THe JOURNAL 



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Vol. XIV. Part 1. 10th January, 1916. 



ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZERS ACT. '-m.^Ai^v 



Unit Values for 1916. ^3»TAr-"CA( 



i?y P. Raiikin Scott, Chemist for Agriculture. 



The term fertilizer under tliis Act means any substance containing 

 nitrogen, phosphoric acid, or potash, manufactured, produced, or pre- 

 pared in any manner for the purpose of fertilizing the soil or supplying 

 nutriment to plants, but does not include farmyard or stable manure, or 

 any crude night-soil, crude offal, or other unmanufactured refuse. 



The Act requires every manufacturer and importer of manures, who 

 desires to have a brand registered in respect of any manure, to make 

 application to the Secretary for Agriculture for the registration of such 

 brand on or before the 1st day of November in each year. 



Every such application shall set forth the full name and place of 

 business of the applicant, the name, figure, trade mark, or sign to be 

 attached or associated with the manure to identify it, the raw materials 

 from which the fertilizer is manufactured, and a statement of analysis 

 showing the composition of the manure in respect to the ingredients 

 nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash, and the respective forms in 

 vliich thoy occur, and the retail price of the manure. This list shall be 

 ])ublished in the Government Gazette. No fertilizer shall be sold except 

 in parcels. Every such parcel and every invoice certificate and label 

 used in connexion Avith such fertilizer sliall l)e marked with a registered 

 brand in such numner as is prescribed. 



First, upon the sale of any fertilizer, the vendor shall at the time 

 of sal(^ or licfore delivery of the same, give to the luirchaser an invoice 



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