1890.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 237 



substances, free of charge, will receive a careful considera- 

 tion, whenever the results promise to be of a more general 

 interest. For obvious reasons, no work can be carried on 

 at the station of which the results are not at the disposal of 

 the managers for publication, if deemed advisable in the 

 interest of the citizens of the State. 



All parcels and communications sent on to "The 

 Massachusetts State Experiment Station " must have ex- 

 press and postal charges prepaid, to receive attention. 



2. Laws for the Begulation of the Trade in Commercial 



Fertilizers. 



[Chap. 296.] 



An Act to regulate the sale of commercial fertilizers. 

 Be it enacted^ etc., as follows: 



Section 1. Every lot or parcel of commercial fertilizers or 

 material used for manurial purposes sold, offered or exposed for 

 sale within this Commou wealth, 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 fertiUzer 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 avail- 

 able form soluble in distilled water and reverted, as well as the 

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

 sist of other and cheaper materials, said label shall give a correct 

 general statement of the composition and ingredients of the fer- 

 tilizer 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 file 

 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 fertil- 

 izer, 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- 



