OFr'ICIAI, INSPECTIONS 32. 67 



A feeding stuff is adulterated if : — its weight, composition, 

 quality, strength or purity varies from its affixed guaranty; it 

 is colored, coated or stained whereby damage or inferiority is 

 concealed ; it contains any poisonous or deleterious ingredients ; 

 or any foreign substance has been added to any whole or 

 ground grain unless the true composition, mixture or adultera- 

 tion is plainly indicated upon the package in which it is con- 

 tained. 



A feeding stuff is misbranded if : — the package or label bears 

 any statement, design or device which is false or misleading 

 in any particular ;. it does not carry the statements required by 

 law ; the printed statements attached to the package differ from 

 the statements in the certificate, or the registration fee has not 

 been paid. 



If a copy of the requirements under this law is desired ask 

 for Circular 421. 



Commercial Fertilizers. 



The law regulating the sale of commercial fertilizers has 

 been changed but slightly. The fee has been changed from 

 $20.00 for a complete fertilizer to $25.00. 



The law applies to any material used for fertilizing purposes 

 the price of which exceeds $10.00 per ton. 



Every package should bear the unmber of net pounds in the 

 package, the name or trademark under which it is sold, the 

 principal address of the manufacturer or shipper, the minimum 

 percentage of nitrogen or its equivalent in ammonia in available 

 form, the minimum percentage of potash, the minimum per- 

 centage of available phosphoric acid, soluble and reverted, and 

 the minimum percentage of total phosphoric acid. 



Before a fertilizer can be lawfully sold in the State it is 

 necessary that it be registered and for that purpose there must 

 be deposited with the Director of the Maine Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station a certified copy of the statements named above, 

 a registration fee of $10.00 for the nitrogen, $10.00 for the 

 phosphoric acid and $5.00 for the potash contained or said to 

 be contained in the fertilizer, and, if the Director requires, a 

 sample of the fertilizer. 



