'j2 maine agricultural experiment station. i9ii. 



Fungicides and Insecticides. 



The scope of the law is the same as the National Law. It 

 is very broad and includes^ all materials which are used for 

 preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating fungi and insects 

 that infest vegetation, man and other animals, or houses, or any 

 environment whatever. 



Every lot or package shall be plainly marked with the num- 

 ber of net pounds in the package, the name or trademark under 

 which the article is sold, the name and address of the manu- 

 facturer or shipper, the minimum percentage of total arsenic 

 and the maximum percentage of water soluble arsenic. 



Before a fungicide or insecticide 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 ]\Iaine Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station a certified copy of the statements 

 named above, a registration fee of Sio.oo, and, if the director 

 requires, a sample of the fungicide or insecticide. 



Paris green is adulterated if : — it does not contain at least 50 

 per cent of arsenic oxide ; it contains more than three and one- 

 half per cent of arsenious oxide soluble in water; or any sub- 

 stance has been mixed or packed with it so as to reduce or 

 lower or injuriously afifect its quality or strength. 



Lead arsenate is adulterated if : — it contains more than 50 

 per cent of water; it contains less than 12^ per cent of arsenic 

 oxide ; it contains more than .75 per cent arsenious oxide solu- 

 ble in water; or an}' substance has been mixed or packed with 

 it so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or 

 strength: Provided, however, that extra water may be added to 

 lead. arsenate if the resulting mixture is labeled "lead arsenate 

 and water" with the percentage of extra water plainly and cor- 

 rectly stated on the label. 



A fungicide or insecticide is adulterated if : — its strength or 

 purity falls below the professed standard under which it is 

 sold ; any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for 

 the article; any valuable constituent of the article has been 

 wholly or in part extracted ; or if it contains any substance or 

 substances injurious to vegetation. 



A fungicide or an insecticide is misbranded if : — the package 

 or label bears any statement, design or device which is false or 

 misleading in any particular ; the container does not carry the 



