HJ) 9485 M2.7F Hntt (QoUegg of Agriculture At OlarneU ailninerattH 3tl|ata, W. ^. ^^Mii'imiMiiji^^'^ movement during the s 3 1924 013 879 428 Cornell University Library The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924013879428 THK Fertilizer Movement DUKING THE SEA30N 1885=86, With an Appendix containing the Laws of the several States on the Subject of Fbetilizeks. PUBWSH^D BY THE NATIONAL FERTILIZER ASSOCIATION. 1886. COPYRIGHTED BY A. DB GHEQUIER, 1886. From the Steam Press of Guogenheimer, Weii. & Co., Baltimore. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. Baltimoee, August, 1886. Last year's publication was confined to the statistics of the fertilizer movement for the season 1884-85. Sev- eral changes have in that time been made in the laws on fertilizer-control work, and in three states new laws have been enacted. The Association concluded, therefore, to compile again this year all the laws on the subject, together with the rules and regulations in force in the several states. The digest of these laws, printed in 1883-84, met with such favorable recognition on part of the trade, that the same feature is contiued this year, likewise the analysis table, a drastic illustration that uniformity in this respect is but a demand of common sense. • The transportation lines which furnished, as in pre- ceding years, on the blanks supplied to them for that purpose the data of the fertilizer movement, are entitled for this obliging courtesy to the sincere thanks of the Association, and of the compiler, and attention is called to this readiness all the more cheerfully, as the keeping of this information entails upon them a great deal of trouble and clerical work. The value of these data for a scientific study of the progress of agriculture need not be emphasized here, nor is it necessary to dwell upon their fmport for the student of political economy. Thanks are also due to Hon. W. F. Switzler, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, and to others, who kindly com- plied with the requests of the compiler for specific infor- mation. The fertilizer. movement in the united states. FROM MAY ist, 1885, TO MAY ist, 1886. The application of scientifically prepared, concen- trated plant food to the soil forms a means of esti- mating the progress which a country is making in the domain of agriculture. Vast as the industrial, commercial and mining interests of this country are, it is nevertheless true that its agricultural interests far outweigh them in importance, as the latter form largely their basis, or furnish indirectly the means for their development and expansion. The limited amount of attention paid to these interests is, therefore, all the more to be regretted, as probably on that account so many laws adverse to the promotion of the industry which is most closely and inseparably linked to agri- culture, viz.: the manufacture of fertilizers, have been enacted and still continue in force. The agitation inaugurated by this Association for the purpose of bringing about greater uniformity, without in the least impairing the protective features of legislative enactments, will, it is hoped, lead before long to the desired result, and it seems not amiss to quote here from the United States Geological Survey some very pertinent remarks : "The greatest impediment to the progress of the indus- try lies at present in the legislative restrictions which in 6 most states are thrown around the manufacture and sale of fertilizers. It is true that only chemical analysis can determine the valuable article and keep spurious fabri- cations from being imposed upon the public. But the requirements of the State laws are not confined to estab- lishing merely a healthy control and insisting upon the manufacturer living up to his guaranteed analysis, but harass the trade and the farmer alike with unnecessary and in some cases quite absurd provisions. The average farmer's knowledge of plant physiology and agricultural chemistry is as a rule of a very limited nature. He is not able to determine for himself what are and what are not those essential elements of food plant which he desires to procure for his land by the purchase of fertilizers; for that knowledge lies far beyond the limits of a common school education. Fertilizer-control, whether exercised by the department of agriculture, or by experiment stations and State boards of agriculture, should therefore serve a double purpose : first, to protect the farmer from imposition, and also to educate him to a proper understanding of the various elements of plant food and their relative value in the soil. To accomp- lish this it would seem wise to use, as far as possible, those terms which are most intelligible to the farmer, without doing violence to systematic knowledge ; but though only three constituents are universally considered as valuable elements in a fertilizer, there are different terms used in almost every State for phosphoric acid, potassium salts and ammonia. It is doubtful whether it aids the farmer in making an estimate of the value of a fertilizer to see printed on each bag 'phosphoric acid soluble in neutral solution of citrate of ammonia at 100° F.', or 'anhydrous phosphoric oxide soluble in distilled water,' and yet it is made necessary by the law not only to brand each bag of fertilizer with a statement of its contents, but the exact form is prescribed, and is differ- ent in almost every State. The manufacturer, who under heavy penalties is compelled to print exactly these terms on each sack of fertilizer, is thus obliged to use a multi- plicity of sacks. As regards the value of statistical compilations, the report of the U. S. Department of Agriculture for the year 1885 emphasizes, on page 346, hov? indispensable they are, hovr large the possibilities of their usefulness, and how valuable they prove in the administrative work of all the great nations of the world. The advance- ment of statistical science led to the formation of the International Statistical Institute at a meeting of the London Statistical Society last summer, for the purpose of inviting the attention of the governments to various problems capable of solution by strict observation of statistical data and by applying for information to a statistical treatment on those subjects which have not been heretofore subjected to it. If it cannot be gain-said that the study of social phenomena is largely based upon statistical data, it is all the more evident that in the domain of agriculture the truth, naked and unadorned, should be established in the interest of rural progress and national advancement, since not only the welfare of the farming class, but also the progress of universal industry and the increase of national prosperity depend upon it. The efforts of the U. S. Department of Agriculture are also directed to bring about a more intelligent and more scientific mode of cultivation of the soil on part of the farmer, and the same spirit animates the several State Departments of Agriculture and the Agricultural Experi- ment Stations. The U. S. Commissioner of Agriculture says quite truly, in summarizing the work of the Depart- ment of Chemistry : "Perhaps the most important work of a miscellaneous nature was that done in connection with the Association 8 of Official Agricultural Chemists, whose labors have led to the adoption of a uniform mode of analysis for com- mercial fertilizers throughout the United States," and yet there are still statutory provisions in several State laws which prevent the chemists in charge of the control work to employ this mode of analysis adopted by the Chemists' Association. Statistical data are also printed this year, showing the quantities of Brimstone, Kainit, Muriate of Potash and Nitrate of Soda imported during the calendar years 1884 and 1885 into the United States. For this valuable infor- mation the compiler is indebted to Messrs. Otto Gr. Mayer, Hamilton H. Salmon and Messrs. Mortimer and Wisner, all of New York. The estimates of consumption in the several states are based upon the replies received from the various Agri- cultural departments to inquiries made by the compiler. By comparing the shipments of the season 1885-86 with those of the preceding one, a falling off at certain points and an increase at others will be observed. Without further comment the following statistical tables are herewith submitted : statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Baltimore, by the B. & 0. R. R. Destination by States; ^ MONTHS. Md. Va. W.Va Penn. Ohio. Ills. Ky. 1 1885— May 1,482 970 769 3,324 11,497 724 234 107 228 703 1,931 1,702 1,524 130 83 2,499 8,665 1,442 12 13 143 479 1,720 1,376 54 39 276 1,626 4,309 322 " " '26 81 134 287 194 67 91 102 453 114 19 2 1 30 5 274 315 3 1 3 128 June 1 260 July 1 235 August September .... October.'. ?,176 24,901 2 510 1 November. . . . 249 140 1886— January February March 1 25 63 117 453 30 46 38 1,371 4,049 3,480 2 20 """33 Recapitulation 23,671 18,086 7,342 1,054 743 23 33 50,952 10 ^ ^ § CO* ^ -•3 f: »i « '^ b. $^ t^ s> »«x •iviox moOUSlOlNlOOCOMUDtOlO e<5COrtrH00r-l~ CM in M IN (Ni-H .-HCO CO 0«OJ iH £5 CO 1-^ CD rH 05 tH rH I— 1 CO O tH r-Tr-T COlO O CO 13 f-H TjH rH t^ OS Tt* rH i-l o" MONTHS. cc tH .2 1 s a 1 J > > CS r c 1-5 ci i-H > 1 1 1 ' •1 ■ft 11 o Pi ■■H CD is "M •^ o o -»» -•3 ca ^ '^ 05 s S SS S§§S§§£;§ g. 0_03_N^rH^O_lO_05 T-t . (NIM • i3 ^ o o ,£5 rH 1-1 o •iH s •^ « ^ rH CO • o 4 rH ; (N . o g ^ 'oo . (N OOO ""TeS" 5 1? COIM lO £NCOCS i^ , , .HIO CD rH i-l (M o i-l rH . Ch ^ ' ~o O ;zi cS' ^ o CO CO t^ ^-(^Jcr 00 COIM GOl^^u: "i. t^i cq" ■*t>-OMtl I>_>0 (N CO IT 05_ !> eo" co" . rHrH-^tHlOi-liHCD-^COT-lir CO a 05CDi-ICD(N(NOrH00305'; Oa CO CO t- CO -.^ iH r-iCM.COC^ IM a CD JI; n' lO t* iH C^ r oj P-l rH CD05CD-*OCOC0 50-*CC110C ) r* 05C0C0OC»C0O00-*(Ni-ia > in 2 (NlOt^iHi-IIBOOiWiHTfT-ITl < CO s T-H NlO ■ ,Hi- '■ 3 QQ w E-i ^ O S :i L ■J b ■1 ll •^ H • a is 5l- August Septem Octobe: Novem Deceml Januar Februa March. : .2 1 . , i p. CO ' CO oe 3 01 T- ■i (A n Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Baltimore, by the P. W. & B. R. R. Destination by States. A MONTHS. N.J. Penn. Del. Md. Va. t H 1885— May 148 73 17 66 120 271 1,447 99 450 434 69 . 305 16 75 ""34 79 704 34 21 26 363 41 10 243 1,261 315 857 1,561 July 160 August September. . . . October 838 2,519 418 November. . . . 50 45 969 1 345 327 30 182 376 587 414 1886 — January 30 February March. 151 375 207 202 1,136 821 45 59 84 79 659 1,946 April 49 1,748 1,252 5,250 1,161 4,704 128 12,495 13 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Baltimore, by the York River Line. Destination by States. MONTHS. Va. N.C. S. C. Ga. < 1 1885— May 1,863 36 28 8 45 157 6 22 126 • 192 492 860 1,778 62 7 90 253 286 1 21 344 715 1,509 1,255 1 2 1 3 643 June 100 July 35 Augu&t September. . . October " " '26 20 20 24 211 496 449 3 19 82 101 337 545 November . . . 55 120 250 657 338 82 December.. . . 187 1886— January February March 931 2,060 2,788 2,115 April 1 -Recapitulation 3,835 6,32ll 1.243 1,525 1 12 924 ' ' ' Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Baltimore, by the Virginia Midland. Destination by States. ^ MONTHS. Va. 1 1885-May 1 June July August September. . October 17,000 17,000 November. . December . . 1886— January February... March ; April Recapitulation 17,000 17,000 u statement of Fertilizer Shipmsnts, In Tons of 2,000 lbs. , from Baltimore, by the S. A. L. & A. C. L. Destination by States. 4 MONTHS. Va. N.C. S.C. 1 1885— May 80 2 1,181 31 1 10 1 262 June 43 July August 1 1 1 September. . . . 11 94 50 21 236 753 1,810 1,383 12 October.. .*.... 1 95 50 December .... 21 1886— January February Marcb 27 176 723 609 263 20 22 949 2,555 1,992 Recapitulation 1,618 5,570 55 7,243 ' ' Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Baltimore, Md., by the B. S. P. Co. & V. T. &" G. A. Line, via Norfolk, Va. Destination by States. 1 MONTHS. Va. Tenn. Ga. Ala. 1885— May 951 81 38 289 549 55 3 12 17 105 275 469 29 980 Jun6 81 July August September.. .. October 38 36 565 93 64 31 325 1 114 12 13 10 12 186 162 2 10 170 16 December .... 1 20 66 124 23 1886— January February 49 S69 625 April 502 Recapitulation 2,844 830 397 221 4 292 1 15 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Baltimore, by the Newberne Steam- ship Line. Destination by States. MONTHS. N.C. 1 1885— May June July August September. . October 600 600 November... December . . 1886— January February... March April _ Recapitulation 600 « 600 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs. , from Baltimore, by the Merchants and Miners' Transportation Co.- Destination by States. MONTHS. Ga. Alk. Fla. S.C. V EH i885_Mav 15 29 15 June 29 Julv Sepliember — Optolipr ...... 110 210 212 459 1,130 1,280 1,562 250 110 32 242 "NnVfinilifir. . . . 212 "Dpppmber . . . 60 175 30 40 ■■ 519 1886— January February 30 20 20 37 1,335 1 330 60 1,682 April . . . 287 Eecapitulation 5,257 337 107 60 5,761 1 ■ 16 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Philadelphia, by the Phila. & Reading R. R. Destination by States. p MONTHS. Penn. N.J. N.Y. n 1885— May 1 June July August.. .'... September. . October 29,063 11,177 4,471 44,711 December . . 1886— January.. .. February. . . March April , Recapitulation 29,063 11,177 4,471 44,711 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Philadelphia, by the Penna. R. R. Destination by States. J MONTHS. N.Y. Penn. Md. 1 1885— May June 24 48 1,621 441 399 4,932 5,436 675 444 1,181 221 497 1,425 3,980 1 645 489 July 60 459 August September.. . . October 49 13 4 981 1,173 6,622 675 ■ 444 1 181 1886— January February " " 38 221 535 1,425 4 333 April 329 24 Recapitulation 501 21,252 1,257 23,010 ' 17 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 Ids., from Philadelphia, by the U. R. Rds, N. J. Division. Destination by States. A MONTHS. N.Y. N.J. Penn. < 1 1885— Mav 23 151 76 183 55 21 13 42 36 72 118 183 3,149 697 546 1,577 2,390 469 409 742 431 492 1,991 2,949 920 804 899 1,113 1,342 892 579 763 408 448 1,159 1,115 4,092 June 1,652 July 1,521 August September October 2,873 3,787 1 382 1,001 1,547 875 1886— January February March. 1 012 3,268 4,247 Recapitulation 973 15,842 10,442 27,257 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Philadelphia, by the P. W. & B. R. R. Destination by States. MONTHS. Penn. Del. Md. Va. ' t E-i 1885 Mav 478 383 217 1,146 2,096 12 425 380 378 342 425 3,679 202 41 158 872 1,733 910 13 43 379 94 2 297 144 230 1,059 518 June • « July 377 August September.. . . 2 315 3 973 1 152 "T^ovpTTfilip'r . . . 438 T)prPTnlipr .... 52 475 1886— January 'February Marfih 378 326 37 8,213 128 268 851 184 19 980 749 April 79 7,822 Becapitulation 9,961 7,548 2,445 282 20,236 18 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs. , from Philadelphia, by the West Jersey R. R, Destination by States. i MONTHS. N.J. i 1885— Mav 1,772 665 225 279 987 434 48 492 267 78 2,293 1,378 1 772 June 665 July 225 August September. . . . October 279 987 484 48 Dftcember .... 492 1886— January February 267 78 2,293 April 1,378 Eecapitulation 8,918 8 918 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Philadelphia, by the Camden & Atlantic R. R. Destination by States. A MONTHS. N.J. 1 1885 Mav 345 177 179 154 118 231 165 398 151 548 1,155 758 345 177 Jul V .... 179 August September — 154 118 231 TJovf^mliPT'. . . . 165 398 1886— January February TVTfirpb 151 548 1 155 758 Eecapitulation. 4,379 4,379 19 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Philadelphia, Pa., by the Clyde Line andN. & W. R. R. {via Norfolk, Va.) Destination by States. nq MONTHS. Va. 1885— Mav 20 3 1 20 JiinB 3 July August 5 5 1 October November. . . December,. . . 1886— January February March. 13 27 82 13 27 April; 82 Eecapitulation 150 150 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Philadelphia, Pa., by the N. Y. P. & N. R. R.,& V. T.& G. A. Line (via Norfolk, Va.) Destination by States. 4 MONTHS. La. H 1885— Mav July Sfntpmber . . . Ootober 1886— January 20 20 • April Becapltulation 20 20 20 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from N. Y. City, by the N. V. C. & H. R. R. R. Co. Destination by States. A MONTHS. N.Y. Ala. Mich. Ohio. Mass. Vt. 1: 1885 Mav 1,131 97 21 1,081 790 1 22 20 49 68 513 2,221 1 1 132 June Julv. . . 14 111 21 August September.. . . 1 081 790 1 November. . . . 22 53 14 87 1886— January February 49 68 .513 A-Pril 1 , 10 10 2,242 Eecapitulation 6,014 1 67 15 10 10 6,117 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from New York, by the 0. D. S. S. Co. and N. & W. R. R. {via Norfolk, Fa.) Destination by States. (4 MONTHS. Va. 1 1885 Mav Jnlv • Nn vPTYilipr . T)ppprnbpr 12 12 April Eecapitulation 12 12 31 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Syracuse, N. Y. by C. and H. R. R. R. N. Y. Destination by States. hJ MONTHS. ,N.Y. PUO. Penn. Mass. 1885 — Mav . . . 127 18. 105 605 496 1 6 134 18 July . , ,\. , . 105 August September October 15 16 620 512 • ' 1 fiftfi — .Tannarv . 10 7 218 576 10 February / 7 15 233 April 576 Recapitulation 2,162 46 1 6 , , 2 215 22 ^ ^ f^ ^ •^ g ^" s § ■s o ^ IH n> 1 cq ■Ki S l>-O5lOMiHe0Q0CD-*b-I>lM (M ■^C4(NC00SCDC0Q0i-fO.i-HC lO Total. 00 00 •* «» cq_-* r-i i-H M eo 03 CT ■*_ i-Tt-T r- CO CO iH ,-1 S l-H 1-1 ■ ■* t^cq ■* !N iH (NCO 05 f4 , CO o ' CO "d •V lO ■ OJ s , CO CO l-H (N >< n o . t^ (M CO in> (MI> CO tH CO CO r-(CO CO T— 1 Eh O < O iz; H CO NN oiNooin ~~io P CO rHr-l (Nr-((NOC § 1^ Ir*00-HG3O 00 CO-* ~~^ Hi ■-100C0O50Q0 iH rH i-t(M lO lOQC o ^ T-l c3 05 t^ OJ CO I> OO CD co>o-*o- CO a rt< CO "*< "t> 00 IM rH i-llO(N<= lO o_co i-io; rH_ r-T si" Ph (NI^i-H-^IOCOOOi-IOtHOSt- lO >^ COOSrHCOCqOOlOOiOSt^QOCC ,-H lO CO (N l:~ in IN r-l4 MONTHS. Va. N.C. S. C. Ga. Ala. Tenn. Ken. 1 IQRS Mmr , . . 