V. PROVISIONS OF THE NEW FERTILIZER LAW OF 



NEW YORK.* 



SUMMARY. 



I. History of Fertilizer Legislation. In 1878 the first law 

 was passed to regulate the sale of fertilizers, but no provisions 

 were made for its execution. Another law was passed in 1890 

 and amended in 1894, but was so full of technical defects as 

 to defeat all attempts at making prosecutions for violations. 

 The present law became operative May 28, 1896. 



II. Application of New Law. The present fertilizer law ap- 

 plies to " any commercial fertilizer or any material to be used 

 as a fertilizer, the selling price of which exceeds ten dollars 

 per ton," when such goods are sold, offered or exposed for sale 

 in this State. 



III. Statement Required on Packages. The new fertilizer law 

 requires that there shall be printed on or afiixed to each package 

 of fertilizer, in a conspicuous place on the outside of the pack- 

 age, a plainly printed statement certifying, 



1. The net weight; 



2. The name, brand or trade-mark; 



3. The name and address of the manufacturer; 



4. The chemical composition expressed as follows: 



(a) Per cent of nitrogen. 



(b) Per cent of available phosphoric acid, or, in case of 



undissolved bone, total phosphoric acid. 



(c) Per cent of potash soluble in distilled water. 



IV. Filing of Statements. Before any fertilizer can be legally 

 sold, offered 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 pack- 

 ages, and also an additional statement in January of every year. 



* Printed nlso as Bulletin No. 103- 



