 
  statement 
  must 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  board 
  of 
  managers 
  of 
  the 
  

   Khode 
  Island 
  agricultural 
  college, 
  and 
  m.echanical 
  arts, 
  giving 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  the 
  goods 
  so 
  shipped, 
  and 
  accompanied 
  by 
  an 
  affidavit 
  

   from 
  the 
  seller 
  giving 
  the 
  percentage 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  ingredients 
  

   guaranteed, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  agents 
  and 
  a 
  sample 
  of 
  said 
  

   fertilizer. 
  

  

  