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INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES 1918 AND 1919. 

 Requirements of the Law. 



The law regulating the sale of fungicides and insecticides 

 was enacted by the legislature of 191 1. 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, repell- 

 ing 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 Commissioner of Agriculture 

 a certified copy of the statements named above, a registration 

 fee of $10.00, and, if the commissioner requires, a sample of 

 the fungicide or insecticide. 



The registration fee is not assessed on a brand consisting of 

 organic matter and not containing any added inorganic matter 

 or mineral chemical, provided that a complete chemical analysis 

 is given in, and as a part of, the required certificate. 



There are special standards and requirements for Paris 

 green and lead arsenate and penalties for adulteration and mis- 

 branding. The full text of the law can be had on application 

 to the Commissioner of Agriculture at Augusta. 



Results of Analyses. 



The results of the examination of all of the samples re- 

 ceived from the Commissioner of Agriculture during the years 

 1918 and 1919 are given in the table that follows. 



