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CHANGES IN THE LAWS FOR THE REGULATION OK THE 



TRADE IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS IN 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



The recent changes in our latvs are rendered prominent by being ^ 

 in both, printed in Italics. 



LAWS PASSED IN 1896. 

 Section 1. Every lot or j^arcel of commercial fertilizer or fertilizer 

 matericd sold or offered or exjiosed for sale tvithin this Commonirealth 

 shall be accomptanied 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 location of 

 the factory, and a chemical analysis stating the 2~)ercentage of nitrogen., 

 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 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 is sold or offered or 

 exposed for sale., the iinjjorter, manufacturer or party ivho caiises it to 

 be sold or offered for sale within this Commonwealth shall file with the 

 director of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College 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 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 commei'cial fertilizer or fertilizer material shall 2)<^y for each brand., 

 on or before the first day of May annually to the director of the 

 Experiment Station, an analysis fee of five dollars for each of the 

 three following fertilizing ingredients: namely, nitrogen, phos- 

 phorus and potassium, contained or claimed to exist in said brand of 

 fertilizer provided, that whenever the manufacturer or importer 



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