OFFICIAL INSPECTION IQ. 3 



The percentage of phosphoric acid in available form. 



The percentage of total phosphoric acid. 



The Certificate. There shall be filed annually between Nov. 

 15 and Dec. 15 with the Director of the Station a certificate 

 containing an accurate statement of the brand. This certificate 

 applies to the next succeeding calendar year. 



Analysis Fee. For each brand of fertilizer sold or offered for 

 sale in the State there shall be paid annually "an analysis fee 

 as follows : Ten dollars for the phosphoric acid and five dollars 

 each for the nitrogen and potash contained or said to be con- 

 tained in the fertilizer." 



The License. Upon the payment of the fee and receipt of the 

 certificate the Director of the Station "shall issue a certificate 

 of compliance." 



Penalty. Violations of the law are punishable "by a fine not 

 exceeding one hundred dollars for the first offense and not 

 exceeding two hundred dollars for each subsequent off'ense." 



Execntivc. The Director of the Station is directed to collect 

 and analyze samples of all fertilizers sold in the State ; to pub- 

 lish the results of the analyses together with additional infor- 

 mation of public benefit ; and to diligently enforce the pro- 

 visions of the law. 



The full text of the law is printed in Official Inspections 12. 

 A copy will be sent on request made to the Director of the 

 Experiment Station, Orono, Maine. 



Fertility and Plant Food. 



To produce profitable crops and at the same time to maintain 

 and even to increase the productive capacity of the soil may 

 rightly be termed "good farming." Many fanners arc able to 

 do this, and the knowledge of how to do it has been largely 

 acquired through years of experience, during which the cliar- 

 actcr of the soil, its adaptability for crops, and the methods of its 

 management and manuring have been made the subjects of care- 

 ful study, without, however, any definite and accurate knowl- 

 edge concerning manures and their functions in relation to 

 soils and crops. Those who desire to study these questions, are 

 invited to write the Dean of the College of Agriculture. Uni- 

 versity of Maine, Orono, Maine, who will gladly send a list of 



