﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agricultuke. 
  969 
  

  

  mating 
  the 
  commercial 
  value 
  thereof 
  as 
  hereinbefore 
  required. 
  

   The 
  sworn 
  certificate 
  of 
  the 
  chemist 
  of 
  said 
  college 
  shall 
  be 
  

   prima 
  facie 
  evidence 
  in 
  any 
  and 
  all 
  courts 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  of 
  tEe 
  

   analysis 
  and 
  commercial 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  fertilizers 
  so 
  analyzed. 
  

  

  *' 
  Anv 
  fertilizer 
  or 
  commercial 
  manure 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  in 
  this 
  

   State 
  proving 
  deficient 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  its 
  ingredients 
  and 
  if, 
  by 
  reason 
  

   of 
  such 
  deficiency, 
  the 
  commercial 
  value 
  thereof 
  shall 
  fall 
  three 
  

   per 
  cent, 
  below 
  the 
  guaranteed 
  commercial 
  value 
  of 
  said 
  fertilizer, 
  

   it 
  shall 
  be 
  deeined 
  fraudulent, 
  and 
  a 
  note 
  or 
  obligation 
  given 
  in 
  

   payment 
  therefor 
  shall 
  be 
  collectable 
  at 
  law 
  only 
  for 
  the 
  amount 
  

   of 
  the 
  actual 
  commercial 
  value 
  as 
  ascertained 
  by 
  the 
  analysis, 
  and 
  

   the 
  person 
  or 
  corporation 
  selling 
  the 
  same 
  shall 
  be 
  liable 
  to 
  the 
  

   purchaser 
  for 
  such 
  damages 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  sustained 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  

   such 
  deficiency.". 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  deemed 
  a 
  misdemeanor 
  for 
  " 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  corporation 
  

   to 
  sell 
  or 
  offer 
  for 
  sale 
  any 
  brand 
  of 
  commercial 
  manure 
  in 
  this 
  

   State 
  which 
  contains 
  ammonia 
  derived 
  from 
  horns, 
  hoofs, 
  or 
  

   leather, 
  or 
  which 
  shall, 
  upon 
  analysis, 
  fall 
  three 
  per 
  cent, 
  below 
  

   the 
  commercial 
  value 
  of 
  said 
  fertilizer 
  or 
  commercial 
  manure, 
  

   certified 
  to 
  the 
  said 
  Trustees 
  of 
  said 
  college 
  as 
  hereinbefore 
  pro- 
  

   vided." 
  (Laws 
  1894, 
  m. 
  330.) 
  

  

  All 
  packages 
  containing 
  fertilizers 
  or 
  commercial 
  manures, 
  

   whether 
  in 
  bag, 
  barrel 
  or 
  other 
  package, 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  or 
  de- 
  

   livered 
  after 
  sale 
  in 
  this 
  State, 
  shall 
  have 
  a 
  printed 
  label 
  or 
  stamp, 
  

   which 
  shall 
  truly 
  set 
  forth 
  the 
  name, 
  location 
  and 
  trade-mark 
  

   of 
  the 
  manufacturer, 
  also 
  the 
  chemical 
  composition 
  of 
  the 
  con- 
  

   tents 
  of 
  such 
  package, 
  and 
  the 
  real 
  percentage 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  ingredients 
  asserted 
  to 
  be 
  possessed, 
  to 
  wit: 
  " 
  Soluble 
  and 
  

   precipitated 
  phosphoric 
  acid, 
  soluble 
  potassa, 
  ammonia, 
  or 
  its 
  

   equivalent 
  in 
  nitrogen, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  its 
  analysis, 
  and 
  

   that 
  the 
  privilege 
  tax 
  has 
  been 
  paid, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  

   (or 
  end, 
  as 
  the 
  case 
  may 
  be), 
  of 
  every 
  such 
  bag, 
  barrel 
  or 
  other 
  

   package 
  there 
  shall 
  be 
  another 
  plainly 
  printed 
  label 
  or 
  stamp, 
  or 
  

   a 
  brand 
  in 
  Eoman 
  letters, 
  the 
  letters 
  to 
  be 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  two 
  

  

  