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Omission to state the guarantee of any constituent will be inter- 

 preted as meaning tliat that constituent is not present in the fer- 

 tilizer and it will be so stated in our future bulletins. 



Second. Variable Limits in Statement of Percentage 

 Composition. 



In the interest of clearness and simplicity, we suggest that 

 manufacturers give only the one figure representing the lower 

 limit of guarantee instead of stating a lower and upper limit. 

 Several manufacturers have voluntarily adopted this system already. 

 Hereafter, in our publication of guarantee-analyses, we shall state 

 only the lower limit, because this is the only figure officially recog- 

 nized by us as representing the guarantee. 



Third. Name of Manufacturer on Packages. 



The law says in section 1 : "A legible statement of the analysis 

 of the goods and of the person, firm or corporation who have 

 manufactured the same, shall be on or attached to each package of 

 fertilizer offered for sale for use in this State. 



We have recently found numerous violations of this clearly stated 

 provision of the law, no name of manufacturer being given. 

 Agents will be held responsible for handling goods whose packages 

 are not properly marked, when such goods are manufactured by 

 parties residing outside of the State. 



Fourth. Guakantee- Analysis on Small Packages. 



A special investigation by our agent shows that it is a universal 

 practice to omit altogether stating any guarantee-analysis on pack- 

 ages of fertilizers put up in small quantities of a few pounds or 

 less, especially such as are sold for use on house-plants. This is a 

 clear violation of the law and in all such cases found by our agent 

 in the future the law will be strictly enforced. 



Fifth Annual Statement. 



Attention is called to the second section of the law, which pro- 

 vides that manufacturers and certain agents " shall between the first 

 and twentieth days of July, in each year^ furnish the Director of 

 the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva, a 

 list of the commercial fertilizers they manufacture or offer for sale 



