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10. Written guaranty, the dealers' safeguard. No prosecu- 

 tion will lie against any person handling commercial fertilizers 

 provided he obtains at the time of purchase a written guaranty 

 signed by the person residing in the United States from whom 

 the purchase was made to the effect that the commercial fertil- 

 izer is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of the 

 Maine law regulating the sale of commercial fertilizers. After 

 a person has been duly notified that an article of commercial 

 fertilizer appears to be adulterated or misbranded the writteo 

 guaranty will not protect further sales. 



11. Hearing. The person who is believed to have violated 

 the law regulating the sale of commercial fertilizer will be 

 granted a hearing at which he may appear in person, or by 

 attorney, or by letter. The notice of the hearing will name the 

 time and place of the hearing and a copy of the charge. Fail- 

 ure to appear will not prejudice the case. The hearing will be 

 private and every opportunity will be given for explanation and 

 the establishment of innocence. If the time appointed is not a 

 convenient one, postponement within reasonable limit will be 

 granted. 



12. 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 offense. 



Results of the Inspection. 



The tables giving the analyses of the samples collected by the 

 Commissioner of Agriculture during the year 191 5, follow. 



The table on the even pages gives the Station number of the 

 sample, the name and residence of the person from whom the 

 sample was obtained and the month the sample was drawn. 



The table on the even pages gives the Station number of the 

 samples and the detailed analyses. By means of the Station 

 numbers the two tables are readily compared. 



explanation of the tables. 



Under the head of "Nitrogen" in the tables are found seven 

 columns of figures under the following headings : 



