254 AGKICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



2. The Provisions of the Act are as follows : 



[Chapter 296.] 



An Act to regulate the sale of commercial fertilizers. 

 Be it enacted, etc., as follows : 



Section 1. Every lot or parcel of commercial fertilizer or mate- 

 rial 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 state- 

 ment clearly and truly certifying the number of net pounds of fer- 

 tilizer in the package, the name, brand or trade mark under which 

 the fertilizer 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 

 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 

 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 witli said director at his request a 

 sealed glass jar or bottle, containing not less than one pound of 

 the fertilizer, 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 ingredients : 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 tlie fee named in this section ; and on receipt of 



