234 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



2. Laws for the Regulation of the Trade in Commercial 



Fertilizers. 



[Chap. 296.] 



An Act to regulate the sale oe commercial fertilizers 

 Be it enacted, etc., as follows : 



Section 1. Every lot or parcel of commercial fertilizer or 

 material used for manurial purposes sold, offered or 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 

 statement clearly and truly certifying the number of net pounds of 

 fertilizer in the package, the name, brand, or trade-mark under 

 which the fertilizer is sold, the name and address of the manu- 

 facturer or importer, the place of manufacture, and a chemical 

 analysis stating 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 lile with 

 the director of the Massachusetts agricultural experiment station, 

 a certified copy of the statement named in section one of this act, 

 and shall also deposit with said director at his request a sealed 

 glass jar or bottle, containing not less than one pound of the fer- 

 tilizer, accompanied by an affidavit that it is a fair average sample 

 thereof. 



Sect. 3. The manufacturer, importer, agent or seller of any 

 brand of commercial fertilizer or material used for manurial pur- 

 poses, the retail price of which is ten dollars or more per ton, 

 shall pay for each brand, on or before the first day of May annually, 

 to the director of the Massachusetts agricultural experiment station, 

 an analysis fee of five dollars for each of the three following fer- 

 tilizing inredients : namely, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, 

 contained or claimed to exist in said brand or fertilizer : provided, 

 that whenever the manufacturer or importer shall have paid the 

 fee herein required for any person acting as agent or seller for 

 such manufacturer or importer, such agent or seller shall not be 

 required to pay the fee named in this section ; and on receipt of 

 said analysis fees and statement specified in section two, the 