4,260 293 57 209 612 185 95 60 136 342 878 1,604 42 12 2 5,878 335 TnW 57 August September — October November December 1886— January February March Anril 130 581 817 40 10 100 70 1,242 22 214 59 361 110 38 1,^17 1,119 145 20 10 70 70 155 283 100 530 152 406 12 1 1,109 2,556 3 465 Eecapitulation, 9,492 5,656 726 812 330 2 17,018 21 Statement of Pertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Richmond, Va., by the Virginia Midland. Destination by States. A MONTHS. Va. t g 1885— May ■ June July August September. October ... \ 4,500 4,500 November. December.. 1886— January... February. . March April Becapitulation 4,500 4 500 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,060 lbs. f from. Wilmington, N. C, by the W. & W. R. R. Destination by States. hi MONTHS. S. C. 1885— May " June July August September.. 9,652 Q fi.ii9 November.. December.. 1886— January February. . . March.. . . . . April........ Eecapitulation 9,652 9 652 28 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2, 000 'lbs., from Wilmington, N. C, by the W. C. and A. R. R. Destination by Statjjis. hi MONTHS. S. C. N.C. Ga. o 1885— May 1 June July August September. . Ortobpr . . . 7,138 965 2,599 10,702 November... December . . 1886 — January February . . . March April , Recapitulation 7,138 965 2,599 10,702 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Wilmington, N. C, by the Caro- lina Central R. R. Destination by States. 4 g S MONTHS. N.C. S. C. Ga. 1885 Mav 70 2 5 75 2 July August September — 35 233 503 260 420 2,190 4,411 5,748 1,444 35 233 503 260 T)pnprnllPr 420 1886 — January February . . . 288 922 911 118 80 200 70 10 2 558 5,533 6,729 1,572 April . . . Recapitulation 15,316 2,244 360 17,920 ^& ^ ^ « » > « "O •«? « 9^ m '-n -•3 Fi <» o -^ S ■K> P< ^ ■rl ■«^ ^ ta •^ Fl lO o .H Co -§3 S" h ^ o l-i f^ 5 "X « 2 O Q O Total. f^ M O a a H c3 ^ o CZ2 W 12; o lO^COOQOlOaxMOi-HCOlO tN tNCD CO rH iHCO -* 1^ t^o -^cq ■^ CD •— ' r- 1— ( Ca i-H CO i-H tH lO(^IC^IH^^^■- '* iO(Mt^iCC35(NI^-CDlOl-^(MOO G<1 CO t^ ""i,^ *-' '^'— ' "^^"^ 00 i-T ^co'co' (©" i>^ ccT ThCQi-lOC0C0-CO-^LOCOCO(MCOG^CO s s !? o " 5 5 s I" iH 5^ 00 oo 30 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons 0/2,000 lbs., from Charleston, by the Charleston and Savannah IV y. Destination by States. A MONTHS. Ga. S. C. 1885— May.. " June July August September.. 9,754 1,570 11,324 November. . December.. 1886— January .... February . . . March April - Recapitulation 9,754 1,570 11 324 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Charleston, S. C, by the North- Eastern Railroad. Destination by States. a MONTHS. S.C. Ga. N.C. Va. 1 SRR Mflv . 128 45 14 10 21 189 251 232 4,132 9,942 9,073 1,492 ""346 100 ■"217 553 2 1 3 40 20 51 80 30 464 1,932 1,491 355 130 46 Tnl V 17 August September . . . October 50 41 16 10 10 200 681 372 1886 — January February 4,596 12 091 11,117 1 847 Anri1 Recapitulation 25,479 1,210 4,469 30 31 188 ' 31 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Savannah, by the C. & S. R'y. Destination by States. hi MONTHS. S. C. t ^ 1885— Mav 40 40 June July September. . . . 20 12 20 21 November. . . . Decem.ber .... 103 261 440 270 26 103 1886— January February March 261 440 270 April 26 Recapitulation 1,172 1,172 Stateme;it of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Savannah, Ga., by th Cent. R. R. Destination by States. t4, MONTHS. Ga. S. C. Ala. Tenn. 1 1885— Mav 1 84^ 2 86 52 35 ' 52 Julv 35 August Septem.ber. . . . October 4 146 1,224 384 1,284 8,903 18,322 15,281 3,122 4 146 13 26 75 552 880 *110 289 1,200 548 2,020 2,179 1,220 1,513 1 597 Novem.ber. . . . December 1 858 1886— January February 38 11 036 60 21,113 17 381 April 145 3,377 Becapitulation. ..... 48,841 1,656 7,603 98 58,198 33 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Savannah, by the S. F. & W. and C. and S. Railways. Destination by States. MONTHS. Ga. Fla. Ala. S. C. 1 1885— May 115 46 6 104 184 55 219 2,091 4,864 6,877 3,971 707 45 123 48 26 66 79 142 288 601 284 259 31 40 200 169 54 June July August September ""'io 205 213 138 57 20 12 270 October 146 November 371 December 103 261 440 274 2 687 1886— January 5,939 7,739 4 561 February March 1 1 April 3 26 1 767 1 Becapitulation 19,239 1,992 626| 1.176 ' 1 23 033 ' Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Port Royal, by the P. R. & A. R. Destination by States. h^ MONTHS. S. C. Ga. Ala. Fla. Miss. Tenn. E-i 1885 Mav 4 29 2 169 33 4 6 July 169 Atiffust 214 56 98 487 3,350 7,813 7,724 469 214 Opt,ol)ftr 10 10 100 173 1,965 2,571 181 66 "N^ovftniber . . . 30 50 640 915 690 20 2 110 51 105 8 1 140 747 1886— January February March April 4,214 10,822 11,077 671 " "36 24 48 Becapitulation 5,014 20,411 2,345 281 36 72 28,159 33 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Atlantiz Ga., by the Ga. Pac. R.R. Destination by States. A MONTHS. Ga. Ala. 1885— May 1 38 3 4 JunG 38 July 95 25 ::::::i:::::; 1 October 1 November. . . . 10 2 12 1886— January February 55 317 695 138 24 165 522 1S7 79 482 1 217 April • • 275 Eecapitulatipn 1,279' 853 1 2,132 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Augusta, Ga., by the Ga. R. R. Destination by States. >4 MONTHS. Ga. N. C. s. c. H 1885— May ' June July August Septembei;.. October 43,123 16,000 18,000 77,123 December... 1886— January.... February.. . March April Eecapitulation 43,123 16,000 18,000 77,123 34 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 Ids., from Mobile, by the M. & 0. R. R. Destination by States. >4 MONTHS. Ala. Miss. Tenn. Ky. 1 1885— May 77 84 145 5 15 27 74 347 274 384 363 202 150 100 242 227 June 184 July August September. . . . October 2 389 6 84 138 845 1,835 619 1,133 1,739 701 99 165 46 965 2,182 893 1886— January February March 12 15 10 12 1,541 2117 913 Eecapitulation. . . 1,997 7,586 37 60 9 680 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Birmingham, Ala., by the Georgia Pacific R. R. Destination by States. ►5 MONTHS. Ala. 1885— Mav Julv Optnlipr . ... 1 February Marcb 48 14 2 48 14 2 Eecapitulation 64 1 64 35 Statement of Fertilizer Shipments, In Tons of 2,000 lbs., from Pensacola, Fla., i.T>ITTJL-A.TI03Sr OF STATEMENTS OF FERTILIZER SHIPMENTS. « In Tons of 2,000 Ids. from the following Initial Points, by the Roads named, from May i, 1885, to April 30, 1886. IDESTIiT-&.TIO:tT B-^" ST-fi^TES. Ala. Del. Fla. Ga. 111. Ky. La. Md. Mich. Miss. N. Y. N. J. N. C. Ohio. Pa. S. C, Tenn. Va. and ^, ^ West. W.Va. ^- ^"g- States Dist. of Col. Total. Baltimore, bv B. (^t O. R. R 23 33 "'ei' 23,671 10,421 14,657 4,704 1 743 1,054 3,540 19,623 5,250 25,428 1,617 7,126 128 17,000 3,835 1,618 2,844 50,952 (t ' W. Md. R. R 121 60 848 204 ""io' 1 1 235 126 16 844 it ' N. C. &B. & P 2,386 1,197 172 45,561 12,495 It ' P. W. &B 1,161 1,252 tt ' Va. Midland 17,000 12,925 7,243 4,292 tt * York River Line 1,525 6,322 5,570 1,243 55 ""hm tt ' S. A. L. & A. C. L tt ' B. S. P. Co. & V. T. & Ga. A. Line ' Newberne S. S. Line 221 397 ti 600 600 li ' M. & M. Trans. Co 337 107 5,257 60 5,761 44,711 23,010 Philadelphi (f (( tt (( • tt tt New York, Syracuse, Buffalo, New York, Boston, Norfolk, tt Portsmouth West Point, Richmond, " " Wilmington r< tt Charleston, tt Savannah, ( (( tt Port Royal, Atlanta, Ga Augusta, Ga Mobile, Ala Birminghan Pensacola, I Petersberg, Atlanta, (Nc a, by Reading R. R 4,471 501 973 11,177 29,063 21,252 10,442 9,961 " P. R. R 1,257 " U. R R's. of N J ... 15,842 27,257 " P. W. &B 7,548 2,445 282 20,236 " W. J R R 8,918 4,379 8,918 *' Camden & Atlantic 4,379 " N. & W. & Clvde Line 150 150 N. Y. P. & N. R. R. & V T. & G. A. Line bv N. Y. C. & H. R R R 20 20 1 67 6,014 15 20 6,117 12 " 0. D. S. S. Co. & N. & W. R R 12 " N. Y. C. & H R R R ... 2,162 4,515 1,311 46 1 2,153 195 6 1,608 2,215 tt ti tt tt tt 63 93 1,020 240 9,452 " N. Y. L E & W 532 2,278 80 " M. & M. T Co & N & W R R 80 " N Southern 3,422 1,420 14,541 5,372 2,712 5,656 3,422 " N. & Western 45 . . . 313 25 198 899 3,289 187 726 140 ""635 330 1,784 4,390 2,786 5,199 9,492 4,500 3,925 , by S. A. L. & A C L 19,830 Va., by P. A. L 2,508 291 812 13,955 by R. & D 10 9,034 Rockett's) bv R. & D 2 17,018 ■)v Va Midland 4,500 N. C. bv W & W 9,652 7,138 2,244 45,382 1,570 25,479 1,656 1,176 1,172 5,014 9,652 " ''^ W.C & A 2,599 360 30,865 9,754 1,210 48,841 19,239 965 15,316 4,764 10,702 " " Ca Cen 17,920 S. C. bv S. C R R 4,560 3 2,352 122 107 25 1,076 44 21 89,321 " '' S & C R R 11,324 " " N E of S C 4,469 98 30 31,188 t51 bv Opn of Gn 7,603 626 1,992 58,198 " " S. F. & W., &C. &S '... " " C & S R R . . 23,033 ],172 S C bv P R & A 2,345 853 281 20,411 1,279 43,123 36 72 28,159 , by Ga., Pa. R. R bv Ga R R 2,132 16,000 18,000 77,123 bv M & 1,997 64 17,497 60 7,586 37 9,680 1, by Ga. Pa. R. R "'la bv L & N (fee 64 1,553 2,327 160 3,783 1,256 1,475 1 24,109 Va bv Petersbers' R R 2,120 158 1,562 961 3,399 rtb bonnd"^ bv R iV T) 5,345 la Oq Pa T? P 34 34 Total 36,374 8,772 3,936 196,106 2,375 120 1,459 57,248 77 9,205 22,333 42,828 89,249 2,558 102,534 126,860 3,580 89,306 1,634 21 172 796,747 3^ The distribution by States of the traceable quantity appears to be as follows : Alabama 36,374 Delaware 8,772 Florida 3,936 Georgia 196,106 Illinois 2,375 Kentucky 120 Louisiana 1,459 Maryland 57,248 Michigan 77 Mississippi 9,205 New York 22,333 New Jersey 42,828 North Carolina iS9,249 Ohio 2,558 Pennsylvania 102,584 South Carolina 126,860 Tennessee , 3,580 Virginia and West Virginia 89,306 New England States 1,634 Western States and District of Columbia 183 796,747 The actual consumption, as estimated by the Agricultural Departments and others competent to approximate the same, shows, however, for — Alabama 40,000 Delaware 15,000 Florida 5,000 , Illinois 7,500 Indiana 7,500 Georgia 160,704 Kentucky 8,000 Louisiana 10,000 Maryland 75,000 Michigan 10,000 Mississippi 5,000 New York 30,000 New Jersey 50,000 North Carolina 95,000 ' Ohio 30,000 Pennsylvania 115,000 South Carolina 107,927 Tennessee -. 10,000 Virginia and West Virginia 100,000 New England States 100,000 Western States 25,000 Aggregate number of tons 1,006,631 38 Phosphate Eock Shipments from Charleston, S. C.,. 1884-85. Through the courtesy of Mr. Paul C. Trenholm, of Charleston, the following data regarding Phosphate Eock have been put at the Associa- tion's disposal : DOMESTIC PORTS. FOKBIGN POETS. ; Destination. Crude, Tons. Ground Tons. Destination. Crude, Tons. 58,443 15,368 3,643 9,535 4,450 5,130 750 3,233 3,618 3,245 8,988 557 976 1,954 440 6,737 11,586 650 ' ' " 768 ' " ' 510 "i,041 7,460 9,788 ' ' ' 515 ' ' ' 350 ' ' ' 300 48 io 200 London, England Liverpool, " Ayre, Scotland Leith, " 1,775 6,920 440 580 1,286 Philadelphia Newtown Creek, N. J. "Weymouth, Mass Wilmington, N. C... Mantua Creek, N. J . . United Kingdom 853 2,085 710 Linden. N. J Cork " Barren Islund, N. Y.. Havre, France 691 New York Nantes, " Gothenburg, Denmark Amsterdam, Holland Bergne, " Antwerp, ■' Nerkoping, Sweden Barcelona. Snain 395 Richmond, Va Staten Island, N.Y.. Wilmington, Del.... Booth Bay, Me Millford, Conn Seaford, Del 189 50 50 70 50 25 Detroit, Mich Orient L I Total 16,169 Buffalo, N.Y So. Ca. Railroad C. &S. Railroad Suffolk, Va Total 138,653 21,640 From September 1, 1884; to August 31, 1885— Tons Shipped From. Foreign Ports. Domestic Ports. Crude. Con- sumed. Domestic Ports Ground. Total. Charleston 16,169 136,180 138,653 31,700 64,750 11,500 21,640 241,212 179,380 152,349 170,353 76,250 21,640 420,592 39 Phosphate Eock Shipments from Charleston, S. C, 1885-86. Through the courtesy of Mr. Paul C. Trenholm, of Charleston, the following data regarding Phosphate Kock have been put at the Associa- tion's disposal : DOMESTIC. FOEBIGN. Destination. Crude Tons. Ground Tons. Destination. Crude Tons. 73,757 23,442 5,995 15,989 7,075 2,678 4,348 3,184 750 3,652 605 ' i",666 10,012 5,116 340 920 1,010 727 25,485 186,085 998 3,961 2,545 4i766 2,301 960 London, England Liverpool, " iNewport,. " 1 916 Philadelphia Newtown Creek, N. J. Weymouth, Mass Wilmington, N.C.... Boston 2,720 525 1,625 Londonderry, Ireland.'. . . ; Dublin, " .... ' Havre, France 810 620 Richmond, ^'^a 531 Barren Island, N. Y. Nantes, " 400 Seaf ord Del 1 Gothenburg, Denmark.... iEotterdam, Holland Undervalla, Sweden Nerkoping, " St. Petersburg, Eussia Eeval, CrpnStadt, ' Total 200 20 Mantua Creek, N. J . . Tjind.eii N J 100 60 Milford, Conn Wilmington, Del Staten Island, N. Y. . Cooper's Creek, N. J. Portland, Me Orient, If. 1 70 240 125 9,962 Elizabethport, N. J. . Eailroads West Total ; 15,511 From September 1, 1885, to August 31, 1886— Tons Slilpped From. Foreign Ports. Domestic Ports, Crude. Con- sumed. Domestic Ports, Ground. Total. Charleston Beaufort Recapitulation 9,962 151,144 186,085 27,288 60,000 9,000 15,511 161,106 213,373 69,000 15,511 271,558 187,482 458,990 40 g ^® -fj TO h DO R a a to OJ o ^ H^ S a, ^4 • O-o"^ , .CO t^"^ IS 1% ® fe ^ CO >-'^ □Q O CQgM 3 -e n"^ O 3 ta>B °|o (13,3 ■„ 2=00 , 02 02 oi g a "5-- o ^»< a Em ll as & o iSiSis^ is ro»fl CD .1-1 • :SSS|S • t-t-c gost-c Pt-«oS CO I i 1-1 ' Eh US QO lOr-I -* *950s 8" :ss is gScSS :S8S U3 00 <» I I i'l THr-trt :tHO* hH O g S DO a M o M a g o W •0(B.2a :&|| gSJ" :3"SS ssssis =sss¥sg is • t- OS ^ 0«l Pb PS ■ ^J. §t-ifflOO DfoTi-Ti-ref :s¥ "S is' SE5 .SS :S COCO •Ot' '^ a'i :5SS' is B3 I H H I— I P-H CO •og3t-fc-Q -:* CO -COOT oco .m lis •«5.N_ ■25_QO 'O, 0(5" ! '(jTr-T i-h" ' : CO 3-^ .coo rJ It^Oi" . iH ;« ■oSB Is" 41 Statement showing the quantity and value of Guano brought from Islands, Rocks, or Keys, appertaining to the United States, arid admitted free of duty into the United States during each year ended June 30, 1869 to 1885. Year ended June 30. Quantity— Tons. Value. 1869 15,622 1253,545 1870 14,318 356,830 1871 14,154 340,235 1872 4,209 60,865 1873 11,014 161,690 1874 6,877 100,345 ' 1875 7,269 122,012 1876 14,785 192,972 1877 6,060 79,822 1878 17,930 211,239 1879 8,733 95,137 1880 12,795 147,051 1881 16,883 179,882 1882 15.249 160,016 1883 7)873 92,130 1884 9,333 106,431 1885 12,100 86,166 Section 5575 Revised Statutes, provides that the introduction of Guano from such islands, &c., shall be regulated as in the coastwise trade between different parts of the United States. This Guano is therefore rwt included in the statement of imports from foreign countries. WM. P. SWITZLER, Chief of Bureau, Treasury Department, Bureau of Statistics. 42 s a -w s >o w 00 '^ 00 ■s ^^ |s CD •ea 00 s 53 ''s. I ■" "I I o B n o OQ o Bg si ^ FN H I! 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Am't of duty Beov'd. s s Ea o >; g g ^ « "** "*^ "S "*^ "S p ©p ®p "H ^ti utiSSS ° °3 o o o o o o o o o o CB ° S O t3 n3 t3 '0 13 73 tS na TS "d "d tJ t3 tS "d Sogog i •< > o 00 10_ C0__1>;_C0 iH^-^^tH 00_00_O_rocri>^o6*i>r-** 00 CD 03 CO 00 --l al iH CO OJ 00 (N 1-1 -H CO oa CO CO I-l Oq C) (M iH rH N IN CO 05 •* t-- - CO CO rH (N O 00 OS ' COJ>i ^^ COj^ i-l. la lO tH CO. lO ■* O N tH OS -COOSOiHOTCOTlJlO cDCDOt>.Ot^i^i^i>^i>.i^t^^j:.35oooooo«oo COCO'DGO'OOOCOCOCOOOOOQOaOCOODOOCOCOCOCO, =g p 5 M Fh o t S^! •s ■ss oa P3 tl 9, H •% 1— ( ^f^«> r/3 i:^: fi s hjsp^ M a e a' ^ •p '^ s s Pi B t 1 S' K? 1^ SO ^ s §^ Si 1- ^ 3 0J aas p* a o: 45 Other fertilizers not enumerated prior to 1884, imported and entered for consumption. Year ending JuneSl. 18S4. 1885. Apatite. Tons 891 Dollars '8,466' Animal Carbon, ■ fltforFertlll- zlng only. Tons. 131.00 773.25 Dollars. 3,053 12,183 Kleserite, Kyanite, or Cyanite, and Kalnite. Tons. 126,16667 84,21965 Dollars. 757,014 05 483,780 36 Note.— These commodities were admitted free of duty. All other substances used expressly for manure. Tons. 9,842 67 10,897 00 Dollars. 85,086 223,292 Statement showing the Imports of Fertilizers, and such Articles as may he used for fertilizing purposes, during the year ending June 30, 1885. ARTICLES. ^1 Quantities. Values, Dollars. Chloride of lime Fish manures, the product of the Am erican fisheries Guano — From foreign countries , . From bonded islands Phosphates, crude or native, for fertil- izing purposes Plaster of Paris, or sulphate of lime, unground Soda— ^Kitrate of All other salts of, except carbon, ate, bicarbonate and caustic. . . Sulphur or brimstone, crude All other fertilizers lbs. tons, tons, tons. tons. tons, lbs. lbs. tons. 94,697,816 28,275 19,583 12,100 24,114 117,226 111,804,135; 9,837,836 96,841, Total. 1,453,930 524,530 391,789 86,166 288,349 119,543 1,696,054 55,554 1,941,943 815,052 $7,372,910 WM. F. SWITZLER, Chief of Biiireau. Treasury Department, Bureau of Statistics, ) August 10, 1886. f 46 Messrs. Mortimer & Wisner kindly furnished the subjoiiied statement of Nitrate of Soda. New York, January 1st, 1886. 1886. 1884. 1883. 1882. Imported into Atlantic Ports from West Coast S. A., from Jan. 1, '85, to date. . do do do from Europe. Bags. 270,613 Bags. 423,271 Bags. 361,373 Bags. 448,858 270,613 423,271 361,373 448,858 Stock in store .and afloat December 31, 1885 in New York 74,911 2,400 ' '7,50b 72,500 101,672 4,732 16,000 59,340 58,376 ' 5,500 229,500 70,799 4,250 " 5,666 153,000 do do do Boston, do do do Philadelphia, do do do Baltimore.... On the way and chartered for the At- lantic Ports up to latest advices 157,311 175,744 293,376 233,049 Mr. Otto G. Mayer furnished kindly the following statement of Bhipmsnts of Sicily Brimstone to U. S. Ports. POBTS. KECEIPTS. 1883. 1884. 1885. "NTpwr "Vovk 41,238 23,123 16,175 5,864 5,425 650 350 650 600 2,554 46,460 19,234 13,986 4,723 7,706 470 100 1,140 610 500 50,814 12,153 16,453 Philadplnhia Tialtimore. 4 200 Charleston, S. C "Woods' Hall, Mass.... N^PTJF OrlpftTis 12,416 1,060 250 Providence, E. I Port Royal, 8. C All other ports 1,370 680 Total 96,629 94,929 99,396 47 Mr. Hamilton H. Salmon furnished kindly the of Imports into the various ports of the United ate of Potash and Kainit. statement of Muri- POETS. New York Baltimore. Philadelph Savannah Norfolk. . Boston. . . Port Eoyal Charleston. Wilmington, N. Pensacola New Orleans . . . Barnstable, Mass., | forWoods' Hall.do ( Total Muriate of Potash. 1883. Tons. 12,620 3,500 1,599 100 17,819 1884. Tons. 13,730 2,896 1,645 18,271 1885. Tons. 13,870 2,290 1,850 50 " 1^594 150 1,097 295 21,196 Eainet. 