( ccvi ) 
Purchasers are reminded that the use of such terms as “ 95 per cent., 
“ Oil Cake,” Jj'c., affords no security against adulteration. The 
adoption of the Form of Order appended to these suggestionsis there- 
fore strongly recommended. 
(b) In the case of a Compound Cake or Feeding Stuff a vendor is only 
compelled by the Act to state that it is prepared from more than 
one substance, and he is not required to specify the particular 
materials used in its preparation. Purchasers are recommended, 
therefore, to buy Mixed Feeding Cakes, Meals, &c., with a guaran- 
teed analysis. Any statements in the Invoice as to the component 
parts of such Mixed Cake or Meal will take effect as a warranty, 
as also will any statements in an invoice, circular, or advertise- 
ment as to the percentages of nutritive and other ingredients in 
any article sold for use as food for cattle. 
Members of the Society are strongly recommended not only to see that the 
invoices given to them accurately describe the goods they have ordered, but to 
give all their orders subject to the analysis and report of the Consulti ng 
Chemist of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, and to make the 
following Conditions of Purchase and Sale : — 
CONDITIONS OF SALE AND PURCHASE. 
Fertilisers. 
Raw Bones, Bone Meal, or Bone Dust to be guaranteed 
“ PUKE,” and to contain not less than 45 per cent, of Phosphate of Lime, and 
not less than 4 per cent, of Ammonia. 
Boiled Bones to be guaranteed “ puke,” and to contain not less than 
65 per cent, of Phosphate of Lime, and not less than 1 per cent, of Ammonia. 
Mineral Superphosphate of Lime to be guaranteed to contain 
a certain percentage of “ Soluble Phosphate.” [From 25 to 28 per cent, of 
Soluble Phosphate is an ordinarily good quality.] 
Dissolved Bones to be guaranteed to be “made from raw bone 
and acid only,” and to be sold as containing stated minimum percentages of 
Soluble Phosphate, Insoluble Phosphates, and Ammonia. 
Compound Artificial Manures, Bone Manures, Bone Com- 
pounds, &C., to be sold by analysis stating the minimum percentages of 
Soluble Phosphate, Insoluble Phosphates, and Ammonia contained. 
Peruvian Guano to be described by that name, and to be sold by 
analysis stating the minimum percentages of Phosphates and Ammonia. 
Sulphate of Ammonia to be guaranteed to be “pure,” and to 
contain not less than 24 per cent, of Ammonia. 
Nitrate Of Soda to be guaranteed to contain 95 per cent, pure 
Nitrate of Soda. 
Kainit to be guaranteed to contain 23 per cent, of Sulphate of Potash. 
All fertilisers to be delivered in good and suitable condition for sowing. 
Feeding Stuffs. 
Linseed Cake, Cotton Cake (decorticated and undecorticated), and 
Rape Cake (for feeding purposes), to be pure, i.e. prepared only from the one 
kina of seed from which the name is derived. The report of the Consulting 
Chemist of the Royal Agricultural Society of England to be conclusive as to 
the “ purity ” or otherwise of any feeding stuffs. 
Mixed Feeding Cakes, Meals, &c., to be sold on a guaranteed 
analysis. 
