2 Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [10 Jan., 1916. 



certificate, signed by the vendor or his agent, stating the name and 

 place of business of the vendor, the figure, trade mark, or other sign 

 attached to or associated with the fertilizer and intended for 

 identifying it. 



The quantity of fertilizer comprised in the sale, the proportion per 

 centum in which such fertilizer contains the following ingredients — 

 Nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash, and the forms in which they 

 resjiectively occur must be stated as provided in Second Schedule. 



Secondly, every person who sells or offers or exposes for sale any 

 fertilizer, and every dealer in fertilizers who has in his possession any 

 fertilizer, shall securely and conspicuously affix to each parcel thereof 

 a plainly printed label of linen or other suitable material, clearly and 

 ti-uly certifying : — 



The number of net pounds of fertilizer in the parcel, the figure, trade 

 mark, or other sign under which the fertilizer is sold, the name and 

 address of the manufacturer or importer, the place of manufacture, and 

 giving a chemical analysis stating the proportion per centum in which 

 the fertilizer contains the three ingredients — nitrogen, phosphoric acid, 

 and potash, and the i-espective forms in which they respectively occur, 

 as required to be stated in the invoice certificate. 



Percentage of deficiency allowed in regard to ingredients of ferti- 

 lizing value : — - 



I Nitrogen. 



Fertilizers containing Nitrogen . . 

 Fertilizers containing Potash 

 *Fertilizers containing Phosphoric 

 Acid 



0-50 



Potash 

 rpadily 

 soluble. 



1-00 



Phosphoric Acid. 



Water 

 soluble. 



1.00 



Citrate 

 soluble. 



1-00 



Citrate 

 insoluble. 



100 



* Provided that tlie total phosphoric acid deficiency shall not exceed 1-50 per cent. 



The Valuation of Manures from Analysis. 



The commercial value of a manure can be found by multiplying the 

 percentage of the nitrogen, phosphoric acid, or potash content of the 

 manure as stated on the label or invoice certificate by the unit value 

 fixed for the ingredient, in the form in which it is guaranteed to be 

 present in the manure. As, for example, in the case of super- 

 phosphate : — 



s. d. Value per ton. 



Water soluble phosphoric acid 17'0 x 4 10 = £4 2 2 



Citrate soluble phosphoric acid 0'5x47= 024 



Citrate insoluble phosphoric acid 0'5x20= 010 



Total 



£4 5 6 