1883. Tons. 24,012 30,738 4,579 8,365 25,050 9,020 ' " '394 102,158 1884. Tons. 24,119 22,146 15,120 5,371 991 27,975 13,355 400 443 1,008 110,928 1885. Tons. 16,967 24,984 14,102 2,488 500 492 217 16,335 9,330 600 1,020 600 87,635 APPENDIX. The Lawsregarding the Sale and Inspection of Fertilizers and the Rules and Regulations established under these Laws. 51 NEW YORK. TO PEEVENT FKAUD IN THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OP COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. Passed Mat 7, 1878. Section 1. Every person in this State, who shall dispose of any commercial fertilizer, by sale or otherwise, shall affix to every barrel, sack, box or package thereof, in a conspicuous place on the outside thereof, a plainly written or printed certificate, bearing a name or trade-mark by which such fertilizer may be known and designated, and specifying the name and residence of the manu- facturer or vendor, and the date of the manufacture of such fer- tilizer. The said certificate shall also specify the percentages which such fertilizer contains — of phosphoric acid soluble in water, of total phosphoric acid, of potash, of nitrogen soluble in water, and of total nitrogen or the equivalent ammonia. 8. For failing to affix to every such barrel, sack, box or pack- age of fertilizers the certificate hereinbefore required, the party disposing of such barrel, sack, box or package, shall forfeit to the purchaser thereof the sum of one hundred dollars; and for affixing a false certificate to any barrel, sack, box or package of f ertilizer^ the party disposing of such barrel, sack, box or package, shall forfeit to the purchaser thereof the sum of two hundred dollars. 3. Whenever a correct chemical analysis of any commercial fertilizer, disposed of in this State, shall show a deficiency of not more than one-fourth of one per cent, of any one of the chemical substances whose percentages are specified in the certificate herein- before required, such certificate shall not be deemed false within the meaning of this Act. 4. For the recovery of the forfeitures provided in the second section of this Act, the purchaser of any commercial fertiliser may 52 bring an action which shall be tried in the county where said purchaser resides. 5. The term "Commercial Fertilizer," used in this Act, shall be taken to mean any and every sqbstance imported, manufac- tured, prepared or disposed of for fertilizing or manuring purposes;. provided, however, that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to marl or to fertilizers disposed of at one-half cent or less per pound, nor to guano, the chemical composition of which has not been changed by the vendor, or any other person, since its importation. 6. This Act shall take efEect on the first day of August, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. MARYLAND. Chapter 477. A BILL entitled an Act to Eegulate the Inspection and Sale of Commerci^-l Fertilizers in the State of Maryland. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary- land, That every package of commercial fertilizer sold, offered or exposed for sale for manurial purposes within this State, shall have plainly stamped thereon the name of the manufacturer, the place of manufacture, the net weight of its contents, and an anal- ysis stating the per centum therein contained of nitrogen or its equivalent in ammonia in an available form, or potash soluble in water, or available phosphoric acid, of moisture and the materials from which said nitrogen, or its equivalent in ammohia, phos- phoric acid and potash are derived, with an allowance of not more than 2 per centum variation in the amount of ammonia, S per centum of the amount of phosphoric acid, and 1 per centum of the amount of potash. 53 2. And he it enacted, That every manufacturer, importer or dealer in commercial fertilizers shall, before selling or offering to sell any commercial fertilizer in this State, take out a license fot the sale of fertilizers, which license shall be rated upon the amount contemplated to be sold, as follows : for one hundred tons or less five dollars, for every additional one hundred tons or part thereof two dollars additional, provided that no license shall be charged upon lots ordered by farmers to be made after their own formula, for their own use. Said license shall be prepared and furnished by the OoqiptroUer of the Treasury, and to be is^ sued from the first day of May to the first day of November in each- year, and to be good until the succeeding first day of May; provided, that when any manufacturer in this State shall have taken out a license as herein provided, it shall not be necessary for any person to take out a license to sell the fertilizer manu- factured by the manufacturer who has taken out such license ; and provided, further, that if any person or company sell or dis- pose of, in any one year, a larger quantity than the number of tons contemplated in the application for the license, he shall re- turn to the Comptroller, under oath, a statement of such excess sold, and also return the amount of money due the State for a license for such excess sold, to be rated at two dollars for every additional one hundred tons, or part of one hundred tons. 3. And he it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Maryland Agricultural College to analyze all samples of fertilizers sent to it for this purpose from any farmer, planter, or grower, or manu- facturer of this State, and purchased by him in this State, without charge, and send to the person sending said samples the result of said analysis; and it shall be the right and privilege of every farmer, planter or grower residing in this State to send samples- of fertilizers purchased by him, said specimens not to be less than twenty-five pounds in quantity, and to be taken from the top, middle and end of the bag or package, and mixed together in the presence of two witnesses. 4. And he it enacted. That the funds received by the Comp- troller from the licenses issued under this Act shall be paid into the Treasury and be set apart as a Specific fund to pay the costs and expenses of conducting the analysis provided for in Section 3 of this Act, and the Treasury shall annually pay over to the 54 Maryland Agricultural College the money received from the sale of said licenses ; provided, that no larger sum than $3,000 shall be paid over in any one year. 5. And ie it enacted, That whoever sells, or offers for sale, a commercial fertilizer without first taking out the license required by this Act, or without the label required by this Act, or with a label stating that said fertilizer contains a larger percentage of ony one or more of the constituents mentioned in Section 2 of this Act than it actually contains, or shall fail to return the state- ment of excess sold, as provided in Section 2, shall, on convic- tion thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, be fined not more than two hundred dollars. 6. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved April 7, 1886. We hereby certify that the aforegoing is a correct copy of an Act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed January session, 1886. E. B. PEETTYMAN, CMef Clerk of the House of Delegates. W. G. PUENELL, Secretary of the Senate. VIRGINIA.- Code of Virginia, Pages 757, 758 and 759. Manufacturers of Fertilizers to Label their Packages with Correct Analysis; what to be Specified on Labels. Section 48. All commercial manures and artificially manufac- tured or manipulated fertilizers brought into or manufactured in 55 the State of Virginia, for sale and sold, or kept for sale, therein, shall have permanently fixed to every sack, bag, barrel, box, or other package thereof, a stamped or printed label, which shall specify legibly the name or names of the manufacturer or manu- facturers, his, her, or their places of business, the net weight of such sack, bag, barrel, box, or other package, the component parts of such manure or fertilizer, the percentage, by weight, which it contains of the following constituents, viz : of phosphoric acid soluble in pure water ; of phosphoric acid insoluble in pure cold water ; of available ammonia, potash and soda. Penalty for violations of Act. 49. If any person shall sell, or keep for sale, any commercial manures, or artificially manufactured or manipulated fertilizers, not labelled in accordance with the requirements of this act, or shall afiix any label to any sack, bag, barrel, box or other package, not expressing truly the component parts of said manures or fer- tilizers, or expressing a larger percentage of the constituents, or either of them, mentioned in the forty-eighth section, than is con- tained therein, he shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars, for the first offence, and two hundred dollars for the second, and each subsequent offence, to be recovered on present- ment, information, or indictment found and conviction had in the county, or corporation court within whose jurisdiction said offence may have been committed ; one-half of such fine to be paid to the informer, and the other half to the State. Proceedings to recover damages for injury or fraud. 50. Any purchaser of commercial manures or artificially man- ufactured or manipulated fertilizers, bearing labels as provided for in the said forty-eighth section, who shall be injured or defrauded by the contents of the sacks, bags, barrels, boxes, or other packages, not conforming in quality and quantity to the labels thereon, may recover from the seller or sellers thereof, by proper action at law, an amount equal to the purchase money of such manure or fertilizer ; and in case the purchase is made of an agent of any person or persons residing out of the limits of this State, manufacturing, compounding, preparing and furnishing for sale any such commercial manures or fertilizers, the purchaser 56 thereof may, at his option, proceed by attachment, as now pro- vided for by law, in case of non-resident and absconding debtors, against any property, rights or credits of any such person or per- sons selling, manufacturing, compounding, preparing or furnish- ing said manures or fertilizers, when such property, rights and credits can be found in the limits of this State. Construction of certain words applied to Fertilizers. 51. The words "commercial manures, artificially manufactured or manipulated fertilizers," shall be taken and construed to in- clude all manures and fertilizers which shall be sold for a greater price than three-fourths of one cent per pound ; and that any arrangement or agreement, verbal or written, made by and between any seller and purchaser of said manures or fertilizers for the purpose of exonerating the seller or manufacturer from lia- bility for a violation of any of the provisions of this act, shall not exempt such seller, manufacturer, compounder, preparer, or furnisher of said manures or fertilizers from presentment, infor- mation, indictment and fine, as hereinbefore provided for. 53. That by the term "soluble phosphoric acid," wherever used in this act, is meant phosphoric acid in any form or combina- tion readily soluble in pure cold water ; and by the term "insoluble phosphoric acid," is meant phosphoric acid in any form or combi- nation which requires the action of an acid upon it to cause it to readily become soluble in pure cold water. Penalty for adulteration and using false brand. 53. That any manufacturer, dealer, agent, or other person or persons who shall adulterate, add to, or take anything from any commercial manures, or artificially manufactured or manipulated fertilizers, labelled in accordance with the provisions of this act, or who shall use the brand or trade-mark of any manufacturer or dealer other than his own, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof in any court having jurisdiction, be punished by a fine of not less than one nor more than five hun- dred dollars, and imprisonment in jail not exceeding six months. 57 AN ACT To establish a Department of Agriculture, Mining and Manufac- turing for the State. Approved March 39, 1877. Section" 1. Be it enacted iy the General Assembly of Virginia, That the Governor of this State is hereby authorized and required to establish a Department of Agriculture for the State of Virginia. 2. That said Department shall be under the control and man- agement of one officer, who shall be known as the Commissioner of Agriculture. He shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Said Commissioner shall be allowed one clerk, to be chosen by himself, to assist the Commissioner in the discharge of the clerical duties of his office. The office of the said Commissioner shall be at the capital of the State, and an office and furniture necessary for the transaction of the duties of his office shall be furnished him by the executive of this State. 3. That the salary of said Commissioner shall be fifteen hun- dred dollars per annum, and the salary of his clerk shall be six hundred doUars-per annum. 4. That the duties of said Commissioner shall be : First. He shall prepare, under his own direction, a hand-book describing the geological formations of the various counties of this State, with information as to the general adaptation of the soil of the said counties for the various products ; and for the purpose of giving a general and careful estimate of the capacity and char- acter of the soil of the counties of this State, to obtain a correct analysis of the same, he shall be furnished by the executive of the State, from the State treasury, with a sum of not more than one thousand dollars, with which to purchase a sufficient chemical apparatus to use in connection with said office, for the purpose of analyzing the soils and minerals of this State, and guanos and fertilizers, as he may deem of importance. Information upon the above subjects, and others of interest to those who till the soil of this State, shall be given in circular or pamplet form to the agri- cultural associations or clubs of the various counties in this State for distribution, at such times as the Commissioner may be pre- pared, to do so. 58 Second. Said Commissioner shall haye under his charge the analysis of fertilizers sold to be used for agricultural purposes in this State. A fair sample of every brand of fertilizers sold to be used in the State, shall be first submitted to the Commissioner. When he shall have thoroughly tested the same, which it shall be his duty to do, if he shall find the same of no practical value, he shall summon before him the parties interested, and give them a full and sufficient opportunity of correcting any injustice which may have been done to them by mistake, accident or otherwise. And if it shall still be found that the brand is of no practical value, the sale of the same for use in this State as a fertilizer shall be prohibited. Any person violating the provisions of this act by selling any fertilizer to be used in this State, without first submitting a fair sample of the same to the said Commissioner, under rules prescribed by him, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each ofEence ; one-half of such fine shall be paid to the informer, and the other half into the treasury of the State '; provided, however, that agricultural lime, agricultural salt, ground plaster, wood ashes, and German potash, shall not be subject to the provisions of this act ; and provided further, that no fees shall be charged by the Commissioner for the analysis of fertilizers required under this act, but such analysis shall be free of expense. Third. Said Commissioner shall have under his especial charge the disease of the grains, fruits, and other crops of this State, and he shall, at various times, report upon any remedy for said diseases, or any useful information upon said subjects, and he shall em- ploy, in a manner he may deem fit, a Chemist to assist him in his researches, and a Geologist to assist him in preparing a geological survey of each county of the State, and other business that he may deem of importance to advance the purpose for which this Department is created. Fourth. The said Commissioner shall have in charge the mining and manufucturing interest of the State, and shall collect such statistical and other information as may be deemed useful in re- gard to them, and may tend in any way to foster and encourage them. He shall especially establish, in or convenient to his office in the city of Eichmond, a cabinet, in which it shall be his duty to deposit such specimens of rock, coal, ores, lead, metals and 59 other mineral substances of useful matters discovered and exam- ined, and of models of inventions, and other useful products of manufacture, as may be proper and necessary to form a complete cabinet, as may be in his power, of the specimens of geology, mineralogy, manufacture, and other useful matters relating to the industrial pursuits of the State. Such specimens shall be labelled and arranged in proper order for public inspection, and the names of the counties from which they were collected, or the place where manufactured, to be designated. He shall also keep in his office, or in said cabinet, conveniently arranged, and open to the inspection of the public, all maps, surveys, information and statistics gathered by him in the discharge of his duties under this act. Fifth. Said Commissioner shall examine into any questions that may be of interest to the horticulturists and fruit growers of this State, and' in all endeavors that he may deem proper toward encouraging these important industries. Sixth. Said Commissioner shall report, as is herein set forth, upon any matter of interest, in connection with the dairy, that he mg,y deem of interest to the people of this State. Seventh. Said Commissioner shall report upon the culture of wool, the utility and profits of -sheep-raising, and other informa- tion upon this imjjortanfc subject. Said Commissioner shall have under his special charge, the study of the various insects that are injurious to the crops, plants and fruits of this State, their habits and propagation, and the proper mode for their destruction. He shall give his attention to the subject of irrigation, and what por- tion of the State can be most benefited thereby. He shall also give his attention to the subject of fencing. Eighth. