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As the cost of the inspection must be met by the receipts of the 

 license fees, the inspection of the non-paying brands restricted 

 the amount of inspection of the regularly licensed brands. 

 Partly to correct this evil and partly in the hope that further 

 increase in the number of brands offered in the State might be 

 checked, the law was so amended that the analysis fee now 

 applies to every brand sold in the State. 



Requirements of the Laze. 



The full text of the amended law was printed in the report of 

 this Station for 1896. Its chief requirements are as follows: 



The Brand. Each package of commercial fertilizer shall bear, 

 conspicuously printed, the following statements : 



The number of net pounds contained in the 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. 



The percentage of potash soluble in water. 



The percentage of available phosphoric acid. 



The percentage of total phosphoric acid. 



The Certificate. For each brand of fertilizer a certificate shall 

 be filed annually with the Director of the Station giving the man- 

 ufacturer's or dealer's name, place of business, place of manufac- 

 ture, name of brand of fertilizer and the guaranteed composition 

 of the same. 



The Manufacturer's Sample. Unless excused by the Direc- 

 tor under certain conditions, a sample of each fertilizer, with an 

 accompanying affidavit that this sample "corresponds within 

 reasonable limits to the fertilizer which it represents" must be 

 deposited annually with the Director of the Station. These sam- 

 ples are designated in the station publications as "Manufac- 

 turer's Samples." 



The Analysis Fee. The law requires the annual payment to 

 the Director of the Station of an analysis fee as follows: Ten dol- 

 lars for the phosphoric acid and five dollars each for the nitrogen 

 and potash, contained or said to be contained in the fertilizer, 

 this fee to be assessed on anv brand sold in the State. 



