710 



to sfll (secured l:i:.t vciir) will not l>e rciiiiind to ji:>.\ the cliargoor to 1m? tafrgcd until 

 exiiiration of their licenses. All othere on sale ninst 1j« taf^ged properly at unee. 

 Goods kept over from last seasftn must bo ta^^«'d to ie))resent this fact, and all dealers 

 are required to report the anu)nut on hand at the close of the fiscal year on November 

 30. No fertilizers eau be sold with a content less than 8 per cent of available ]dio>ph(irie 

 acid, 2 ]>er cent of jnnnntnia, and 1 ]>er cent of jiotash. Kainit, cottou-seed meal for 

 fertilizin*; jiurposes, and other fertilizinji materials must now be inspected and ana- 

 lyzed, and jiossible adulteration so prevented. 



Any fertilizer that is spurious and iloes not contain inj;reilicnt.s as represent»*d l>y 

 the label is liable to seizure, and after bein<; established on trial its value i.s recov- 

 ered by the board of aj^ricnltnre. Any person who otb-rs for sale fertilizers or fer- 

 tiliziii;^ material without havin<r attached thereto laltels as provided by law is liable 

 to a tine of $U} for each sejiarate i>acka<;e. one half, less the cost, goinj; to the jKirty 

 suiii<( and the remainder to the department; and if such fertilizer is condemned the 

 department makes analysis of tlie same and has ]iriiited lalu-ls jjiving the trn«- «hem- 

 ical inj^Tedients of the same put on each packaf^e. and lixes the commercial value at 

 which it may be sold. The department of agriculture can require agents of rail- 

 roads and steamboat couii»anie8 to furnish mi>nthly statements of the i|uantity of 

 fertilizers transported by them. The experiment station analyzes samples of fer- 

 tilizers taken by the official iu.spectors and publishes the same whenever needful. 



North Carolina Station, Bulletin No. SOu, October 1, 1891 .pp. 26). 



Synopsis of published wouk of tiif, noTANicAL and entomo- 

 logical DIVISIONS OF THE STATION, G. McCARTHY, B. 8.— Tlli.s 



iiiclndcs ]»n]»ii];ir sniiiiii;iric's of station luiUctiiis on the iollowiiio sub- 

 jects: Tlic (|iiality nt CninincKial seeds, linlletins Xos. ."»",»,(».'{. an»l (»7 

 (.see Expeiinieiit Station IJecoKl, vol. i, itp. l.'iT and I'SO); weed pe.st.s. 

 llnlletin No. 70 (see lv\i»eiinient Station l{ee«»rd. vol. ii, i». Uli); I'nn- 

 <;(»Ms diseases of plants, Uiilletin No. 7('»(see Ivxpeiinient Station lieeord, 

 vol. IH. i>. 17l'): forao;*' itlants. Bulletins No.s. (K> and 73 (see K\i>erinient 

 Station l\eeord, vol. II, ]>. <i(»(>): ami noxious inseets, liulletin No. 78 

 (see Hxiterinient Station lleeord, vol. iii. j). 17")). 



North Carolina Station. Bulletin No. 81, December 15. 1891 (pp. 26). 



Cotton SEED hills and meal for .steeks, .1. II. CiiAMnEKLAiN 

 (pp. .VIO). — Tliis experinuMit was made with four steers ran (ring in weight 

 from 7.i8 to KOL'C. pounds, to study the valne of eotton-.seed hulls, when 

 supplenu'iiti'd with cotton .seed meal, for fattenino .steers. The fee<ling 

 trial lasted from Oitoher 21, ISSO, to January 13, 18iM>— 84 days. Dur- 

 ing this time the hulls wen- fe<l tiil llhUinii (usually l."» to *_•(> pounds )»er 

 head), with from •> to ."» pounds of cotton seed meal i)er head daily. The 

 food eonsumed ami gains of each steer are taluilated, together witli state- 

 ments of the financial results, based on hulls at >*'.\.~tO and cotton see*! 

 meal at "^L'l i»er ton. At the end of the feeding "the animals were well 

 fattened, healthy, and still growing, but notwithstanding this, there 

 apjH'an'd indicatitms which seemed to .show that the digestion of the 

 animals had been impaiied." The gains mad»' ranged from l'S'2 to 182 

 pounds, and averaged 148 i)ounds. The average cost of the food during 



