OFFICIAL INSPECTIONS 62. IO7 



The minimum percentage of available phosphoric acid (solu- 

 ble and reverted). 



The minimum percentage of total phosphoric acid. 



The minimum percentage of potash soluble in water. 



In the case of lime, marl and wood ashes each package shall, 

 in addition to the above be plainly marked with : 



The minimum and maximum percentage of total lime (Cal- 

 cium oxide). 



The minimum and maximum percentage of total magnesia 

 (magnesium oxide). 



The minimum and maximum percentage of lime combined 

 as carbonate (Calcium carbonate). 



The minimum and maximum percentage of magnesium com- 

 bined as carbonate (magnesium carbonate). 



The minimum percentage of lime-sulphur (calcium sulphite) 

 in gypsum or land plaster. 



If a fertilizer (including lime, marl and wood ashes) is sold 

 in bulk or put up in packages belonging to the purchaser, u[)cn 

 the request of the purchaser he shall be furnished with a copy 

 of the statements named above. 



3. Manufacturers' certificate. Before manufacturing, sell- 

 ing or distributing a commercial fertilizer a certified copy of 

 the statements named in 2 shall be filed with the Commissioner 

 of Agriculture. 



4. Manufacturers' samples. When the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture shall so request, the manufacturer shall furnish a 

 sealed package containing not less than two pounds of the com- 

 mercial fertilizer. 



5. Registration fee. A registration fee is assessed on any 

 brand offered for sale, distribution or transportation in the 

 State as follows : $10 for the nitrogen, $10 for the phosphoric 

 acid, $5 for the potash and $10 for the lime contained or said to 

 be contained in the fertilizer. The filing of the certificate and 

 the payment of the fee is required from only one person for a 

 given brand. 



6. Registration may be refused or canceled. The Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture may refuse to register any commercial 

 fertilizer 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. The Commissioner of Agriculture also 



