212 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOKD. 



Provisions of the ne-w fertilizer laiv of Nevr York, L. L. Van 



Slyke [New York State fSta. Hut. lO.J, ii. scr., pp. 107-120). — A law to 

 regulate tlie sale of fertilizers in IS^ew York was passed in 1878, but no 

 provisions were made for its execution. 



"Another law was pnsseil iu 1890 and anieiidcfl iii 1891, but was so full of teclinical 

 defects as to defeat all attempts at making ])rosecutions for violations. The ])resent 

 law became operative May 28, 1896. 



"The present fertilizer law applies to 'any commercial fertilizer or any material 

 to be used as a fertilizer, the selling price of which exceeds $10 per ton,' when such 

 goods are sold, oiiered, or exposed for sale in this .State. 



"The new fertilizer law requires that there shall be printed on or affixed to each 

 package of fertilizer, iu a conspicuous jilace on the outside of the package, a plainly 

 priuted statement certifying: (1) the net weight; (2) the name, brand or trade 

 mark; (3) the name and address of the manufacturer, and (4) the chemical compo- 

 sitiou expressed as follows: Per cent of nitrogen; per cent of available phosi>horic 

 acid, or, in case of undissolved bone, total i)hosphoric acid, and per cent of potash 

 S(>luble in distilled water. 



"Before any fertilizer can be legally sold, oft'ered, or exposed for sale in this State 

 the manufacturer or agent must file with the New York Agricultural Experiment 

 .Station, at Geneva, a statement like that provided for on ])ackages, and also an addi- 

 tional statement iu .January of every year. 



"When fertilizers contain leather or similar inert products the fact nnist be 

 explicitly and conspicuously stated on each package." 



A brief statement of the work accomplished by the station in inspec- 

 tion of fertilizers is added. 



Since July, 1890, there have been collected and analyzed about 2,700 

 samples of commercial fertilizers manufactured by over 120 firms, 

 nearly one-half of whom reside in other States. 



The maintenance of soil fertility : Commercial fertilizers, F. W. Woll ( Wis- 

 consin Sta. liiil. 40, pp. 5.^).— This is the first l)nllctin issued m accordance with the 

 ])rovisions of the Wisconsin fertilizer law passed in 1895, and gives the results of 10 

 analyses of fertilizers licensed for sale in the State during the cnrreut calendar year. 



"It has been considered desirable, in addition, to include in the bulletin such 

 general information on the subject of iertilizers and thtur apiilication as will be 

 heljiful to the farmers of our State and aid them to a more thorough understanding 

 of the problems connected with the maintenance of the fertility of their laud." 



The topics discussed are the nature and source of the difierent fertilizing ingre- 

 dients; the fertilizing constituents of feeding stufi's and farm products; amounts of 

 fertilizing constituents removed from the soil by different crops; the nature, man- 

 agement, and use of barnyard manure; green manuring; and the composition, 

 valuation, and use of commercial fertilizers. The text of the State fertilizer law is 

 also given. 



Composition of commercial fertilizers, H. B. McDonnell kt al. {Maryland Sta, 

 Ihil. 37, pp. 5/).— Tabulated analyses and valuations of 439 fertilizers inspected 

 September, 189.^), to .launary, 1896, with a list of fertilizers liceused for sale in Mary- 

 land for the year ending January 31, 1896, and a schedule of trade values of fertiliz- 

 ing materials. 