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to provide for the proper and careful distribution of any seeds that the gov- ernment of the United States may desire to introduce into Virgi- nia, and shall make arrangements for the importation of seeds that he may deem of value to this State, and for the proper, care- ful and Judicious distribution of the same ; also for the exchange of seeds with adjoining States, or foreign countries, for seeds from this State ; and their distribution in a proper manner shall be en- tirely under his supervision and control. 60 Ninth. Said Commissioner may report upon any matter or sub- ject he may deem of interest to the agriculture of this State. 5. That the Commissioner shall be empowered to make all nec- essary rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the design and intentions of this act. 6. That for the purpose of practically carrying out the design for which this Department of Agriculture is instituted in this State, an appropriation is hereby made for the support and maintenance of said Department, and for the payment of employees that it will be necessary to employ, to properly carry out the intentions of this act, five thousand dollars per annum, and no greater amount shall be expended for the purposes embraced within this act during any one year. Said amount shall be especially appropriated from the treasury for said purpose, and shall be counted as an annual expense of the State ; and said amount shall be drawn from the State treasury by the Commissioner, under rules to be established from said Commissioner by the Governor. 7. That the office of said Commissioner shall continue for two years, from date of his appointment ; and he shall perform the duties of the same for said length of time, unless removed in the manner now prescribed by law for the removal of officers of the State government. 8. That the Commissioner appointed under this act shall, be- fore entering upon his duties, execute a bond to the satisfaction of the Governor in the sum of ten thousand dollars for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. 9. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. 61 KULES AND KEGULATIONS FOE THE SALE OF FBRTILIZBES. Depaktment of Ageicultuee, , ) Richmond, Va., December, 1884. f The "Act establishing a Department of Agriculture for the State of Virginia places in charge of the Commissioner all fertili- zei'S sold to be used for agricultural purposes in this State." The fifth section of the act reads as follows : "That the Commissioner shall be empowered to make all nec- essary rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the designs and intentions of this act." For the purpose of carrying out the design and intention of the law the following rules and regulations are adopted : 1. Persons selling or purposing to sell fertilizers, "to be used for agricultural purposes in this State," must notify the Com- missioner of Agriculture, giving the name of brand of fertilizer, the name of the manufacturer or importer, the place where manu- factured or at which the office of importer is located, the valuable constituents of the fertilizer, and the number of packages to the ton. These will be placed on record, and from time to time will be sampled and analyzed. 2. Every package of fertilizer offere'd for sale to be used for agricultural purposes in this State, "must have plainly and legi- bly printed or stencilled thereon, in addition to the statement of the valuable constituents required by law, the words, 'Registered in Virginia,' " and this will be taken as evidence that the fertil- izer in said package has been duly registered in this Department,, and privileged to go to distribution a,nd sale. But the presence of such stamp or label, when the fertilizer to which it is affixed has not been registered in this Department, will be taken as prima facie evidence of fraudulent intent, and the owner or owners, or agent, will be prosecuted accordingly. This declaration by manufacturers and dealers, that certain brands of fertilizers have been registered, will be in lieu of the Department tags heretofore required to be appended, and, the use of said tags will be discontinued. But as there will be, for a short time, unsold goods which have been sent out for distribution and could not conveniently be branded anew, the Department tag upon such packages will be recognized, as heretofore, as evidence of registration. 3. The declaration of registration, and the guaranteed analysis or statement of valuable constituents of fertilizers offered for sale in this State, as required in Section 3, may be stamped or printed upon the packages, or affixed thereto by tags or such other device as may be found by manufacturers or dealers to be most conve- nient. But all fertilizers which shall be offered for sale without such stamp or label will be in violation of law, and the penalty will be rigidly enforced, unless it is apparent that the inscription has been accidentally erased or detached. 4. There being a great lack of uniformity in the mode of expressing the guarantee of valuable constituents of fertilizers, and too wide a margin between the highest and lowest percentages claimed of ammonia;, phosphoric acid and potash, a new registra- tion is called for of all brands of fertilizers sold or offered, or to be offered for sale in this State. (See Section 1 . ) The percentage of phosphoric acid must be given, not lone phos- phate, as frequently expressed; The margin between the highest and lowest percentage claimed of ammonia, phosphoric acid and potash, must not exceed twenty- five per cent, of the minimum given. Blank forms for registration, to be filled by manufacturers and returned to this ofl&ce, will be sent on application. Samples need not be sent. (See Section 5.) 5. Fertilizers registered in the Department will be sampled, from time to time, after the same have passed from under the control of manufacturers. Consequently no samples will be received from the manufacturers or their agents for analysis under the law. 6. All samples of fertilizers will be drawn by the Commissioner of Agriculture in person, or by authorized agents. The person having the fertilizers in charge will be requested to be present when samples are drawn, and will give a certificate that the sam- ples taken are fair representations of the contents of the packages. These will be placed in the hands of the Chemist for analysis. He will have no means of knowing the name or brand of the fertilizers 63 analyzed ixntil the same shall be published by the Oommissioner. When the samples are drawn by the authorized agents of the Department the following blanks will be filled up, and the person in charge of the fertilizer will be required to give information on all the points noted below : Name of Fertilizer Eegistered or Not Name of Manufacturer Where Manufactured..., > Per cent, of Soluble Phosphoric Acid Percent, of Reverted Phosphoric Acid Per cent, of Total Available Phosphoric Acid Per cpnt. of Insoluble Phosphoric Acid Per cent, of Ammonia Percent, of Potash (K2O) Where Sample Drawn When Number of Packages in Lot Number Sampled Cash Price Per Ton Time Price Per Ton Sealed Number I certify that I took a fair sample of the above named fertilizer at the time and place named. , Agent of the Department. 1, having the above named fertilizer in charge, do certify that the samples taken by , Agent for the Department of Agriculture of Virginia, is a fair sample of the fertilizer, and the above written transcript is a correct one. 7. No sample of fertilizer, unless drawn by the Commissioner or his authorized agent, will be reggirded as official. 8. "Agricultural Lime, Agricultural Salt, Ground Plaster, Wood Ashes and German Potash Salts, and any Fertilizer, the cash price of which does not exceed three-fourths of one cent per pound," shall not be subject to these rules and regulations. 9. The Commissioner'is aware that the provisions of the act establishing the Department, and the regulations adopted under 64 authority thereof, have not, in all cases, been strictly complied with ; but in future they must be, or the penalty of the law will be rigidly enforced. 10. These rules and regulations shall be in force from and after January 1, 1885. RANDOLPH HARRISON, ' Commissioner of Agriculture. For the benefit of dealers in fertilizers, we append hereto the following section of AN ACT To Regulate the Granting of Licenses for the Exercise of any Privilege, approved February 7, 1884, as amended by the Act approved February 25, 1884, entitled An Act to amend and re-enact the first and second sections of an Act approved Feb'y 7, 1884, entitled An Act to Regulate the Granting of Licenses for the Exercise of any Privilege. 43. An agent for the sale of any fertilizer shall pay for the privilege twenty dollars, unless his sales be less than one hundred tons in any one year, in which event the license tax shall be ten dollars ; and the payment of that sum shall give to any party licensed, under this section, the right to sell the same within the county or corporation in which he shall take out his license ; and if he shall sell or offer to sell the same in any other of the counties or corporations of this State, he shall pay an additional sum of five dollars in each of the counties or corporations where he may sell or offer to sell the same ; provided that any person or com- pany who shall pay an annual tax to the Commonwealth upon capital actually employed in this State, by him or them, in the manufacture of fertilizers, of not less than thirty dollars per annum, may, without anything further being paid for the privi- lege by himself or themselves, or his or their agents, employ agents to sell said fertilizers so manufactured by him or them in any of the counties or corporations of the State ; and the certificate of the Treasurer of the county or corporation in which such capital shall be so used and such tax shall be paid by such person or com- pany on the capital so employed by him or them in the manufac- ture of fertilizers, shall be'evidence of the fact, and the amount of the tax so paid by him or them to the State thereon. 65 WEST VIRGINIA. CHAPTEE XXV. AN ACT to protect the purchasers of fertilizers in this State. Passed March 4, 1879. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia, That all commercial fertilizers soldj offered or exposed for sale, shall be branded or accompanied by analysis attached to the same, stating the percentage therein contained of nitrogen, or its equiva- lent in ammonia of potash, in any form soluble in distilled water, of phosphoric acid soluble in a neutral solution of citrate of am- monia at a temperature of one hundred degrees Fahrenheit, and the percentage of phosphoric acid not thus soluble. 2. Every person selling, offering or exposing for sale any com- mercial fertilizer without the analysis required by section one, or . with an analysis stating that said fertilizer contains a larger per- centage than any one or more of the constituents mentioned above than is contained therein, or for the sale of which all the provi- sions of section one have not been complied with, shall forfeit fifty dollars for the first offence and two hundred dollars for each subsequent offence. The said penalty may be recovered by motion or repeated motions against the parties so offending, in the circuit court of the county where such violations of the law have taken place ; one-half of such fines shall go to the purchaser) and the other half to the State. 3. It shall be the duty of the Professor of Chemistry of the West Virginia University, at Morgantown, after having been sworn for the purpose, to analyze any specimens that may be furnished him by any purchaser of said fertilizer, and he shall report as soon as practicable to said party the result of said analy- sis made by him free of charge or any compensation therefor. 4. In any suit instituted by a party who has sold to a citizen of this State any commercial fertilizer to recover the price of same, and a question arising as to whether the quality of the fertilizer be in accordance with the contract, the certificate of the Professor of Chemistry shall be regarded as prima facie evidence as to what is therein stated as to said analysis. — Approved March 7, 1879. Note (by the Clerk of the House of Delegates.)— The foregoing- Act ttikes effect at the expiration of ninety days after its passage. 66 GEORGIA. LAWS OF FORCE in Georgia in Relation to the Inspection, Analysis and Sale of Commercial Fertilizers, and Chemicals for Manufacturing and Composting the same. Supervision of Inspection and Analysis. Section 1. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall have special charge of the Inspection and Analysis of Fertilizers. A fair sample of all fertilizers sold in the State shall be first submitted to him for thorough test, and if any brand so tested shall be pronounced by him of no practical value, the sale of the same shall be pro- hibited in this State ; and any person selling any fertilizer in this State without first submitting a fair sample to sajid Commissioner, under rules to be prescribed by him, shall be guilty of a misde- meanor, and is liable to be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Revised Code of Georgia ; one-half of the jBlne to be paid to the informer, and the other half to the Public School Fund of the State. It is the duty of the Inspector to prosecute all violations of this Act, and on failure to do so the said Inspector is liable to the same pains and penalties, and the fine imposed to be paid to the same uses as prescribed in cases of selling fertilizers contrary to law. — Act of February 28, 1874. Selling Witliout Inspection. 2. Any person who shall sell any fertilizer within the State without its having been inspected, stamped and certified (tagged), or shall use an Inspector's certificate (t?ig), to induce the sale of any other fertilizer than that to which it was applicable when given by the Inspector, or any Inspector who shall procure, or aid in procuring, or shall knowingly use any false Inspector's certifi- cate (tag), shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as in other cases of misdemeanor. — Acts o/'lSeS, p. 6. (The following sections, from 3 to 12, inclusive, comprise the Fertilizer Act of 1877, as amended by the Act of December 6, 1880:) Manufacturer's Guaranteed Analysis. 3. All fertilizers or chemicals for manufacturing or composting the same, offered for sale or distribution in this State," shall have branded upon or attached to each package, as required by the Commissioner of Agriculture, the manufacturer's guaranteed analysis, showing the percentage of valuable elements or ingredi- ents they contain, embracing — 67 1. Moisture at 212° Fahrenheit. 2. Available Phosphoric Acid. 3. Insoluble Phosphoric Acid. 4. Ammonia, Actual and Potential. 5. Potash (KO). And any manufacturer, dealer or other person ofEering any fertilizer, or chemical for manufacturing the same, for sale or distribution in this State, without having a brand, tag or such other' device as the Commissioner of Agriculture may require, showing the analysis thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction of the same, shall be punished as prescribed in Section 4310 of the Kevised Code of 1873. Guarantee, Minimum Standard. 4. The analysis so placed upon or attached to any fertilizer or chemical, shall be a guaranty by the manufacturer, agent, or person ofEering the same, that it contains substantially the ingre- dients indicated thereby in the percentage named therein, and said guaranty shall be binding on said manufacturer, agent, or dealer, and may be pleaded in any action or suit at law to phow total or partial failure of consideration in the contract for the sale of said fertilizer. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to forbid the sale of any Acid Phosphate or Dissolved Bone, which is shown by official analysis to contain less than ten per centum of available Phosphoric Acid ; and also to forbid the sale of any Ammoniated Super-Phosphate which is shown by official analysis to contain less than eight per centum of available Phosphoric Acid and two per centum of Ammonia. A copy of the official analysis of any fertilizer or chemical, under seal of the Department of Agriculture, shall be admissible as evidence in any of the courts of the State in the trial of any issue involving the merits of said fertilizer. The Chemist — His Salary and Duties. 5. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to appoint an experienced and competent Chemist to analyze all fertilizers or chemicals for manufacturing the same, offered for sale or distribution in this State, and make such other analyses as may be required by the Commissioner of Agriculture. The said Chemist shall take and subscribe, before some officer duly author- ized to administer the same, an oath faithfully and impartially 68 to perform all the duties which may be required of him under the provisions of this Act, which oath shall he filed in the oflBce of the Commissioner of Agriculture. His salary shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars per annum, which shall be full compensation for all duties which are or may be required of him under this Act, including the rent of laboratory and of apparatus, and cost of chemicals. Inspectors — Their "Salaries and Duties. 6. