CONDITIONS  OF  PURCHASE  AND  SALE. 
FERTILISERS. 
Raw  Bones,  Bone-meal,  or  Bone-dust  to  be  guaranteed  “pure,”  and 
to  contain  not  less  than  do  per  cept.  of  Phosphate  of  Lime,  and  not 
less  than  4 per  cent,  of  Ammonia. 
Steamed  or  “ Degelatinized  ” Bones  to  be  guaranteed  “ pure,”  and 
to  contain  not  less  than  55  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  per- 
centages of  Soluble  Phosphate,  Insoluble  Phosphates,  and  Ammonia. 
Compound  Artificial  Manures,  Bone  Manures,  Bone  Compounds,  <fcc., 
to  be  sold  by  analysis  stating  the  minimum  percentages  of  Soluble 
Phosphate,  Insoluble  Phosphates,  and  Ammonia  contained. 
Basic  Slag  to  be  guaranteed  to  be  sufficiently  finely  ground  that  80 
to  90  per  cent,  passes  through  a sieve  having  10,000  meshes  to  the 
square  inch,  and  to  contain  a certain  percentage  of  Phosphoric  Acid 
or  its  equivalent  in  Phosphate  of  Lime.  [The  highest  grades  range 
from  17  to  20  per  cent,  of  Phosphoric  Acid ; medium  grades  14  to  16 
per  cent. ; and  low  grades  from  10  to  12  per  cent,  of  Phosphoric  Acid.] 
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  “ PURE,”  and  to  contain  not 
less  than  24  per  cent,  of  Ammonia. 
Nitrate  of  Soda  to  be  guaranteed  “ PURE,”  and  to  contain  95  per 
cent.  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  kind  of  seed  from  which  their  name  is  derived  ; and  to  be 
in  sound  condition.  The  percentages  of  oil  and  albuminoids  guaran- 
teed must  also  be  stated.  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,  giving  the  percentages  of  oil  and  albuminoids,  to  be  in 
sound  condition,  and  to  contain  nothing  of  an  injurious  nature, 
or  ingredients  that  are  worthless  for  feeding  purposes. 
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