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LAWS FOR THE REGULATIONS OF THE TRADE IN 

 COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



LAWS PASSED IN 1888. 

 Sect. 1 . E^very lot or parcel of commercial fertilizer or material 

 used for nianarial purposes sold, offered or exposed for sale within 

 this Common wealtfe, the retail price of ivhich is ten dollars or more 

 per t07i, 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 fertilizer is 

 sold, the name and address of the manufacturer or importer, the 

 place of manufacture, and a chemical analysis stating 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 otlier 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 counnercial fertilizer, ?7ie retail price of tvJiick 

 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 JNIassachusetts, shall file with the director 

 of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College, a certified cop}'^ 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 

 fertilizer, accompanied by an atfldavit that it is a fair average 

 sample thereof. 



Sect. 3. The manufacturer, im[)orter, agent or seller of any 

 brand of commercial fertilizer or material used for manurial pur- 

 poses, the retail price of irhich 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 Hatch Experiment Station, an analysis fee of five 

 dollars for each of the three following fertiliziug ingredients : 

 namely, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, contained or claimed 



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