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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 “ 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, &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. 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. 9 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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