68 MAINE AGRICUIvTURAIv EXPERIMENT STATION. I9II. 



The Director of the Experiment Station has power to refuse 

 to register a commercial fertiHzer which bears a name that is 

 misleading or deceptive or which would tend to mislead or 

 deceive as to the materials of which it is composed. He also 

 has power to cancel the registration of a fertilizer manu- 

 factured, sold, distributed or transported in violation of any 

 of the provisions of the law. 



A fertilizer is adulterated if : — its weight, composition, qual- 

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

 contains any materials deleterious to growing plants. 



A fertilizer is misbranded if :— the package or label carries 

 any statement, design or device that is false or misleading in 

 any particular; the container does not carry the statements 

 named above; the printed statements attached to the container 

 differ from the statements contained 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 422. 



Drugs. 



The law regulating the sale of drugs is practically the same 

 as the National Food and Drugs Act, and drugs that can law- 

 fully enter into interstate trade can be lawfully sold in Maine. 

 The drug law is practically the same as the one that has been 

 in force for the past four years. 



The law applies to the sale of all medicines and preparations 

 recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia and National 

 Formulary, and any substance or mixture of substances in- 

 tended to be used for the cure, mitigation or prevention of dis- 

 ease in man or other animals. 



A drug that is exactly what is indicated by its name need 

 bear no label, except that it must show the quantity or propor- 

 tion of alcohol, morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or 

 beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate or 

 acetanilide or any derivative or any preparation of such sub- 

 stances contained in the drug. A drug that differs in any way 

 from the name applied to it, or that imitates or simulates another 

 article should at all times be labeled so as to plainly and clearly 

 show its true nature to the non-professional person. 



A drug is adulterated if its standard of strength, quality or 



