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LAWS FOR THE REGULATION OF THE TRADE IN COM- 

 MERCIAL FERTILIZERS IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



Legislative Acts for 1S9G, Chapter 297. 



An Act to regulate the sale of cojimercial fertilizers. 

 Be it enacted, etc., as foUoius : 



Section i. Every lot or parcel of commercial fertilizer or fer- 

 tilizer material sold or offered or exposed for sale within this Com- 

 monwealth 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 fertil- 

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

 the location of the factory, and a chemical analysis stating the 

 percentage of nitrogen, 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 ingre- 

 dients of the fertilizer it accompanies. 



Section 2. Before any commercial fertilizer is sold or offered or 

 exposed for sale the importer, manufacturer or party who causes it 

 to be sold or offered for sale within this Commonwealth shall file 

 with the director of the Hatch experiment station of the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural 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. 



Section 3. The manufacturer, importer, agent or seller of any 

 brand of commercial fertilizer or fertilizer material shall pay 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, phosphorus 

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

 izer : provided, that whenever the manufacturer or importer shall 



