[342-3-09] 



MAINE 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



ORONO, MAINE- 



Official 3fngpectionsi. 



Both the spirit and the letter of the j\Iaine Inspection laws 

 demand freedom from adulteration and truthful labeling. 



Fertilizer Inspection. 

 The law regulating the sale of commercial fertilizers has been 

 modified by the present legislature so that after the present 

 year it is not expected to publish the spring bulletin which, like 

 the present, contains the analyses of samples received from the 

 manufacturer, guaranteed to represent, within reasonable limits, 

 the goods to be placed upon the market later. The bulletin 

 which contains the analyses of the samples collected in the open 

 market by a representative of the Station is a more reliable 

 guide to the quality of the fertilizers as actually sold than is 

 that containing the analysis of samples submitted by the manu- 

 facturers. 