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall appoint Inspectors of Fertilizers at such places as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, provided that he shall not appoint exceeding six Inspectors. The Inspectors so appointed shall receive salaries proportioned to the services rendered, the highest not to exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per annum — pro- vided the salary of no Inspector shall exceed one-half of the fees received by said Inspector, and by him paid into the State Treas- ury. They shall take and subscribe, before some competent oflEicer, an oath faithfully to discharge all the duties which may be required of them in pursuance of this Act, and shall give bond each in the sum of five thousand dollars, payable to the Gov- ernor of the State, and his successors in office, and approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture and the State Treasurer, for the faithful performance ofsaid duties; said oath and bond shall be filed in the of&ce of the Commissioner of Agriculture. It shall be the duty of the Inspectors to take samples, in person, of all fertilizers, or chemicals for the manufacturing of the same, in- tended for sale or distribution in this State, furnish Inspectors' Tags, or other devices prescribed for each and every package ; to make such reports as may be required by the Commissioner of Agriculture; to collect and pay over to the Comptroller-Gen- eral, on the first day of each month, all sums collected during the month preceding, and to perform such other services incident to their offices as may be required by the Commissioner of Agricul- ture. They shall, in no case, inspect fertilizers or chemicals until the fees for each inspection shall have been first paid. J^ees for Inspection. 7. The fees for inspecting fertilizers and chemicals shall be uniformly fifty cents per ton, which fees shall be paid by the manufacturer, agent, or dealer procuring the inspection. 69 Payment bf Salaries. 8. The salaries of the Chemist and Inspectors shall be paid out of the Treasury upon Executive warrants, which shall be issued on the certificate of the Commissioner of Agriculture, that the ser vices required have been performed, and that the amount claimed is due. Tenure of Office of Chemist and Inspectors. 9. The Chemist and Inspectors provided for in this Act shall hold their appointments at the pleasure of the Commissioner of Agriculture during his term of oflSce, unless otherwise removed according to law. Refusal to Permit Inspection. , 10. Any person refusing a full opportunity to inspect and sam- ple fertilizers or chemicals as required by this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished as prescribed in §4310 of the Code of 1873. Rules and Regulations. 11. The Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized and required to prescribe and enforce such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to carry fully into effect the true in- tent and meaning of this Act. When to Take Effect and Repealing Clause. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of September, 1877, and all laws and parts of laws conflicting with its provisions be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved February 36, 1877. RULES AND EEGULATIONS— SEASON OF 1885-6. Depaetmen* of Agricui^tuke, Atlanta, Sept. 30, 1885. • The Commissioner of Agriculture continues of force the Rules and Regiilatiqns of the season of 1883-4 and 1884-5, and they are prescribed and published for the season 1885-6, with slight changes, as follows : 1. Every package of fertilizer, or chemical for manufacturing the same, or for composting, intended for sale or distribution within the State of Georgia, shall have the manufacturer's guaranteed anal- ysis placed upon, or securely attached to, each package by the manu- facturer. If the fertilizer is in bags, it shall be distinctly branded, stamped or printed upon each sack ; if in barrels, it may be either branded, stamped or printed upon the head of each barrel, or dis- 10 , tinctly printed upon good paper and securely pasted upon the head of each barrel, or upon a shipping or other tag, and securely at- tached to the head of each barrel. In every ease it must be disiinci. This manufactured guaranteed analysis shall show the following determinations, viz.: Moisture at 312 per cent. Insoluble Phosphoric Acid per cent. Available Phosphoric Acid per cent. Ammonia, actual and potential per cent. Potash (KgO) per cent. If nitrogen, in the form of nitrate is claimed, the fact must be stated in the "Request for Inspection." 2. To facilitate the transaction of business, any manufacturer, dealer, agent, or other person, who procures the inspection of a fertilizer, after it is inspected and has the Inspector's tag attached in compliance with law, may proceed to make sales thereof before the official analysis is completed ; provided, he gives a written ob- ligation to cancel all sales in case the fertilizer is condemned by the Commissioner of Agriculture. This obligation is embraced in the "Request for Inspection," which must also set forth the "guaranteed analysis," according to the form therein prescribed, and addressed to the proper Inspector. The "Request for In- spection " must be made out and signed in duplicate, and one copy sent to the Commissioner of Agriculture by the person re- questing the inspection. 3. Inspectors shall not furnish any tag or device to be attached to any fertilizer, or permit it to be offered for sale or distribution, unless the manufacturer's guaranteed analysis is plainly placed upon each parcel or package before offering the same for sale or distribution, claiming, in the case of any Ammoniated Super- phosphate, that it contains at least eight per cent, of available Phosphoric Acid, and two per cent, of Ammonia, and of any Acid Phosphate or Dissolved Bone that it contains at least ten per cent, of available Phosphoric Acid. Neither shall any such tag or device be furnished or applied to any fertilizer that is in a damaged or unmerchantable condition. 4. Inspectors, after collecting inspection fees and taking sam- ples, shall have applied, under their personal supervision, when practicable. Inspectors' tags, one to each package of fertilizer, before the same is offered for sale or distribution. Inspectors' n tags will haTe printed upon each the words and figures, "In- spected — 1885-86 — Georgia ;" also a fac simile of the signature of the Commissioner of Agriculture, and its consecutive number in reverse. Whenever it is found to be impracticable for Inspec- tors to personally supervise the application of tags, they may be delivered to the order of the person procuring the inspection. In such cases Inspectors must avail themselves of all practicable means to satisfy themselves that the tags so delivered have been properly applied to goods that have been regularly inspected dur- ing the season indicated. Tags brought over from any previous season cannot be applied to new goods, nor can they be redeemed by this Department. 5. The Inspectors' tag, when attached or applied in compliance with law, is a recognition that the fertilizer to which it is attached has the consent of the Commissioner of Agriculture to go to sale, under the conditions prescribed in Eules 1 and 3, above recited. 6. All fertilizers manufactured in this State, for sale or distri- bution within the State, must have been subjected to all the re- quirements of the law and regulations, and the Inspectors' fee must be paid before it can be removed from the mill or factory. 7. For the purpose of making inspections and executing the laws and regulations in relation to the inspection of fertilizers, the following persons have been appointed Inspectors for the season of 1885-6, with of&ces at the places annexed to their names, viz. : 0. T. Eogers, Savannah, M. A. Stovall, Augusta, John H. Pate, Brunswick. J. S. Lawton, Atlanta. L. W. Livingston, Eome, Walter S. DeWolf, Columbus. Whenever it is necessary to facilitate transportation, the Inspec- tors at Rome, Brunswick and Columbus will co-operate with the Inspectors at Savannah, Augusta and Atlanta. Inspections can be made at other points in Georgia than those named above, when necessary ; but if in such cases the fertilizer shall have come into the State at any port or station where there is no Inspector, the necessary expenses of the Inspector in going to make such inspec- tion, must be paid by the party procuring the same. 8. If necessary to facilitate transportation, inspections may be made outside of the State or in bulk, by permission of the Com- missioner of Agriculture, to whom applications must be made by the party procuring it. In all such cases the expenses actually 73 incurred by the Inspector, in making the inspection, must be paid by the party procuTing it. And in all cases of inspections m bulk at the factory, the manu- facturer, his agent or the person shipping the fertilizer, will be required to report to the Commissioner of Agriculture on the first, tenth and twentieth of each month, the shipments of such fertil- izer made during the previous period of ten days, showing the brand, number of tons, the name and address of consignee, date of shipment, name of Inspector who inspected the bulk from which shipments were made, and the "inspection number" of the inspection covering said bulk. The object of this requirement is to enable the Inspector to subsequently inspect the same goods wherever found. 9. In all cases, in making inspections, samples must be taken by the Inspector in person. He must provide such samples as will penetrate to the center of the package, and samples must be taken from a sufficient number to fairly represent the whole — not less than one-tenth of the packages in lots of ten tons or over, and not less than one-fifth of the packages in lots of less than ten tons. 10. Manufacturers of, and dealers in, fertilizers outside the State, before making each shipment of fertilizers into Georgia for sale or distribution, are required to notify the Commissioner of Agriculture, directly, and also the Inspector at the port or place where the same is to enter the State, in writing, of such shipment, giving the name of the vessel or railroad on which shipped, the name of each distinct brand, and the number of tons each ; the number and kinds of packages and their weight, the name and place of the consignee, and accompany this information by a copy of the guaranteed analysis. Let this notice be timely to both the Commissioner and the Inspector. It will facilitate business and result in advantage to those who give such timely notice. 11. As far as possible, all fertilizers must be inspected at the port of entry or place where they come into the Slate. Inspectors are required to be vigilant and see that none escapes. Dealers in the interior of the State, to whom fertilizers (coming into the State at points where there are no Inspectors) are consigned, must give timely notice to the Commissioner of Agriculture, and to the Inspector nearest the point where they enter the State, and must be prepared to furnish the Inspector with the necessary 73 guaranty, and give all required obligations, and to pay to him the inspection fee by the time the fertilizer arrives. All persons in Georgia, who expect to deal in fertilizers, or have fertilizers shipped to them during the coming season, for sale or distribu- tion, will please take due notice, and make all necessary arrange- ments to meet the requirements of law promptly, when the ferti- lizer reaches the State, and thus save delay and embarrassment. The law must be enforced, and parties interested will greatly oblige by taking such timely steps as will insure its easy execu- tion, without annoyance to themselves or others. 13. An Act, "To protect more effectually the planters of Georgia from imposition in the sale of fertilizers,^^ etc., approved February 36th, 1875, provides in Section 1, "That from and after the passage of this Act it shall not be lawful to sell, or offer for sale, any fertilizer manufactured in this State, or to bring into the State for sale and distribution any fertilizer manufactured be- yond the limits of the State, unless, before offering for sale, or the distribution of the same, there shall be an inspection and an an- alysis made of it," etc. Section 3 of the same Act provides for the punishment, according to Section 4310 of the Code of 1883, of any person selling fertilizers without inspection. "An Act to render more efi&cient and economical the inspection and analysis of fertilizers," etc., approved February 36th, 1877, provides that "Any manufacturer, dealer or other person offering any fertilizer, or chemical for manufacturing the same, for sale or distribution in this State, without having a brand, tag, or such other device as the Commissioner of Agriculture may require, showing the analysis thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction of the same, shall be punished as prescribed in Section 4310 of the Kevised Code of 1873," Section 6 of the above cited Act, approved February 38, 1874, requires the Inspectors to prosecute violators of these laws. The law will be rigidly enforced, and the Inspectors held to a strict performance of their duties. 13. The season for inspecting fertilizers will be from Septem- ber 1st to the 31st of August following. 14. The method of analysis recommended by the recent Con- vention of Agricultural Chemists, held at Washington, D. C, on the 38th of July, 1880, with such modifications as were adopted by the Atlanta Convention of May 16, 1884, wi],l continue to be 74 employed by the Chemist of the Department in the analysis of all commercial fertilizers. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO INSPECTOKS OF FERTILIZERS. It is of the utmost importance to the planters and people of Georgia — to yourself and the Department of Agriculture — that your duties be well and faithfully performed. You are placed as a sentinel to see that the interests of the farmers of Georgia are well guarded in their purchase of commercial fer- tilizers ; that they are protected from imposition in every pur- chase that they make, and that the laws defining your duties, and the regulations of the Department, are rigidly executed in every case. You are, in your official acts, to render full justice to all parties. The strict execution of the law and full protection from imposition to all farmers, will not work injustice to any manufacturer or dealer. In the discharge of your duty, in addition to the foregoing Rules and Regulations, you are to be governed by the following special instructions, giving some details which could not well be set forth elsewhere, viz. : 1. Fertilizers purchased outside of the State, by a consumer or farmer in Georgia, for his own use, and not for sale or dis- tribution, shall be permitted to pass without inspection, if the purchaser desires it, provided it is sent directly to said purchaser, addressed or consigned to him personally, and not directed to, or passing through the hands of a commission merchant or third party. You must, as far as practicable, report all such shipments to the Commissioner of Agriculture, giving the names of brands, the names and places of consignees, and the number of tons, and enter- the same in your official record. 2. You must not inspect any fertilizer till the person or firm desiring inspection has — a. Paid you in cash the inspection fee of 50 cents per ton for every ton to be inspected. For which you must sign and deliver a printed receipt according to Uanks furnished you. h. Placed the exact name in full of the fertilizer to be inspected, and the guaranteed analysis of the same, upon each package. c. Tendered you a "Request for Inspection" on the blanks furnished for that purpose, embracing an obligation to cancel and make null all sales which may be made of said fertilizer before the official analysis thereof is made, if, after being analyzed, the n Commissioner of Agriculture shall, in pursuance of law, prohibit its sale. The "request" must also contain the "guaranteed analysis" corresponding to that placed upon the package. You must not inspect any fertilizer, if the minimum percentage of any of the valuable ingredients named in the guaranteed analysis is less than that required by law, Tiz. : eight per cent, of available phosphoric acid and two per cent, of ammonia in ammo- niated superphosphates, or ten per cent, of available phosphoric add, in acid phosphates or dissolved bones. Natural guano, and fertilizers that have not been treated with sulphuric acid, are not subject to this standard. 3. You must require in each bulk inspection the names of each brand proposed to be shipped from such bulk; and in every case you must report the names of brands and numbers with which the goods therein reported are identical in composition. 4. Immediately after taking samples of any brand of fertilizer, in the manner described in Eule 9, of the Eules and Regulations, they must be thoroughly mixed, but not triturated or ground in a mortar, or otherwise. When samples are forwarded to the Department for analysis, they must be in the same mechanical condition in which they are offered for sale to the planters in the State. After the samples are thus thoroughly mixed, you will, from the mixture, fill two glass bottles (common quinine bottles), securely seal them with wax, stamp your official seal upon the wax, and then carefully and correctly label them — one with a label showing the inspection number, name of the fertilizer inspected, the place at, for whom inspected, and the date of inspection ; and the other with a label showing the number of inspection. You must then deliver both in person to the Com- missioner, or carefully box and ship them to him by express. 