4 INSPECTION OF FERTILIZERS 



ent lower the guaranteed value of the goods, because an 



excess of some other substance made it up. 



In 1901 a new fertilizer law went into effect, and this was 



the first inspection under the act. A number of unlicensed 



brands were found, which were not analyzed. Some of these 



brands were undoubtedly old goods carried over from the 



previous year, since agents, for obvious reasons, are loth to 



acknowledge the possession of fertilizers that are a year old. 



It is highly important that all agents for fertilizers inform 



themselves definitely that all the brands which they handle 



are licensed by the manufacturer. The text of the new law 



follows. 



STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



CHAPTER 43, SESSION LAWS OF I90I. 



An Act to Regulate the Sale of Fertilizers. 



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

 rial sold or offered or exposed for sale within this state shall be accom- 

 panied by a plainly printed statement, clearly and truly certifying the num- 

 ber 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 manu- 

 facturer or importer, the location of the factory, and a chemical analysis 

 stating the percentage of nitrogen, of potash soluble in distilled water, of 

 phosphoric acid in available form soluble in distilled water, and reverted, 

 and of total phosphoric acid. 



Sect. 2. Before any commercial fertilizer is sold or offered or exposed 

 for sale, the manufacturer, importer, or party who causes it to be sold or 

 offered for sale, within this state, shall file with the secretary of the board 

 ofiagriculture a certified copy of the statement named in section i of this 

 act, and shall also deposit with said secretary, at his request, a sealed glass 

 jar or bottle containing not less than one pound of the fertilizer, accom- 

 panied 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 fertilizer material shall pay for each brand on or 

 before the first day of March, annually, to the secretary of the board of 

 agriculture, an analysis fee, as follows, namely : ten dollars for the phos- 

 phoric acid, five dollars for the nitrogen, and five dollars for the potash, 

 contained or claimed to be in the said brand of fertilizer, but the fee for any 

 brand shall not exceed fifteen dollars ; provided, that whenever the manu- 

 facturer or importer shall have paid the fee herein required, any person 

 acting as agent or seller for such manufacturer or importer shall not be 

 required to pay the fee named in this section. 



Sect. 4^ No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale in this state any 

 pulverized leather, hair, or wool waste, raw, steamed, roasted, or in any 



