Suggestions to Purchasers of Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs. 
Purchasers are recommended in all cases to insist on having an INVOICE, and to see that 
such invoice contains the following particulars : — 
In the case of Fertilisers 
(1) The name, of the Fertiliser. 
(2) Whether the Fertiliser is artificially compounded or not. 
(3) The minimum analysis of the Fertiliser in respect of its principal fertilising 
ingredients. 
In the case of artificially prepared Feeding Stuffs for Cattle 
(11 The name of the article. 
(2) The description of the article— whether it has been prepared (a) from one substance 
or seed, or ( b ) from more than one substance or seed. 
For example : 
(a) An invoice describing an article as “Linseed Cake ” implies a warranty that the 
article is pure, i.e ., is prepared from linseed only ; “Cotton Cake” (whether 
decorticated or undecorticated), and “ Rape Cake ” (for feeding purposes), 
would come under a similar category. 
Purchasers are reminded that the use of such terms as “95 per cent.,” “ Oil Cake,” &c., 
affords no security against adulteration. The adoption of the Order Form issued 
by the Society is therefore strongly recommended. 
( b ) In the case of a Compound Cake or Feeding Stuff, a Vendor is only compelled by 
the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act of 1893 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, Ac., with a guaranteed analysis. Any state- 
ments 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 advertisement 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 make all their orders 
subject to the Analysis and Report of the Consulting Chemist of the Royal Agricultural Society of 
England. Copies of a Form of Order for this purpose may be obtained on application to 
the Secretary. 
Attention is particularly directed to the recommendations below as to the qualities of 
Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs which purchasers should demand. 
Conditions of Purchase and Sale. 
FERTILISERS. 
Raw Bones, Bone-meal, or Bone-dust to be guaranteed “PURE,” and to contain not less 
than 45 per cent, of Phosphate of Lime, and not less than 4 per cent, of Ammonia. 
Steamed or “ Degelatinised ” 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 percentages of Soluble Phosphate, Insoluble Phosphates, 
and Ammonia. 
Compound Artificial Manures, Bone Manures, Bone Compounds, &c., 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, of 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 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, to be sound in 
condition, and to contain nothing of an injurious nature, or ingredients that are worth- 
less for feeding purposes. 
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