5. You are required to keep in a book a full and accurate record, or minute, of every official act performed by you, em- bracing in the record of each inspection the number and date of inspection ; name of the fertilizer or chemical ; by whom and where manufactured; person requesting, and place; to who pi con- signed and where; where inspected; number of tons inspected; amount of fees received; number of tags delivered; how and when sample was forwarded; the inspection number of identical brands (samples taken from same bulk), and such other facts as may be necessary to a complete history of the inspection. % 6. You are required to make a full and complete report on the first day of each month of the work done during the previous month, on blanks furnished yon for this purpose. Report promptly to the Commissioner any violation of law. The book of records or minutes, is the property of the Depart- ment, and must be neatly and correctly kept. It must be filed in the Department with your final report, made at the end of the fertilizer season. You will be required to make arrangements for storing and shipping soil-tests samples, under the instructions from the Com- missioner of Agriculture. Blanks will be furnished you for making all your records, entries and reports, and stationery for official correspondence. Inspector's tags will be supplied to you on your requisitions, freight prepaid, and you must retain the cost of the same and all charges from fees received, and pay the amount to this oflSce at the end of each month. The Act of February 36, 1877, requires you to pay over to the Comptroller-General, on the first day of each month, all moneys received for inspection fees during the preceding month. This must be done in whatever manner the Comptroller-General may prescribe; and you must satisfy the Commissioner thai this duty has been performed before a salary certificate will be issued to you. You are specially required to guard against any misappropria- tion of Inspectors' tags, or for any .violation or evasion of the law, or of any attempts to do so, and make full reports to the Department of Agriculture. You will be required to render a strict account of all tags issued to you, and held liable to the treasury for the amount of fees represented by any tags not satisfactorily accounted for. Any information you may need will be given at any time. Instructions will be given promptly in any case in which you may desire them, or about which you are in doubt. Inspectors will be held to a strict performance of all duties required of them by the law, and the rules, regulations and instrut;tions defining their duties. No neglect or irregularities in the discharge of their duties will be tolerated, and perfect sobriety at all times is strictly enjoined. J. T. HENDEESON, Commissioner of Agriculture. ALABAMA. AN ACT To amend an Act entitled, "An Act to Establish a Department of Agriculture for the State of Alabama. Approved February 23, 1883. Sectioit 1. Be it enacted iy the General Assembly of Alabama, That an act entitled an "Act to Establish a Department of Agri- culture for the State of Alabama," approved February 23, 1883, be amended so as to read as follows : An Act to Establish a Departnjent of Agriculture for the State of Alabama, and to Provide for the Support of the same. 2. Be it enacted iy the General Assembly of Alabama, That a Department of Agriculture is hereby created and established for the State of Alabama, which shall be under the management and control of the Commissioner of Agriculture, who shall be a prac- tical and experienced agriculturist. Said Commissioner shall be appointed by the Governor, and shall hold his office for the term of two years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. He shall be paid a salary of twenty-one hundred (2100) dollars per annum, payable monthly, and shall give bonds with sureties, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, in the sum of 15,000, to be approved by the Governor. He shall appoint two clerks to assist him in the discharge of the duties of his office, one of whom to be styled the Chief Clerk of the Depart- ment. They shall take and subscribe before some competent officer an oath faithfully to discharge all the duties which may be required of them in pursuance of this Act, and shall give bond, the chief clerk in the sum of five thousand dollars, the assistant clerk in the sum of three thousand dollars, payable to the Com^ missioner of Agriculture, and his successors in office, to be ap- proved by the Commissioner and the Governor, for the faithful performance of their respective duties. Said oath and bonds, together with the bonds of the Commissioner, to be filed in the office of the State Auditor. Duties of Clerks and Their Salaries. 3. Be it further enacted,^ That it shall be the duty of the chief clerk to take charge of the "fertilizer tags" of the Depart- t8 ment, to furnish same to dealers, and to make sucli reports as may be required by the Commissioner of Agriculture, to collect the fertilizer tax, and pay over to the State Treasurer on the first day of each month all moneys collected for or on account of the Department during the month preceding, and to perform such other services, together with the assistant clerk, incident to their offices, as may be required by the Commissioner of Agriculture, either about the Department or at any point in the State, their traveling expenses, when in the discharge of official duties, to be charged against the Department fund, the chief clerk to receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and the assistant clerk twelve hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly, upon the certificate of the Commissioner that the services required have been performed, and that the amount claimed is due. They shall hold their appointments at the pleasure of the Commissioner of Agriculture during his term of office, unless otherwise removed according to law. Duties of the Oommissioner. 4. Be it further enacted, 1. He shall encourage the proper development of agriculture, horticulture and kindred industries in this State by every means within his power. 2. He shall encourage the organization of beat and county ag- ricultural clubs and associations, and out of these the organiza- tion of a State Agricultural Association. 3. He shall collect and publish statistics and such other infor- mation in regard to the industries of this State, and of other States, as may be of benefit in developing the agricultural resour- ces of this State. To this end he shall put himself in communi- cation, and shall co-operate with the departments of agriculture in adjacent States, and with the Commissioner of Agriculture at Washington, and shall provide for the proper and careful distri- bution of all seed, plants, documents and information coming into his possession on account of the Department, and (the Com- missioner may also purchase seeds for distribution) that may be of interest and benefit to the people of the State. 4. He shall cause to be investigated the diseases of grain, fruits and other crops of this State, and remedies for said diseases, and also the habits and propagation of the various insects that are injurious to the crops of this State, and the proper mode of their destruction. 79 5. He shall inyestigate the subject of grasses, and report upon their values and cultivation of varieties best adapted to the differ- ent sections of this State, and mode of preserving the same. 6. He shall inquire into all matters connected with the dairy that he may deem of interest to the people of this State, and in this connection the raising of stock and poultry ; the obtaining of those of the most value, and the breeding and propagation of the same. And shall encourage the raising of fish, and the cul- ture of bees in this State. 7. He shall give attention to the subject of fencing, the reduc- tion of cost of same, and shall investigate the subject of sub-soil, drainage, and the best modes of effecting it, and irrigation, and what portion of the State can be most benefited thereby. 8. It shall also be his duty to investigate and report upon the culture of wool and the utility and profits of sheep-raising in this State; also the culture of silk and its manufacture and prepara- tion for market. 9. He shall cause the proper collection of agricultural statistics, and to this end shall furnish blank forms to the tax assessor, or other county official of each county in this State every year, and it is made the special duty of the tax assessor, or other officer, to collect such information as may be desired and report the same without delay to the Commissioner. 10. He shall appoint county correspondents, who will report to him, from time to time, as may be desired. 11. He shall prepare and keep in his office books of registry, wherein any person may have entered, upon payment of a registry fee of one dollar for each tract or lot, any real estate for sale, with terms, and file in his office any plats, or descriptive papers desired, and such books shall be open to inspection of all persons free of charge. ^ He shall also obtain from the Auditor and keep in his office the registry of the land which may be held by the State for sale for non-payment of taxes, or for other cause, with their value and the nature and characteristics of the sale. 13. He shall collect specimens of wood, suitable for manufac- turing and other purposes, and specimens of agricultural, mineral, phosphate and marl deposits of the State, and cause correct analysis of such as may be deemed expedient to be made and recorded in a substantial book to be kept for this purpose. 80 13. He shall also, as soon as practicable, prepare a convenient hand-book with the necessary illustrative maps, which shall con- tain all the necessary information as to the mines, minerals, for- ests, soils, and other products, climate, water and water-powers, fisheries, mountains, streams, industries and all such statistics as are best adapted to give proper information of the attractions and advantages which the State affords to immigrants, and shall make illustrative exposition thereof, whenever practicable, at interna- tional or State expositions. 14. He shall further aid immigration by publishing each year such information as to the agricultural, mineral and other indus- tries and resources of this State as shall be of interest to those seeking homes in the State of Alabama. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted. That to facilitate the collection of the necessary information for publication, it shall be the duty of the State Geologist, on application, to furnish the Commissioner of Agriculture all the information he may have, with reference to the mineral, agricultural and other natural resources of the State, together with the analysis of soils, ores, marls, minerals and mineral waters, and with maps, charts, drawings and specimens illustrative of the geological, agricultural and mineral features of the State. 6. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Com- missioner of Agriculture, at the opening of each season, to issue and distribute circulars setting forth the brands of fertilizers sold in this State, their analysis as claimed by their manufacturers, and their relative, and if known, their real commercial value. 7. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of any manu- facturer of or dealer in commercial fertilizers, before the same are offered for sale in the State, to submit to the Commissioner of Agriculture a written or printed statement setting forth : , First. The name and brand under which said fertilizer is to be sold, the number of pounds contained in the package in which it is to be put upon the market, the name or names of the manufac- turers, and the place of manufacturing. Second. A statement setting forth the amount of the named ingredients which they are willing to guarantee said fertilizers to contain. Ist, Nitrogen ; 2d, Water soluble phosphoric acid ; 3dj, Citrate soluble phosphoric acid ; 4th, Acid soluble phosphoric 81 acid ; 5thj Potash. And said statement shall be held to consti- tute a guarantee to the purchaser that every package of such fertil- izer contains not less than the amount of each ingredient set forth in the statement^ and when such statement sets forth the maxi- mum and the minimum of any ingredient the commercial value shall be estimated upon the minimum alone. But this shall not preclude the party from setting forth any other ingredients which his fertilizers may contain, which, as well as the preceding, shall be embraced in the guarantee. 8. Be it further enacted. That any person who shall sell or offer for sale in this State any lot or package of commercial fertilizer, without first complying with the provisions of this and the pre- ceding section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on convic- tion thereof, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars for each offence. 9. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Com- missioner of Agriculture to cause to be prepared tags of suitable material, with proper fastenings for attaching the same to pack- ages of fertilizers, and there shall be printed thereon the word "guaranteed," with the year or season in which they are to be used, and a fac simile of the signature of said Commissioner ; and said tags shall be furnished by him to any dealer in or manufac- turer of commercial fertilizers who shall have complied with Sec. 7 of this Act, upon the payment of such dealers and manufacturers to the said Commissioner fifty cents for a sufficient number thereof to tag a ton of such commercial fertilizers. 10. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of every person, before offering for sal^e any commercial fertilizers in this State, to attach, or cause to be attached to each bag, barrel or package thereof, one of the tags hereinbefore described, and any person who shall sell or offer for sale any package of commercial fertilizer which has not been tagged, shall be guilty of a misde- meanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of fifty dollars for each offence. 11. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of every person who sells any lot or package of commercial fertilizers, upon the request of the purchaser, to draw from the same in the presence of such purchaser, or his agent, a fair and correct sample in such manner as the Commissioner of Agriculture may, by regulation, establish. 82 13. Be it further enacted, That all fertilizers, or chemicals for manufacturing or composting the same, offered for sale or distri- bution in this State, shall have branded upon or attached to each bag, barrel or package, in such manner as the Commissioner of Agriculture may, by regulation, establish, the true analysis of such fertilizer or chemical, as claimed by the manufacturer, show- ing the percentage of valuable elements, or ingredients, such fertilizers or chemicals contained, and in every case the brand must specifically set forth percentage contained in the fertilizers of the several ingredients specified in section 7 in the terms of that section. 13. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of Agricul- ture may obtain, or cause to be obtained, at his discretion, a fair sample of all fertilizers sold, or offered for sale, in this State from manufacturers or dealers who are willing to allow him to take samples, and shall have them analyzed by the State Chemist, and shall publish the analysis for the information of the public. 14. Be it further enacted, That the copy of the ofl&cial analy- sis of any fertilizer, or chemical, under seal of the Department of Agriculture, shall be admissible as evidence in any of the courts of this State in the trial of any issue involving the merits of said fertilizer. 15. Be it further enacted, That any manufacturer, agent or dealer in commercial fertilizers, who shall (with intent) practice fraud in the manufacture, preparation or sale of any chemicals or fertilizers in this State, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined one hundred dollars for each ton of such chemicals or fertilizers manufactured, manipulated, sold or offered for sale in this State. 16. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of Agricul- ture shall have power to prescribe and enforce such rules and reg- lations (not inconsistent with the laws of this State) as he may deem necessary to carry fully into effect the true intent of this Act. 17. Be it further enacted, That all moneys arising from the sale of tags, from fines and fees, from registration, for lands for sale, not herein otherwise provided for, shall be paid into the State Treasury, and shall be kept on a separate account by the Treasurer as a fund for the exclusive use and benefit of the De- partment of Agriculture. 83 18. ' Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Chief Clerk of the Department to keep a correct account of all tags received and sold by him, showing the number sold, to whom sold, and, as far as practicable, for what fertilizers they were in- tended to be used, and the amount of money collected therefor, and all other moneys coming into his hands belonging to the De- partment, and amount paid into the Treasury of the State each month. 19. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall counter- feit, or use a counterfeit of the tag prescribed by this Act, or who shall use one of these tags the second time, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of one hundred dollars, one-half of which shall be paid to the in- former. 20. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of establishing an experimental farm, or station, one-third of the net proceeds annually accruing from the sale of tags, as hereinbefore provided, shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, on the approval of the Governor, to be disbursed under the direction of the Board of Trustees of said institution, for the development of the Agricultural and Mechanical Department of said college ; provided, the Trustees of said college shall cause to be made at such college all analyses of fertilizers that may be re- quired under the provisions of this Act, as well as such other an- alysis as the Commissioner of Agriculture may deem advisable, without any charge therefor ; and provided further, that the Trus- tees shall establish and maintain an agricultural and experimental farm or station, where careful experiments shall be made in sci- entific agriculture, results of which, together with other needed information, shall be furnished the Commissioner of' Agriculture for publication in his monthly bulletin and annual reports. 