﻿974 
  Seventh 
  Anscal 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  of 
  inspection 
  on 
  tags 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agricul- 
  

   ture 
  and 
  showing 
  authority 
  to 
  sell 
  such 
  fertilizers. 
  

  

  K'o 
  fertilizer 
  shall 
  be 
  sold 
  in 
  tlie 
  State 
  unless 
  their 
  analysis 
  

   shall 
  show 
  a 
  given 
  per 
  cent, 
  as 
  prescribed 
  by 
  the 
  commissioner 
  

   of 
  agriculture. 
  

  

  Before 
  selling 
  any 
  fertilizer, 
  its 
  manufacturer, 
  dealer 
  or 
  agent 
  

   shall 
  file 
  with 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  a 
  guaranteed 
  analy- 
  

   sis 
  of 
  each 
  brand. 
  An 
  inspection 
  fee 
  of 
  fifty 
  cents 
  per 
  ton 
  or 
  

   fraction 
  thereof 
  shall 
  be 
  paid. 
  

  

  Inspectors 
  are 
  appointed 
  w^ho 
  shall 
  collect 
  samples 
  of 
  fertilizers,' 
  

   sold 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  for 
  analysis. 
  Tags 
  provided 
  for 
  in 
  this 
  act 
  must 
  

   be 
  attached 
  to 
  each 
  package 
  before 
  lu-inging 
  any 
  fertilizer 
  into 
  

   the 
  State. 
  (Laws 
  1897, 
  chap. 
  123.) 
  

  

  TEXAS. 
  

  

  Before 
  any 
  commercial 
  fertilizer 
  or 
  commercial 
  poison, 
  or 
  any 
  

   chemical 
  mixture 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  fertilizer 
  or 
  commercial 
  poison, 
  such 
  as 
  

   London 
  purple, 
  arsenic, 
  paris 
  green, 
  or 
  any 
  poison 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  of 
  destroying 
  the 
  boll 
  worm, 
  or 
  other 
  pests, 
  are 
  sold 
  or 
  

   offered 
  for 
  sale, 
  the 
  manufacturer, 
  agent 
  or 
  importer 
  shall 
  de- 
  

   posit 
  with 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  and 
  Mechanical 
  College 
  a 
  sample 
  of 
  

   the 
  commodity 
  offered 
  for 
  sale. 
  Provided, 
  the 
  unmixed 
  sub- 
  

   stances, 
  cotton-seed 
  meal, 
  land 
  plaster, 
  salt, 
  ashes, 
  lime, 
  green 
  

   sand 
  marl, 
  uncrushed 
  bones 
  and 
  animal 
  excrement 
  shall 
  be. 
  ex- 
  

   empt 
  from 
  operations 
  of 
  this 
  law. 
  

  

  The 
  manufacturer, 
  vendor, 
  agent, 
  etc., 
  shall 
  pay 
  a 
  fee 
  of 
  $15 
  

   for 
  each 
  and 
  every 
  brand 
  of 
  fertilizer 
  or 
  commercial 
  poison 
  sold 
  

   or 
  offered 
  for 
  sale. 
  An 
  analysis 
  shall 
  be 
  made 
  of 
  each 
  sample, 
  

   ■which 
  shall 
  be 
  printed 
  on 
  a 
  label 
  which 
  shall 
  show 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  Available 
  nitrogen 
  and 
  its 
  equivalent 
  in 
  ammonia. 
  

  

  2. 
  Soluble 
  phosphoric 
  acid; 
  total 
  available 
  phosphoric 
  acid. 
  

  

  3. 
  Reverted 
  phosphoric 
  acid. 
  

  

  4. 
  Total 
  phosphoric 
  acid. 
  

  

  