CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE AND SALE. 



FERTILISERS. 



Raw Bones, Bone-meal, or Bone-dust to be guaranteed "pure," and 

 to contain not less than 45 per cent, of Phosphate of Lime, and not 

 less than 4 per cent, of Ammonia. 



Steamed or " Degelatinized " Bones to be guaranteed "pure," and 

 to contain not less than 55 per cent, of Phosphate of Lime, and not 

 less than 1 per cent, of Ammonia. 



Mineral Superphosphate of Lime to be guaranteed to contain a 

 certain percentage of " Soluble Phosphate." [From 25 to 28 per cent, 

 of Soluble Phosphate is an ordinarily good quality.] 



Dissolved Bones to be guaranteed to be "made from raw bone 

 and acid only," and to be sold as containing stated minimum per- 

 centages of Soluble Phosphate, Insoluble Phosphates, and Ammonia. 



Compound Artificial Manures, Bone Manures, Bone Compounds, &c., 

 to be sold by analysis stating the minimum percentages of Soluble 

 Phosphate, Insoluble Phosphates, and Ammonia contained. 



feasic Slafj to be guaranteed to be sufficiently finely ground that 80 

 to 90 per cent, passes through a sieve having 10,000 meshes to the 

 square inch, and to contain a certain percentage of Phosphoric Acid 

 or its equivalent in Phosphate of Lime. [The highest grades range 

 from 17 to 20 per cent, of Phosphoric Acid ; medium grades 14 to 16 

 per cent. ; and low-grades from 10 to 12 per cent, of Phosphoric Acid.] 



Peruvian Guano to be described by that name, and to be sold by 

 analysis stating the minimum percentages of Phosphates and Ammonia. 



Sulphate of Ammonia to be guaranteed " PURE," and to contain not 

 less than 24 per cent, of Ammonia. 



Nitrate of Soda to be guaranteed " pure," and to contain 95 per 

 cent. Nitrate of Soda. 



Kainit to be guaranteed to contain 23 per cent, of Sulphate of Potash. 



All Fertilisers to be delivered in good and suitable condition for 

 sowing. 



FEEDING STUFFS. 



Linseed cake, Cotton cake (Decorticated and Undecorticated), and 

 Rape cake (for feeding purposes) to be pure, i.e., prepared only from 

 the one kind of seed from which their name is derived ; and to be 

 in sound condition. The percentages of oil and albuminoids guaran- 

 teed must also be stated. The Report of the Consulting Chemist of 

 the Royal Agricultural Society of England to be conclusive as to 

 the "purity" or otherwise of any feeding stuffs. 



Mixed Feeding-cakes, Meals, &c., to be sold on a guaranteed 

 analysis, giving the percentages of oil and albuminoids, to be in 

 sound condition, and to contain nothing of an injurious nature, 

 or ingredients that are worthless for feeding purposes. 



