Inspection of Commercial Fertilizers 



THE FERTILIZER LAW. 



An Act to Regulate the Sale of Commercial Fertilizers 

 enacted by the New Hampshire legislature of 1901 and 

 amended by the legislature of 1915 authorizes the Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture, Mr. Andrew L. Felker, to direct 

 an annual collection of samples of commercial fertilizers 

 offered for sale in the state and to have these samples ana- 

 lyzed at the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment 

 Station. 



A copy of this law follows : — 



STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



Chapter 43, Session Laws of 1901, as Amended by Chapter 

 81, Session Laws of 1915. 



An Act to Regulate the Sale of Fertilizers. 



Section 1. Every lot or parcel of commercial fertilizer 

 or fertilizer material sold or offered or exposed for sale 

 within this state 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 

 trademark 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 percentage 

 of nitrogen, of potash soluble in distilled water, of phos- 

 phoric acid in available form soluble in distilled water, and 

 reverted, and of total phosphoric acid. 



Sect. 2. Before any commercial fertilizer is sold or of- 

 fered 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 commissioner of agriculture a certi- 

 fied copy of the statement named in section 1 of this act, 

 and shall also deposit with said commissioner, at his re- 

 quest, 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 commercial fertilizer or fertilizer material 

 shall pay for each brand on or before the first day of March, 



