462 Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act. [nov., 



FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT, 1906. 



The Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906, will come into 

 operation on the ist of January, 1907. The provisions of the 

 Act, which applies to wholesale as well as retail sales, may be 

 grouped under the three following headings : — 



1. Provisions relating to the warranty to be implied on the 

 sale of a fertiliser or feeding stuff ; 



2. Provisions relating to taking samples and obtaining 

 analyses ; and 



3. Provisions relating to offences, penalties, and legal pro- 

 ceedings. 



Provisions relating to the Warranty to be Implied 

 ON THE Sale of a Fertiliser or Feeding Stuff. 



Warranty of Fertilisers. — Every person who sells for use as 

 a fertiliser of the soil any article which has been subjected to 

 any artificial process in the United Kingdom, or which has been 

 imported from abroad, is required to give to the purchaser an 

 invoice stating the name of the article and what are the respec- 

 ^ tive percentages (if any) of nitrogen, soluble phosphates, in- 

 soluble phosphates, and potash contained in the article, and the 

 invoice is to have effect as a warranty by the seller that the 

 actual percentages do not differ from those stated in the invoice 

 beyond the prescribed limits of error. 



Warranty of Feeding Stuffs. — Every person who sells for use 

 as food for cattle or poultry any article which has been arti- 

 ficially prepared is required to give to the purchaser an invoice 

 stating the name of the article, and whether it has been prepared 

 from one substance or seed or from more than one substance or 

 seed ; and in the case of any article artificially prepared other- 

 wise than by being mixed, broken, ground, or chopped, what are 

 the respective percentages (if any) of oil and albuminoids con- 

 tained in the article. The invoice is to have effect as a warranty 

 by the seller as to the facts so stated, except that as respects 

 percentages the invoice is' to have effect as a warranty only that 

 the actual percentages do not differ from those stated in the 

 invoice beyond the prescribed limits of error. 



Warranty implied by Name or Description of Feeding Stuff. — 

 Where any article sold for use as food for cattle or poultry is 



