590/.] Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act. 



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2. Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs (General) 

 Regulations, 1906. 



These Regulations deal chiefly with the duties and work of 

 the Agricultural Analysts. 



Under the Act of 1893 the samples might in some cases be 

 taken by the Analyst himself, and it was thought convenient to 

 have distinct forms of certificate for such cases. Under the new 

 Act it seems sufficient to provide two forms, one applicable to 

 fertilisers and the other to feeding stuffs. These Forms differ 

 very little from those prescribed under the Act of 1893. Form A 

 is so framed that the Analyst may, in his discretion, state in 

 the certificate the amount of ammonia to which the amount of 

 nitrogen stated in the certificate is equivalent. 



With reference to the reports which, under Section 3 (4) (b) 

 of the Act, Agricultural Analysts are required to make to the 

 Board of the results of analyses, it is required that quarterly 

 reports shall be sent to the Board in ordinary cases, but that 

 the Analyst shall report forthwith the result of his analysis 

 in any case in which any provision of the Act appears to him 

 to have been infringed. A specimen form for these reports is 

 enclosed herewith, and the Board would be glad if your Local 

 Authority would, for the sake of uniformity and convenience 

 of tabulation, print or use forms similar to this specimen. 



As regards the phosphates which are insoluble in water {e.g., 

 basic slag and basic superphosphate), but which are stated in 

 an invoice to be soluble to a specified extent in a solution of 

 citric acid (Section 10 (i)), the degree of solubility is to be 

 ascertained by shaking 5 grams of the finely powdered phos- 

 phate with 500 cubic centimetres of water containing 10 grams 

 of citric acid in solution in a flask or bottle of about i litre 

 capacity for the period of half an hour at the ordinary tempera- 

 ture, and thereafter determining how much of the phosphoric 

 acid passes into solution (see Regulation 5). 



3, Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs (Limits of Error) 

 Regulations, 1906. 

 These Regulations deal with the limits within which the 

 statements made in an invoice as to certain constituents are 

 to operate as a warranty under Section i. Sub-sections (i) 



