DEPARTMENT OF PLANT AND ANIMAL CHEMISTRY. 



J. B. LiNDSEY, Chemist. 



Inspection of Commercial Fertilizers 



FOR THE SEASON OF 1907 



By H. 1). Haskins, Chemist in Charge. 



ASSISTED BY 



E. T. Ladd and W. E. Dickinson. 



According to a recent Act of the State Legisla- 

 New Fertilizer ture, a portion of Section 7 of the Legislative 

 Legislation. Acts for 18^6, Chapter 297, has been, in effect, 

 repealed. 



The earlier law relating to the publication of results of analyses of 

 the officially collected samples of fertilizers reads as follows : " And 

 shall publish the results from time to time, with such additional 

 information as the circumstances render advisable, provided such 

 information relates only to the composition of the fertilizer or fertilizer 

 material inspected. 



The aim of the new act is to give authority to publish in connec- 

 tion with the analysis of each brand, the retail cash price per toti^ the 

 comparative commercial value per ton of the ingredients found in each 

 fertilizer and the percentage of difference het7veen the said price and the 

 said 7)alue. 



The passage of this new Act will in effect repeal that portion of 

 Section 7 of the earlier Act which forbids the publication of data 

 relating to valuations. 



