Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906 



and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parlia- 

 ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, as 

 follows : — 



Warranties 

 as to ferti- 

 Jisers and 

 feeding 

 stufis. 



Power to 

 appoint 

 analyst and 

 samplers. 



1. — (i) Every person who sells for use as a fertiliser 

 of the soil any article which has been subjected to any 

 artificial process in the United Kingdom, or which has 

 been imported from abroad, shall give to the purchaser 

 an invoice stating the name of the article and what are 

 the respective percentages (if any) of nitrogen, soluble 

 phosphates, insoluble phosphates, and potash contained 

 in the article, and the invoice shall have effect as a 

 warranty by the seller that the actual percentages do 

 not differ from those stated in the invoice beyond the 

 prescribed limits of error. 



(5) Any statement by the seller of the percentages 

 of the chemical and other ingredients contained in any 

 article sold for use as a fertiliser of the soil, or of the 

 nutritive and other ingredients contained in any article 

 sold for use as food for cattle or poultry, made after the 

 commencement of this Act in an invoice of such article, 

 or in any circular or advertisement descriptive of such 

 article, shall have effect as a warranty by the seller. 



(6) Where an article sold for use as a fertiliser of the 

 soil or as food for cattle or poultry consists of two or 

 more ingredients which have been mixed at the request 

 of the purchaser, it shall be a sufficient compliance with 

 the provisions of this section with respect to percentages 

 if the invoice contains a statement of percentages with 

 respect to the several ingredients before mixture, and 

 a statement that they have been mixed at the request 

 of the purchaser. 



2. — (i) The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries shall 

 appoint a chief agricultural analyst (hereinafter referred 

 to as the chief analyst), who shall have such remuneration 

 out of moneys provided by Parliament as the Treasury 

 may assign. The chief analyst shall not while holding 

 his office engage in private practice. 



(2) Every county council shall, and the council of 

 any county borough may, appoint an official agricultural 



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