October, 1914 



MAINE 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



ORONO, MAINE. 



CHAS. D. WOODS, Director 



ANALYSTS. 



James M. Bartlett Herman H. Hansorr 



Royden L. Hammond Edward E. Sawyer 



Elmer R. Tobey Hoyt D. Lucas 



(Official ingpectionsi 



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FERTILIZER INSPECTION 



The Commissioner of Agriculure is the executive of the law 

 regulating the sale of commercial fertilizers in Maine. It is 

 the duty of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station to 

 make the analyses of the samples collected by the Commis- 

 sioner, and it is the duty of the Director to pubhsh the results 

 of the analyses of the samples of commercial fertilizers, to- 

 gether with the names of the persons from whom the samples 

 were obtained, the names of the manufacturers thereof and 

 such additional information as may seem advisable. 



Outline of the Requirements. 



The following are the chief points of the law and the regu- 

 lations. The full text of the law will be sent on appl'cation to 

 the Commissioner of Agriculture, Augusta, Maine 



I. Kind of materials coming under the lazv. T?' z law applies 

 to the sale, distribution, transportation, or the C-iering or ex- 

 posing for sale, distribution or transportation, any materials 



Note. All correspondence relative to the inspection laws should be 

 addressed to the Commissioner of Agriculture. Augusta, Maine. 



