INSPECTIONS. 



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Inspection Tax. In order to meet the expenses of inspection, 

 a tax of ten cents per ton must be paid to the Director of the 

 Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. 



Inspection Tax Tag. The Director of the Station, on receipt 

 of the inspection tax, is required to furnish a tag stating that all 

 charges have been paid. The inspection tax tag now in use con- 

 sists of an ordinary shipping tag, colored red, similar in design 

 to the following : 



These tags, with the number of pounds printed in, will be fur- 

 nished in any quantity on receipt of the tonnaee tax. The tags 

 will be provided with "dead lock fasteners" if desired. Unused 

 tags will be redeemed at any time. Tags will be sent by express, 

 charges for carriage to be collected. 



The inspection tag is not a guarantee. It merely shows that 

 the tax has been paid on the package to which it is attached. 



Analysis. Whenever the Director of the Station requests, 

 the certificate must be accompanied by a sealed sample of the 

 goods so certified. It also is the duty of the Director to collect 

 each year at least one sample of each of the brands of feeding 

 stufifs coming within the provisions of this act. These samples 

 are to be analyzed and the results, together with related matter, 

 published from time to time in the form of bulletins. 



Analyses for manufacturers, dealers and others, which are not 

 of general interest and which are not called for by the provi- 

 sions of the act, will be made on request at a price sufficient to 

 cover the cost of analysis. The rates will be : for protein, one 

 dollar ; for fat, two dollars. Under no conditions will the Sta- 

 tion undertake analyses the results of which cannot be pub- 

 lished. 



