INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL 

 FERTILIZERS 



MADE FOR THE 

 STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUURE 



The inspection of commercial fertilizers reported in this 

 bulletin was made under the direction of the Honorable 

 Andrew L. Felker, Commissioner of Agriculture. Mr. 

 Eugene D. Sanborn, State Inspector, collected 113 samples 

 of fertilizer materials which had been delivered to consum- 

 ers or were offered for sale by dealers between March 

 and June, 1925. The general character of the fertilizer 

 materials collected is shown by the following classification : 



Complete Fertilizer 87 



Acid Phosphate 4 



Sulphate of Ammonia 



Nitrate of Soda 



Muriate of Potash 



Sulphate of Potash 



Ground Bone 



Tankage 



Tankage and Bone 



Dried Blood 



Poultry Manure 



Sheep Manure 



113 



THE FERTILIZER LAW. 



Forty of the forty-eight states in the United States have 

 a law regulating the manufacture and sale of fertilizers. 

 The general nature and purposes of the laws of the different 

 states are similar. The New Hampshire Law entitled "An 

 Act to Regulate the Sale of Fertilizers" was first passed 

 in 1901 and last amended in 1917. The law applies to all 



