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material shall furnish with each lot or package a clearly 

 printed statement certifying the brand name under which 

 it is sold, the name and address of the manufacturer, the 

 number of net pounds the package contains and a chem- 

 ical analysis stating the minimum percentages of nitrogen 

 of total phosphoric acid, of available phosphoric acid and 

 of water soluble potash. No person shall sell or offer for 

 sale any pulverized leather, hair or wool waste, peat, gar- 

 bage tankage, or any inert material whatsoever, with- 

 out an explicit printed statement of the fact conspicuously 

 fixed to every package of such material. 



The state official in charge of the administration of the 

 fertilizer law is the Commissioner of Agriculture. 



NEW ENGLAND STANDARD NINE 



Late in December, 1922, the directors of the New Eng- 

 land Agricultural Experiment Stations and the agronomists 

 of the New England State Colleges met in conference with 

 representatives of the fertilizer manufacturers selling in 

 New England and adopted nine grades of fertilizer which 

 in their opinion meet all the fertilizer requirements of New 

 England crops and soils. 



The formulas and recommended uses of these nine 

 grades, known as the New England Standard Nine, are 

 as follows: 



1. 0-12-6 — For late fall seeding of grass and grain and 



for top-dressing clover and alfalfa. 



2. 2-12-4 — For late summer and early fall seeding of 



grass or grain; also for com with the 

 addition of manure. 



3. 3-10-4 — For com, small grains, millet, tomatoes and 



cabbage on the heavier soils. 



4. 3-10-6 — For corn, beans and peas on the lighter 



soils. 



