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one of this act, said certified copy to be accompanied, when 

 required, by a sealed glass jar or bottle containing at least one 

 pound of the fertilizer to be sold or offered for sale, and the 

 company or person filing said certified copy with its accom- 

 panying sample of fertilizer shall thereupon make affidavit that 

 said sample corresponds within reasonable limits to the fertilizer 

 which it represents in the percentage of nitrogen, total and 

 available phosphoric acid, and potash soluble in water which it 

 contains. Such affidavit shall apply to the entire calendar year 

 next succeeding the date upon which said affidavit is made, 

 unless the person or persons making such affidavit shall give 

 notice to the Director of the Maine Experiment Station that a 

 change is to be made during the year in the percentages of the 

 above named ingredients contained in the fertilizer, in which 

 case he shall, before selling or offering for sale such fertilizer, 

 file another certified statement with an accompanying sample of 

 fertilizer and an affidavit as hereinbefore required. The deposit 

 of a sample of fertilizer as herein provided shall be required by 

 said Director unless the company, manufacturer or person sell- 

 ing or offering for sale a fertilizer coming within the provisions 

 of this act, shall certify that its composition for the succeeding 

 year is to be the same as given in the last previously certified 

 statement, in which case the requiring of said sample shall be at 

 the discretion of said Director. 



Sect. 3. The Director of the Maine Experiment Station shall 

 analyze, or cause to be analyzed, all the samples of fertilizers 

 which come into his possession under the provisions of section 

 two of this act, and shall publish the results thereof in a bulletin 

 or report on or before the fifteenth of March next succeeding. 



Sect. 4. Any manufacturer, importer, agent or seller of any 

 commercial fertilier. who shall deposit with the Director of the 

 Maine Experiment Station a sample or samples of fertilizer 

 under the provisions of section two of this act, shall pay annually 

 to said Director an analysis fee as follows : Ten dollars for the 

 phosphoric acid and five dollars each for the nitrogen and pot- 

 ash, contained or said to be contained in the fertilizer, this fee 

 to be assessed on any brand sold in the State, and upon receipt 

 of such fee and of the certified statement named in section two 



