First, with a distinct statement of the name of each brand 



offered for sale. 

 Second, with a statement of the amount of phosphoric acid, of 



nitrogen and of potassium oxide guaranteed in each distinct 



brand. 

 Third, with the fee charged by the State for a certificate, which 



is five dollars for each of the following articles : nitrogen, 



phosphoric acid and potassium oxide guaranteed in any 



distinct brand. 



2. The obligation to secure a certificate applies not only to Com- 

 pound Fertilizers but to all substances, single or compound, used for 

 manurial purposes and offered for sale at $10 or more per ton of 

 2000 pounds. 



3. The certificate must be secured annually before the first of May. 



4. Manufacturers, importers and dealers in commercial fertilizers 

 can appoint in this State as many agents as they desire after having 

 secured at this office the certificate of compliance with our laws. 



5. Agents of manufacturers, impoiters and dealers in commercial 

 fertilizers are held personally responsible for their transactions until 

 they can prove that the articles they offer for sale are duly recorded 

 in this office. 



6. Manufacturers and importers are requested to fuinish a list of 

 their agents. 



7. All applications for certificates should be addressed to the 

 Director of the Mass. State Agricidtural Experiment Station, Am- 

 herst, Mass. 



Arrangements are made, as in previous years, to attend to the 

 examination of objects of general interest to the farming community, 

 to the full extent of existing resources. Requests for analyses of 

 substances — as fodder articles, fertilizers, etc., — coming through 

 officers of agricultural societies and farmers' clubs within the State, 

 will receive hereafter, as in the past, first attention, and in the order 

 that the applications arrive at the office of the Station. The results 

 will be returned without a charge for services rendered. Applica- 

 tion of private parties for analyses of substances, free of charge, 

 will receive a careful consideratiun, whenever the results promise to 

 be of a more general interest. For obvious reasons no work can be 

 carried on at the Station, of which the results are not at the disposal 

 of the managers for publication, if deemed advisable in the interest 

 of the citizens of the state. 



All parcels and communications sent to "The Massachusetts State 

 Experiment Station" must have express and postal charges prepaid, 

 to receive attention. 



