New York AGRICULTURAL ExeERIMENT STATION. 149 
Commercial Fertilizers. 
Tae New York State Ferticuizer Law. 
CHAP. 43'7. 
An Act for the protection and education of farmers and manu- 
facturers in the purchase and sale of fertilizers. 
Approved by the Governor May 24, 1890. Passed, three-fifths being present, 
This act was amended by 
CHAP. 601, LAWS OF NEW YORK. 
An Act to amend chapter four hundred and thirty-seven of the 
laws of eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “ An act for 
the protection and education of farmers and manufacturers 
in the purchase and sale of fertilizers.” 
Became a law May 9, 1894, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, 
three-fifths being present. 
| Chapter 437, as amended by Chapter 601, Laws of New York, 
reads as follows: 
Amendments are in italics. 
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Szotion 1. All commercial fertilizers which shall be offered 
for sale, to be used in this State, shall be accompanied by an 
analysis stating the percentages contained therein of nitrogen 
or its equivalent of ammonia, of soluble and available phos- 
_ phoric acid, the available phosphoric acid either to be soluble in 
_ water or in a neutral solution of citrate of ammonia as deter- 
_ mined by the methods agreed upon by the American Society of 
_ Agricultural Chemists, and of potash soluble in distilled water. 
_ A legible statement of the analysis of the goods and of the per- 
‘son, firm or corporation who have manufactured the same shall be 
_ printed on or attached to each package of fertilizer offered for 
_ sale for use in this State, and where fertilizers are sold in bulk, 
_ to be used in this State, an analysis shall accompany the same, 
_ with an affidavit that it is a true representation of the contents 
of the article or articles. , 
_  § 2. Manufacturers residing in this State, and agents or 
_ Sellers of fertilizers made by persons residing outside the 
_ limits of this State, shall between the first and twentieth days 
of July, in each year, furnish to the Director of the New York 
