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  Seventh 
  Ankual 
  Eeport 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Tliis 
  is 
  an 
  act 
  to 
  furtlicr 
  regulate 
  the 
  manufacture 
  and 
  sale 
  of 
  

   commercial 
  fertilizers, 
  and 
  requires 
  that 
  manufacturers 
  of 
  fertil- 
  

   izers 
  or 
  commercial 
  manures 
  in 
  this 
  State, 
  or 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  cor- 
  

   poration 
  offering 
  the 
  same 
  for 
  sale, 
  shall 
  on 
  or 
  before 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  

   of 
  Xovember 
  of 
  each 
  year 
  file 
  with 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees 
  of 
  " 
  The 
  

   Olemson 
  Agricultural 
  College 
  of 
  South 
  Carolina," 
  a 
  true 
  and 
  cor- 
  

   rect 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  printed 
  label 
  or 
  stamp 
  required 
  to 
  be 
  printed 
  upon 
  

   every 
  bag, 
  barrel 
  or 
  other 
  package 
  of 
  such 
  fertilizer 
  or 
  commercial 
  

   manure 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  brands 
  which 
  the 
  said 
  person 
  or 
  corpora- 
  

   tion 
  proposes 
  to 
  offer 
  for 
  sale 
  within 
  the 
  State 
  during 
  the 
  next 
  

   succeeding 
  twelve 
  months; 
  also 
  a 
  certificate 
  showing 
  the 
  source 
  

   from 
  which 
  the 
  phosphoric 
  acid, 
  ammonia 
  and 
  potash 
  guaranteed 
  

   in 
  each 
  of 
  said 
  brands 
  of 
  fertilizer 
  or 
  commercial 
  manure 
  so 
  to 
  

   be 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  is 
  derived; 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  commercial 
  value 
  of 
  

   each 
  and 
  every 
  ingredient 
  contained 
  in 
  said 
  fertilizer 
  or 
  commer- 
  

   cial 
  manure, 
  to 
  be 
  ascertained 
  as 
  hereinafter 
  provided, 
  and 
  the 
  

   said 
  persons 
  or 
  corporation 
  shall 
  furnish 
  the 
  said 
  Board 
  of 
  Trus- 
  

   tees 
  of 
  said 
  College 
  a 
  true 
  sample 
  of 
  each 
  and 
  every 
  brand 
  of 
  

   fertilizer 
  or 
  commercial 
  manure, 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  pound, 
  in- 
  

   tended 
  to 
  be 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  during 
  the 
  season, 
  but 
  no 
  fertilizer 
  

   or 
  commercial 
  manure, 
  under 
  any 
  name 
  or 
  brand 
  Avhatever, 
  shall 
  

   be 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  Avithin 
  the 
  State 
  until 
  the 
  foregoing 
  terms 
  shall 
  

   be 
  complied 
  with. 
  It 
  is, 
  however, 
  provided, 
  that 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  

   corporation 
  may 
  apply 
  to 
  and 
  obtain 
  consent 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  Board 
  of 
  

   Trustees 
  to 
  offer 
  any 
  other 
  brand 
  of 
  fertilizer 
  or 
  commercial 
  man- 
  

   ure 
  upon 
  complying 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  requirements 
  hereinbefore 
  con- 
  

   tained. 
  The 
  said 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees 
  of 
  said 
  college 
  is 
  required, 
  on 
  

   or 
  before 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  October 
  of 
  each 
  year, 
  to 
  publish 
  the 
  

   commercial 
  value 
  per 
  pound 
  and 
  per 
  unit 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  ingre- 
  

   dients 
  of 
  a 
  complete 
  fertilizer, 
  viz: 
  available 
  phosphoric 
  acid, 
  am- 
  

   monia 
  and 
  potash, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  shall 
  be 
  furnished 
  to 
  any 
  firm 
  or 
  

   corporation 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  or 
  sale 
  of 
  commercial 
  

   fertilizers 
  and 
  manures 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  upon 
  application 
  therefor, 
  

   said 
  valuation 
  so 
  ascertained 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  guide 
  by 
  which 
  parties 
  

   selling 
  fertilizers 
  or 
  commercial 
  manures 
  shall 
  be 
  governed 
  in 
  esti- 
  

  

  