MAINE 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



ORONO, MAINE. 



CHAS. D. WOODS, Director 



(ifftrtal insp^rttona. 



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Both the spirit and the letter of the Maine Inspection laws 

 demand freedom from adulteration and truthful labeling. 



FERTILIZER INSPECTION. 



The law regulating the sale of commercial fertilizers in this 

 State formerly called for the publication of two bulletins each 

 year. The first of these, issued in the early spring, contained 

 the analysis of the samples received from the manufacturer 

 guaranteed to represent within reasonable limits the goods to 

 be later placed upon the market. The second bulletin contained 

 the analysis of the samples collected in the open market by a 

 representative of the Station. 



It had been found by long experience that the results of the 

 analysis of samples collected by representatives of the Station 

 are a safer guide in the purchase of fertilizers than those of the 

 manufacturers' samples. The Legislature of 1909 changed the 

 law relative to publication so that hereafter only one fertilizer 

 bulletin will be published each year. It is planned hereafter 

 to issue in January of each year the bulletin containing the re- 

 ports of the analysis of the samples collected by the Station 

 representatives of fertilizers sold in Maine during the preced- 

 ing year. 



