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other by the party whose stock was sampled. All parties violat- 

 ing this act shall be prosecuted by the director of said station ; 

 but it shall be the duty of said director, upon ascertaining any 

 violation of this act, to forthwith notify the manufacturer or im- 

 porter in writing, and give him not less than thirty days thereafter 

 in which to comply with the requirements of this act, but there shall 

 be no prosecution in relation to the quality of the fertilizer or fertiliz- 

 ing material if the same shall be found substantially equivalent to the 

 statement of analysis made by the manufacturer or importer. 



Sect. 8. Sections eleven to sixteen inclusive of chapter sixty 

 of the Public Statutes are hereby repealed. 



Sect. 9. This act shall take effect on the first day of September 

 in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. [Approved May 

 3, 1888.] 



Instructions issued, at the Beginning of the Season, to Dealers in 



Commercial Fertilizers. 



1 . An application for a certificate of compliance with the regula- 

 tions of the trade in commercial fertilizers and materials used for 

 manurial purposes in this State must be accompanied : — 



First, with a distinct statement of the name of each brand 

 offered for sale. 



Second, with a statement of the amount of phosphoric acid, of 

 nitrogen and of potassium oxide guaranteed in each distinct brand. 



Third, with the fee charged by the State for a certificate, which 

 is five dollars for each of the following articles : nitrogen, phos- 

 phoric acid and potassium oxide guaranteed in any distinct brand. 



2. The obligation to secure a certificate applies not only to 

 compound fertilizers, but to all substances, single or compound, 

 used for manurial purposes, and offered for sale at ten dollars or 

 more per ton of two thousand pounds. 



3. The certificate must be secured annually before the 1st of May. 



4. Manufacturers, importers and dealers in commercial fertil- 

 izers can appoint in this State as many agents as they desire, 

 after having secured at this office the certificate of compliance 

 with our laws. 



5. Agents of manufacturers, importers and dealers in commer- 

 cial fertilizers are held personally responsible for their transactions, 

 until they can prove that the articles they offer for sale are duly 

 recorded in this office. 



6. Manufacturers and importers are requested to furnish a list 

 of their agents. 



7. All applications for certificates ought to be addressed to the 

 Director of the Massachusetts State Agricultural Experiment Station. 