31. Be it further enacted, That all sums necessary to support the Department of Agriculture, including Commissioner's salary, shall be paid out of any moneys in the treasury paid in by the Department of Agriculture and standing to its credit, under such rules as may be prescribed by the Governor. Said Commissioner shall make an annual report, and ehall also make quarterly reports of the disbursements and receipts of his office ; the same shall be approved by the Governor, before any further amount is, drawn from the Treasurer by said Commissioner. 84 23. Be it further enacted, That until otherwise provided by law the Commissioner shall hold his office in the buildings of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Auburn. 33. Be it further enacted, That the terms "commercial fertil- izer" or "fertilizers," where the same are used in this Act, shall not be held to include common lime, land plaster, cotton-seed meal, ashes or common salt. 34. Be it furtlier enacted, That any chemist in making any analysis under this Act or growing out of this Act, shall fail for want of due diligence or other neglect to ascertain the true con- stituent elements of any sample of commercial fertilizer submitted to him for an analysis, and by reason of such want of due dili- gence or neglect, makes a false certificate of the constituents of such sample, shall be liable to any party injured for all damages sustained directly or indirectly by reason of such false certificate ; and any chemist who shall knowingly make a false certificate of any analysis required of him under this Act, or who shall know- ingly so conduct or make such analysis as not to disclose the true constituent elements of the sample submitted to him, and certify the result of such false analysis as true, shall be guilty of a felony, and on couTiction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than five years. 35. Be it further enacted. That the Professor of Chemistry of the Agricultural and Mechanical College shall be the official Chemist of the Agricultural Department, and in addition to his duties in the matter of analysis, as otherwise provided in this Act, he shall at the instance of the Commissioner attend such conven- tions of agricultural chemists as the Commissioner may deem the interest of the Department requires, and shall also perform such other services within the line of his profession ; provided, the same does not conflict with his duties as professor in the college. For which services he shall receive such sum as the Commissioner may deem reasonable, not to exceed five hundred dollars per annum, and his necessary expenses, while absent on any duty assigned him by the Commissioner, payable upon the certificate of the Commissioner out of the Department fund. 26. Be it further enacted, That every person proposing to deal in commercial fertilizers shall take a license from the Commis- sioner of Agriculture, which shall be furnished to parties on appli- 85 cation, without any qharge therefor other than that provided for in this Act; the license to terminate on the first day of September of each year. • 37. Be it further enacted, That any person dealing in any com- mercial fertilizer in this State, without having obtained license as provided in the preceding section, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, to be recovered on complaint before any court having jurisdiction in any county where the business is transacted. 28. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of Agricul- ture may^ with the approval of the Governor, upon an estimate stating the probable amount of such necessary expenses (not including salary), draw from the Department fund a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to meet the expenses of tlie current month, to be accounted for in his next quarterly report. 39. ' Be it further enacted, That the necessary expenses of the Commissioner of Agriculture, when traveling in the discharge of his official duties under this Act, shall be a proper charge against the Department fund, such account to be verified by oath of the Commissioner. 30. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this Act rela- tive to the report of analysis required to be made in Sec. 7, and that relative to license to be taken out by dealers, shall not go into effect until the first day of September, 1885. Approved February 17, 1885. Official : ELLIS PHELAJST, Secretary of State. RULES, REGULATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS TO FARM- ERS, RELATIVE TO THE PURCHASE AND SALE OP FERTILIZERS. Dbpaktment of Ageicultuee, ) AuBTJEN, Ala., 1885. ) Every package of any fertilizer, or chemical for compounding or composting the same, must have both the manufacturer's guar- anteed analysis and the Commissioner's tag upon or attached to ' it. All farmers are requested to inform the Commissioner of Ag- riculture of any case where a fertilizer is sold, or offered for sale, without having both the guaranteed analysis and the Commis- sioner's tag attached. 86 Sectiok 9. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of every person who sells any lot or package of commercial fertilizers, upon the request of the purchaser, to draw from the same, in the presence of such purchaser or his agent, a fair and correct sam- ple in such manner as the Commissioner of Agriculture may, by regulation, establish. 1. The sample provided for by Section 9 of the Act regulating the trade in Fertilizers, must be taken — a small quantity from each package of the same brand ; or, if a large quantity is pur- chased, from a sufficient number of packages to fairly represent the whole lot. 2. Then very thoroughly mix (but not grind or triturate) these small quantities taken from different packages, and from the mixture fill a common quinine bottle, closely cork, and seal it with wax and paste ov^r a paper containing the autograph names or both the buyer and seller. 3. Attach a label to the bottle, showing the correct name of the brand, the name of the manufacturer, the guaranteed analysis (as taken from the packages), and the name of the dealer from whom the fertilizer was purchased. Also attach to the bottle one of the Commissioner's tags found applied to the fertilizer. All of which must be done in the presence of both buyer and seller. 4. Let the sample be sent immediately by Express, prepaid, to the Commissioner of Agriculture, loho will cause it to he analyzed at any time, at the request of the buyer, free of charge. The foregoing provisions relate more particularly to samples taken under Section 11, of the Amendatory Act of February 17, 1885, but the samples sent by parties desiring an analysis, before or after purchasing , will also be analyzed free, but unless such sam- ples are taken in concurrence with the seller, the certificate under seal of the Department would not be receivable in evidence. Dealers receiving shipments may send samples for analysis — taken, if practicable, in the presence of disinterested parties. If it can be done in conjunction with some representative of an agri- cultural association it will be so much better. It must be understood that in all cases the express charges must be prepaid. If dealers receiving large shipments will advise me of the receipt, I will provide for having the samples taken when they desire it. 87 The guaranteed analysis required by Section 7 of the Act to be affixed to the packages, may be printed or branded upon the pack- ages, or on a tag attached to the package, or bag, by a wire fas- tening. All samples will be analyzed free of charge by the Department of Agriculture, E. 0. BETTS, Commissioner. SOUTH CAROLINA. AN ACT To create a Department of Agriculture, defining its Purposes and Duties, and charging it with Inspection of Phosphates and Eegulations of Sales of Commercial Fertilizers. Section' 1. Se it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the State of South Carolina (now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same). That a Department of Agriculture is hereby created and established, which shall be under the control and supervision of a Board ; which shall be constituted as follows, to-wit : The Governor, who shall be ex-officio Chairman ; the Master of the State Grange of Patrons of Husbandry, the President of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society for the time being, and two other persons to be elected by the General Assembly, who shall hold their office for two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. 2. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business in the city of Columbia, as often as they may deem expedient, but at least twice in each year ; they shall receive no compensation, but shall be allowed (except the Governor) the sum of three dollars per diem and five cents per mile actually traveled while engaged in the duties of the Board, not exceeding fifteen days in any one year. 3. There shall be a Commissioner of Agriculture, who shall be an agriculturist. He shall be elected by the General Assembly, and shall hold his office for the term of two years, and until his successor shall be elected and qualify ; he shall be paid a salary of twenty-one hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly, and 88 shall give bond with sureties conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his oflB.ce, in the sum of $5,000, to be approved and filed in like manner as the bonds of State oflBcers. He shall be empowered to employ an efiBcient clerk, whose salary shall be one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly. 4. The Board shall prescribe the duties of the Commissioner, and said Commissioner shall observe all rules prescribed and execute all orders issued by said Board, not inconsistent with law. 5. The Board shall be empowered to hold in trust and exercise control over donations or bequests made to them for the purpose of promoting the interests and purposes of this Act. 6. The Board may prescribe form for and regulate the returps of such County Agricultural Societies as may be chartered by this State, and furnish such blanks as may be necessary to secure uni- form and reliable statistics of their operations. 7. The Board shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to prescribe blanks and have them issued through the Commissioner to the Auditors of the various counties, with the complete instruc- tions for the collection of agricultural statistics and information ; and it shall be and is hereby made the duty of the County Audi- tors to fill all such blanks in accordance with instructions sent, and return the blanks, when filled, promptly to the Commissioner of Agriculture. 8. The Board shall investigate such subjects relating to the improvement of agriculture, and for the inducement of immigra- tion and capital as they may think proper, including sheep hus- bandry, diseases of cattle and other domestic animals, and their cures, the ravages of insects and remedies to abate the same, fences, reductions of costs of same, etc. 9. The Board shall have power, in cases of contagious diseases among any kind of stock or animals, to quarantine or have the same killed and burned. 10. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall prepare and keep in the Department books of registry, wherein any person may have entered, upon payment of registry fee of one dollar for each tract or lot, any real estate for sale, with terms, and file in the oflfice any plats, descriptive papers, etc., desired ; also,- books in which may be entered the wants of laborers seeking employment, or of employees seeking labor ; the registry fee of one dollar to be 89 paid by the person making it, and the books open to the inspec- tion of all persons free of charge. 11. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall communicate, cor- respond, and co-operate with the Commissioner of Agriculture of the United, States, and receive from him and distribute most advantageously, all seeds, plants, documents and informatioji. 12. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to collect speci- mens of wood suitable for manufacturing purposes, agricultural, mineral and phosphatic deposits of the State, and deposit the same in his room at the Capital, and cause correct analysis of such as may be deemed expedient to be made, and recorded in a sub- stantial book to be kept for the purpose. 13. The Board and Commissioner shall make an annual report of all the proceedings of the Department to the General Assembly. 14. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall be ex-officio Fish Commissioner of this State, and be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of Fish Commissioner. He shall appoint two or more Fish Wardens in every county of the State, who shall aid in the detection and prosecution of all ofEenders against the fishing laws, and they shall receive one-half of the penalty recovered and paid in for any offence against said laws directed by them. 15. The Board provided for in the first section of this Act shall have supervision over the fish interest and Commissioner of this State, and with the supervision and enforcement of the laws and regulations which are or may be enacted in this State for the sale of commercial fertilizers and seeds. 16. That the office of Phosphate Inspector and that of Phos- phate Agent be, and the same are hereby, abolished ; and that the Agricultural Bureau is charged with all the duties devolving upon said ofiices necessary for the protection of the rights and interest of the State in the phosphate rock and phosphatic deposits belonging thereto. 17. That the Board and Commissioner of Agriculture shall have power and authority to appoint a special assistant to attend to the phosphate department and royalty, and said assistant shall receive a salary of 11,200 per annum, payable monthly. 18. That all persons and companies engaged in the manufacture or sale of fertilizers, or commercial njapures, sh^ll pay to the 90 Commissioner of Agriculture twenty-five cents per ton for every ton of such fertilizer, or commercial manure, sold, or offered for sale, in this State, the said amount to be paid into the State Trea- sury for the exclusive use and benefit of the Department of Agri- culture. Any person, or officer, or agent, of any corpbration ne- glecting to pay the sum provided in this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined in the discretion of the Court, which fine shall be paid into the State Treasury for the exclusive use and benefit of the Department of Agriculture. 19. That every bag, barrel, or other package of such fertilizers, or commercial manures, as above designated, offered for sale or delivered after sale in this State, shall have thereon a plainly printed label or stamp, which shall truly set forth the name, loca- tion, and trade-mark of the manufacturer, also the chemical com- position of the contents of such package, and the real percentage of any of the following ingredients asserted to be present, to wit: Sol- uble and precipitated phosphoric acid, soluble potassa, ammonia or its equivalent in nitrogen, together with the date of its analysis, and that the privilege tax provided for in Section 18 has been paid, and any such fertilizer as shall be ascertained by analysis not to contain the ingredients and percentage set forth as above pro- vided, shall be liable to seizure and condemnation, and when condemned, shall be sold by the Board of Agriculture for the exclusive use and benefit of the Department of Agriculture. Any merchant, trader, manufacturer, agent, or person who shall sell, or offer for sale, or deliver after sale, or receive any commercial fertilizer, without having such labels and stamps, as hereinbefore provided, attached thereto, shall be liable to a fine of ten dollars for each separate bag, or barrel, or package sold, or offered for sale, to be sued before any Trial Justice, and to be collected by due process of law. The amount so recovered, after paying costs, shall be equally divided between the party or parties suing and the Department. 30. The Department of Agriculture shall have power and au- thority, at all times, to have collected samples of any commercial fertilizers offered for sale in this State, and have the same anal- yzed, and such samples shall be taken from at least ten per cent, of the lot from which they may be selected. 91 I 21. The Department shall, as soon as practicable, prepare a convenient hand book, with the necessary illustrative maps, which shall contain all necessary information as to the mines, minerals, forests, soils, or their products, climates, water and water-powers, fisheries, mountains, swamps, industries, and all such statistics as are best adapted to give proper information of the attractions and advantages which this State afiords to immigrants, and shall make illustrative exposition thereof, whenever practicable, at interna- tional or State exhibitions. 23. That all moneys arising from the tax or licenses from fines and forfeitures, fees for registration of lands for sale or employ- ment wanted, not herein otherwise provided for, shall be paid into the State Treasury, and shall be kept on a separate account by the Treasurer as a fund for the exclusive use and benefit of the Depart- ment of Agriculture ; and until such fund may be made available, as aforesaid, the sum of five thousand dollars shall be, and is hereby, appropriated to the support of this Department out of any moneys arising from the phosphate royalty, and to be drawn by warrant of Commissioner, countersigned by the Governor, ex-officio Chairman of the Board of Agriculture. 23. The Agricultural Commissioner shall, in connection with his duties as enumerated in this Act, establish a Department of Mechanics, the object of which shall be to prepare such statistics as may be of general interest to this class of workmen, and fur- nish all necessary information tending to the development of this industry. 