84 MAINE AGRICUIvTURAIv EXPERIMENT STATION. I909. 



COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. 



The Brand. Each package shall bear, conspicuously printed, 

 the following statements : 



The number of net pounds contained in each package. 



The name or trade mark under which it is sold. 



The name of the manufacturer or shipper. 



The place of manufacture. 



The place of business of manufacturer or shipper. 



The percentage of nitrogen or its equivalent in ammonia. 



The percentage of potash soluble in water. 



The percentage of phosphoric acid in available form. 



The percentage of total phosporic acid. 



The Certificate. There shall be filed annually between Nov. 

 15 and Dec. 15 with the Director of the Station a certificate, 

 containing an accurate statement of the brand. This certificate 

 applies to the next succeeding calendar year. 



Analysis Fee. For each brand of fertilizer sold or offered for 

 sale in the State there shall be paid annually to the Treasurer of 

 State "an analysis fee as follows : Ten dollars for the phos- 

 phoric acid and five dollars each for the nitrogen and potash, 

 contained or said to be contained in the fertilizer." 



The License. Upon the payment of the fee and receipt of the 

 certificate the Director of the Station "shall issue a certificate 

 of compliance." 



Chapter 39, Revised Statutes. . 



Regulation of Sale of Commercial Fertilisers. 



Sec. 16. Every manufacturer, company or person, who shall sell, 

 offer or expose for sale in the state any commercial fertilizer or any 

 material used for fertilizing purposes, the price of which exceeds ten dol- 

 lars a ton, shall affix to every package of such fertilizer, in a conspicu- 

 ous place on the outside thereof, a plainly printed statement clcarlj' and 

 truly certifying the number of net pounds in the package sold or offered 

 for sale, the name or trade mark under which the article is sold, the 

 name of the manufacturer or shipper, the place of manufacture, the 

 place of business and a chemical analysis stating the percentage of nitro- 

 gen, or its equivalent in ammonia in available form, of potash soluble 

 in water, and of phosphoric acid in available form, soluble and reverted, 

 and also the total phosphoric acid. 



Sec. 17. Every manufacturer, company or person, who shall sell, 

 offer or expose for sale in the state any commercial fertilizer or mate- 



