RURAL LEGISLATION 



execution of the law, the manufacturer is 

 required to take out a license and to make a 

 statement of the brands of fertilizers which 

 he will place upon the market in the given 

 state during the given season. 



During the spring and fall season agents 

 traverse the state and sample the bags of 

 fertilizers as found on sale by local mer- 

 chants. The samples are sent by number 

 under seal to the designated chemist, while 

 at the same time the agent transmits to the 

 state officer in charge of the enforcement of 

 the law the necessary information concern- 

 ing these samples. Upon the receipt of the 

 analysis made by the chemist, who has had 

 no knowledge of the origin of the sample, 

 the state officer compares them with the 

 guarantee of the manufacturer, and if he 

 finds it necessary enters legal complaint. 

 While these laws have been in force for 

 many years in some states and in many states 

 for some years, prosecution has seldom been 

 found necessary. The honest manufacturer 

 is protected from dishonest competition, and 

 the dishonest manufacturer, if there be such, 

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