22 THE INSPECTION OF FERTILIZERS 



ing a distinguishing name or trademark, file annually during the 

 month of December with the secretary of the board of agriculture a 

 certified copy of the statement specified in the preceding section, 

 said certified copy to be accompanied, when the secretary shall so 

 request, by a sealed glass jar or bottle containing at least one pound 

 of the feeding-stuff to be sold or offered for sale, and the company or 

 person furnishing said sample shall thereupon make affidavit that 

 said sample corresponds within reasonable limits to the feeding-stuff 

 which it represents, in the percentage of protein and fat which it 

 contains. 



Sect. 4. Each manufacturer, importer, agent, or seller of any 

 concentrated commercial feeding-stuffs, shall pay annually during 

 the month of December to the secretary of the board of agriculture 

 a license fee of twenty dollars. Whenever a manufacturer, importer, 

 agent, or seller of concentrated commercial feeding-stuffs desires at 

 any time to sell such material and has not paid the license fee there- 

 for in the preceding month of December, as required by this section, 

 he shall pay the license fee prescribed herein before' making any such 

 sale. The amount of license fees received by said secretary pursuant 

 to the provisions of this section shall be paid by him to the treasurer 

 of the State of New Hampshire. The treasurer of the State of New 

 Hampshire shall pay from such amount when duly approved the 

 moneys required for the expense incurred in making the inspection 

 required by this act and enforcing the provisions thereof. The secre- 

 tary of the board of agriculture shall report biennially to the legis" 

 lature the amount received pursuant to this act, and the expense 

 incurred for salaries, laboratory expenses, chemical supplies, travel- 

 ing expenses, printing, and other necessary matters. Whenever the 

 manufacturer, importer, or shipper of concentrated commercial feed, 

 ing-stuff shall have filed the statement required by section 1 of this 

 act and paid the license fee as prescribed in this section, no agent or 

 seller of such manufacturer, importer, or shipper shall be required to 

 file such statement or pay such fee. 



Sect. 5. The secretary of the board of agriculture shall annually 

 cause to be analyzed at the New Hampshire College Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, at least one sample, to be taken in the manner 

 hereinafter prescribed, of every concentrated commercial feeding- 

 stuff sold or offered for sale under the provisions of this act. Said 

 secretary shall cause a sample to be taken, not exceeding two pounds 

 in weight, for said analysis, from any lot or package of such commer- 

 cial feeding-stuff which may be in the possession of any manu, 

 facturer, importer, agent, or dealer in this state; but said sample 

 shall be drawn in the presence of the parties in interest, or their 

 representatives, and taken from a parcel or a number of packages, 

 which shall not be less than ten per centum of the whole lot sampled, 

 and shall be thoroughly mixed, and then divided into two equal 

 samples, and placed in glass vessels and carefully sealed and a label 



