INSPECTION LAWS IN FORCE IN MAINE. 



The text of the laws to regulate the sale and analysis of com- 

 mercial fertilizers, the testing of glassware used at creameries, 

 and to regulate the sale and analysis of commercial concentrated 

 feeding stuffs are given in full. The law regulating the sale of 

 agricultural seeds is not an inspection law but as it is an impor- 

 tant law and some of its provisions are entrusted to the Station 

 Director, it is also printed herewith in full. 



An Act to regulate the sale and analysis of Commercial 

 Fertilizers. 



Section i. Every manufacturer, company or person who 

 shall sell, offer or expose for sale in this state any commercial 

 fertilizer or any material used for fertilizing purposes, the price 

 of which exceeds ten dollars per ton, shall affix to every package 

 of such fertilizer in a conspicuous place on the outside thereof, 

 a plainly printed statement clearly and truly certifying the num- 

 ber of net pounds in the package sold or offered for sale, the 

 name or trade mark under which the article is sold, the name 

 of the manufacturer or shipper, the place of manufacture, the 

 place of business and a chemical analysis stating the percentage 

 of nitrogen, or its equivalent in ammonia in available form, of 

 potash soluble in water, and of phosphoric acid in available 

 form, soluble and reverted as well as the total phosphoric acid. 



Sect. 2. Every manufacturer, company or person who shall 

 sell, offer or expose for sale in this state any commercial fertilizer 

 or material used for fertilizing purposes, the price of which 

 exceeds ten dollars per ton, shall for each and every fertilizer 

 bearing a distinguishing name or trade mark, file annually with 

 the Director of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 between the fifteenth day of November and the fifteenth day of 

 December, a certified copy of the statement, named in section 



