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buy, whenever practicable, on guarantee of composition with 

 reference to their essential constituents, and to see to it that 

 the bill of sale recognizes that point of the bargain. Any 

 mistake or misunderstanding in the transaction may be 

 readily adjusted, in that case, between the contending 

 parties. The responsibility of the dealer ends with furnish- 

 ing an article corresponding in its composition with the low- 

 est stated quantity of each specified essential constituent. 



Our present laws for the regulation of the trade in com- 

 mercial fertilizers include not only the various brands of 

 compound fertilizers, but also all materials, single or com- 

 pound, without reference to source, used for manurial pur- 

 poses, when offered for sale in our market at ten dollars or 

 more per ton. Copies of our present laws for the regulation 

 of the trade in commercial fertilizers may be had by all 

 interested, on application, at the Massachusetts State Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, Amherst, Mass. 



2. The Provisions of the Act are asfolloivs: 



[Chapter 296.] 



An Act to regulate the sale of commercial fertilizers. 

 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



Section 1. Every lot or parcel of commercial fertilizer or mate- 

 rial used for manurial purposes sold, offered cr exposed for sale 

 within this Commonwealth, the retail price of which is ten dollars 

 or more per ton, shall be accompanied by a plainly printed state- 

 ment clearly and truly certifying the number of net pounds of fer- 

 tilizer in the package, the name, brand or trade mark under which 

 the fertilizer is sold, the name and address of the manufacturer or 

 importer, the place of manufacture, and a chemical analysis stat- 

 ing the percentage of nitrogen or its equivalent in ammonia, of 

 potash soluble in distilled water, and of phosphoric acid in 

 available form soluble in distilled water and reverted, as well as 

 the total phosphoric acid. In the case of those fertilizers which 

 consist of other and cheaper materials, said label shall give a 

 correct general statement of the composition and ingredients of 

 the fertilizer it accompanies. 



Sect. 2. Before any commercial fertilizer, the retail price of 

 which is ten dollars or more per ton, is sold, offered or exposed 

 for sale, the importer, manufacturer or party who causes it to be 

 sold or offered for sale within the state of Massachusetts, shall 