34. That all Acts and parts of Acts any wise confiicting with this shall be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved December 23, 1879. At the regular session of the Legislature of 1880, the Act was amended as follows : Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, (now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same). That an Act entitled ''An Act to create a Department of Agriculture, defining its purposes and duties, and charging it with inspection of phosphates and regula- tion of sales of commercial fertilizers," approved December 23, 93 1879, be and the same is hereby amended, by striking out of said Act all of Section 18, and inserting the following, to be known as Section 18 : "That all persons or corporations engaged in the manufacture or sale of fertilizers, or commercial manures, shall pay to the Commissioner of Agriculture twenty-fiye cents per ton for every ton of such fertilizer, or commercial manure, sold, or offered for sale, in this State ; and all railroad companies, an d other com- mon carriers, are hereby prohibited from delivering any commer- cial fertilizer that does not bear the prescribed tag, or other evidence that the said privilege tax has been paid to the Commis- sioner of Agriculture, or his duly appointed agent ; provided, that nothing herein contained shall interfere with fertilizers passing through the State in transit. Every person, or corporation, vio- lating this Section shall forfeit to the State a sum of money equal to the value of the fertilizers, or commercial manures, so sold, or offered for sale, or so, as aforesaid, received, shipped, or deliv- ered, to be recovered by action in any court of competent jurisdic- tion. And the amount of the privilege tax so paid, and the amount of the forfeiture herein provided for, shall, when collected, be paid into the State Treasury for the exclusive use of the Department of Agriculture.'^ Approved December 24, 1880. REGULATIONS GOVEENING THE SALES OP FEETILI- ZEES AND COMMEECIAL MANUEES IJST SOUTH CAE- OLINA, SEASON 1886. 1. All persons, or companies, engaged in the manufacture or sale of commercial manures, are required to pay to the Commis- sioner of Agriculture twenty-five cents per ton on every ton of such commercial fertilizer sold or offered for sale in South Carolina. 2. Every bag, barrel, or other package of such fertilizers, or commercial manures, shall have thereon a plainly printed label or stamp, which shall truly set forth the name, location and trade- mark of the manufacturer, also the chemical composition of the contents of such package, and the real percentage of any of the following ingredients asserted to be present, to wit : Soluble and precipitated phosphoric acid, soluble potassa, ammonia, or its equivalent in nitrogen, together with the date of its analysis, and that the privilege tax has been paid. 93 3. All chemical compounds sold, or offered for sale, including burnt marl, kainit, ground bone, fish scrap, Peruvian guanos, etc., are subject to the payment of the privilege tax. 4. Only the privilege tax tags issued by this Department are recognized as evidence of the payment of the tax. 5. Applications for tags should be made to the Commissioner of Agriculture, accompanied by the amount of tax and the name of the manufacturer of the fertilizer, where manufactured, the brand of the fertilizer for which they are to be used, and the guaranteed composition of the same, together with the number of bags, barrels or packages to the ton. (If the fertilizer for which the tags are desired has been imported, the name and location of the importer must be given.) Manufacturers and dealers are pro- hibited from using the tax tags on any brand of fertilizer unless this rule, as well as all others regulating sales, has been strictly complied with. 6. The practice permitted previous to the season of 1883-4, of branding on the packages both a minimum percentage and a maxi- mum percentage (not more than 25 per cent, greater than the minimum), has been since that time forbidden, and is now not allowed. Any goods not coming up to the guarantee on the bags are liable to seizure and condemnation, and manufacturers and dealers are warned that no allowances will be made for differences in analytical results. It is not allowed to brand on packages the words "and more," and other words of the same import, after the guaranteed percentages. The analysis branded on the pack- ages must correspond with the guaranteed analysis filed in the Commissioner's office. No tags will be furnished companies vio- lating any of the above provisions. 7. All railroad companies and other common carriers are pro- hibited from delivering any commercial fertilizer that does not bear the prescribed tag, showing that the tax has been paid. This does not apply to the delivery by railroads to their connections, but to its delivery at points of final destination to guano agents or other consignees. 8. The samples of fertilizers to be analyzed by the Chemist of this Department will be drawn by an agent, appointed by the De. partment, from any lots sold, or offered for sale, and at any point in the State. 94 9. The tags furnished by the Department are simply evidence that the tax has been paid, and manufacturers and dealers are prohibited from printing the brand of fertilizer, analysis or any other matter on them. 10. Any merchant, trader, manufacturer, agent or person who shall sell, or offer for sale, or deliver after sale, or receive any commercial fertilizer, without having the labels and stamps pre- scribed by law, shall be liable to a fine of ten dollars for each separate bag, barrel, or other package sold, or offered for sale, to be sued before any Trial Justice, 11. All persons are warned against purchasing or receiving fer- tilizers or commercial manures that do not bear the privilege tax tag of this Department, and other labels and stamps provided by law. 13. Manufacturers and dealers are requested to send the guar- anteed analysis, &c., to be filed in this office, on a separate sheet of paper from their letters, or applications for tags, and certified to ly the manufacturer, as follows : 13. Form 1. (Filing analysis as prescribed by the Depart- ment. ) 14. Privilege tax tags cannot be used upon any other brand of fertilizers than that for which they were purchased. Where par- ties are handling a number of brarids, the guaranteed analysis, &c., of all the brands can be filed at the same time, and tags pur- chased at the time, or subsequently during the season, can be used on either of those brands, but it is a violation of the Regulations to use these tags on any brand until Eule 5 has been fully com- plied with. Some changes may be made in the regulations governing the sales of fertilizers during the present season. If so, notice of the same will be given through the monthly bulletins of the Depart- ment, and in such other manner as may be deemed necessary. Very respectfully, A. P. BUTLER, Commissioner of Agriculture. 95 TENNESSEE. Section 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That all commercial fertilizers sold, or offered for' sale in this State, shall, by stamp, or otherwise, distinctly set forth in each, package or parcel, the chemical analysis of such fertilizers, the name of the manufacturer, also the place and date of manu- facture ; and furthermore, each of said packages or parcels shall be freely submitted to inspection, as herein provided, and shall bear a certificate of inspection (or tag) furnished by the Com- missioner of Agriculture, and showing authority from the State to sell such fertilizers ; provided, that fertilizers sold for less than ten dollars per ton shall not be subject to the provisions of this Act. 2. Be it further enacted. That none of said fertilizers shall be sold in said State, unless their analyses shall show a given per ' pent, of American potash and available phosphoric acid, -each one or more to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Agriculture, and all contracts for fertilizers, condemned by this section, shall be void after this Act is of force. 3. Be it further enacted. That before exposure for sale, each package or parcel of said fertilizers shall be inspected as herein provided, and for each ton, or fraction of a ton, so inspected, the sum of fifty cents shall be paid by the vendor to the Inspector, or said Commissioner, as may be directed, and that said fees of fifty cts. shall be applied first to the expenses of inspection, then to analy- sis, tests, etc., for the benefit of agriculture, as herein provided. 4. Be it further enacted. That the Commissioner of Agriculture shall have power to make the rules and regulations necessary to effect the purpose of this Act, and he shall have further power to apppint Inspectors, not exceeding four, at points most convenient to the parties interested therein, and said Inspector shall hold oflQce at the pleasure of said Commissioner. 5. Be it further enacted. That each of said Inspectors, before entering office, shall give bond and security in the sum of two thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of duty ; he shall, on receipt of the fees, inspect promptly all fertilizers presented to him for that purpose, taking samples and disposing of them as directed, and doing other work connected with the inspection of fertilizers ; and for his services he shall receive as compensation proportioned to the work, a sum not exceeding one-third of the 96 fees by him collected, and in no case to exceed five hundred dol- lars per annum. 6. Be it fiirther enacted. That all of the specimens of fertil- izers collected by said Inspectors, shall by them be sent, as the said Commissioner may instruct, to the Director of the Experi- ment Station, inaugurated by the Board of Trustees of the Uni- versity of Tennessee, and located at Knoxville on the University farm, there to be analyzed, tested and reported, as needed for the benefit of agriculture ; and said experiment station is hereby rec- ognized as the experiment station for the State of Tennessee, and to be, controlled under the rules now existing, and by the Board of Trustees of the University of Tennessee. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Trustees of the University of Tennessee shall be required to make reports biennially to the Grovernor of the State on the assembling of each Legislature, of all the work done under this Act, to wit : The number of packages, parcels and tons inspected, the number of analyses made, whether on public or private account, how. many of each class, the amount of inspection fees collected, what disposition was made of the same, the cost of making the analyses, and the balance of cash receipts on hand. 8. Be it further enacted, That the Legislature may amend this Act at any time, and whenever the receipts arising from inspection fees shall become larger than may be necessary to pay reasonable and just fees for making the analyses, and a fair compensation tb the University for its outlay and trouble, the Legislature may es- tablish additional experiment stations in Middle and West Ten- nessee, and the surplus of the funds in the University of Tennesr see, arising from the sources named, shall, upon the order of the Governor, be turned into the Treasury of the State for the pur- pose of sustaining and supporting such additional experiment sta- tions for making analyses, etc., as may be established in Middle and West Tennessee by any subsequent Legislature ; provided, the provisions of this Act shall not apply to cotton-seed meal and home-made manures. 9. Be it further enacted, That the chemical analyses of the State shall be done under oath to deal impartially and faithfully, and the oflSicial certificate of the Chemist shall be competent testi- mony in the courts of this State. 97 10. Be it further enacted, Tliat all of the income over and above the costs of inspection (salaries, express and tags), shall he paid promptly at the end of each month to the Treasurer of the Uni- versity of Tennessee, to be applied to said tests and analyses of said fertilizers, and to other experiments at the said station con- nected with the test of said fertilizers ; and furthermore, each Inspector shall send the said Treasurer a monthly statement itemized of the receipts and expenditures for the month just pre- ceding, at his place of inspection, and the said Treasurer must keep and report a separate account of this fund. 11. Be it further enacted, That any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars for each offence, and the proceeds of said fine be turned over to the station above mentioned. 12. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with any of the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Passed March 24, 1883. W. L. LEDGEEWQOD, SpeaTcer of the House of Representatives. B. F. ALEXANDBK, Speaker of the Senate. Approved March 29, 1883. WM. B. BATE, Governor. [The phrase "American Potash" being evidently a clerical error for Ammonia and Potash, the minimum of these is prescribed in accordance with the Act. — A. J. McWhiktek, Commissioner.] In accordance with Section 2 of the above Act, it is hereby pre- scribed that Acid Phosphates and Dissolved Bones must not con- tain less than ten per cent, of available Phosphoric Acid, Ammo- niated Super-phosphates not less than eight per cent, of available Phosphoric Acid, two per cent, of Ammonia, actual or potential, and one per cent, of Potash. It is expected that manufacturers and importers of commercial fertilizers, and all dealers in them, will promptly comply with the legal requirements on their part, as the Act will undoubtedly inure to their benefit by the increase of public confidence in the quality and honesty of the articles offered for sale. Very respectfully, A. J. MoWHIETEE, Commissioner. 98 EULES AND KEGULATIONS— SEASON OF 1883-4. Bureau of Agkicultuee, Statistics and Mines, ) Nashville, May 9, 1883. ) The Commissioner of Agriculture, Statistics and Mines, has adopted the following Kules and Kegulations for carrying into efiEect an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, entitled "An Act to provide for the Inspection, Analysis and Test of Commercial Fertilizers," passed and approved on the 29th day of March, 1883 : 1. Every package of commercial fertilizer, for sale or distribu- tion within the State of Tennessee, shall have the manufacturer's guaranteed analysis placed upon, or securely attached to, each package by the manufacturer. If the fertilizer is in bags, it shall be distinctly branded, staimped or printed upon each sack ; if in barrels, it may be either branded, stamped or printed upon the head of each barrel, or distinctly printed upon good paper and securely pasted upon the head of each barrel, or upon a shipping or other tag, and securely attached to the head of each barrel. In every case it must be distinct. This manufactured guaranteed analysis must show the following determinations, viz. : Moisture at 212 per cent. Insoluble Phosphoric Acid per cent. Available Phosphoric Acid per cent. Ammonia, actual and potential per cent. Potash percent. 2. To facilitate the transaction of business, any manufacturer, dealer, agent, or other person, who procures the inspection of a fertilizer, after it is inspected and has the Inspector's tag attached in compliance with law, may proceed to make sales thereof before the official analysis is completed ; provided, he gives a written ob- ligation to cancel all sales in case the fertilizer is condemned by the Commissioner of Agriculture. This obligation is embraced in the "Request for Inspection," which must also set forth the "guaranteed analysis," according to the form therein prescribed, and addressed to the proper Inspector. 3. Inspectors shall not furnish any tag or device to be attached to any fertilizer, or permit it to be offered for sale or distribution, unless the manufacturer's guaranteed analysis is plainly placed upon each parcel or package before offering the same for sale or distribution, claiming, in the case of any Ammoniated Super- phosphate, that it contains at least eight per cent, of ayailable Phosphoric Acid, two per cent, of Ammonia, actual and poten- tial, and not less than one per cent of Potash, and of any Acid Phosphate or Dissolyed Bone that contains at least ten per cent, of available Phosphoric Acid ; neither shall any such tag or device be furnished or applied to any fertilizer that is in a damaged or unmerchantable condition. 4. Inspectors, after collecting inspection fees and taking sam- ples, shall have applied, under their personal . supervision, when practicable. Inspectors' tags, one to each package of fertilizer, before the same is offered for sale or distribution. Inspectors' tags will have printed upon each the words and figures, "In- spected — 1883-84 — Tennessee ;" also a fac simile of the signature of the Inspector. Whenever it is found to be impracticable for Inspectors to personally supervise the application of tags, they may be delivered to the order of the person procuring the inspec- tion. In such cases Inspectors must avail themselves of all prac- ticable means to satisfy themselves that the tags so delivered have been properly applied to goods that have been regularly inspected during the season indicated. 5. The Inspectors' tag, when attached or applied in compliance with law, is a recognition that the fertilizer to which it is attached has the consent of the Commissioner of Agriculture to go to sale, under the conditions prescribed in Rules 1 and 3, above recited. 6. AIL fertilizers manufactured in this State, for sale or distri- bution within the State, must have been subjected to all the re- quirements of the law, and regulations, and the Inspectors' fee must be paid before it can be removed from the mill or factory. 7. For the purpose of making inspections and executing the laws and regulations in relation to the inspection of fertilizers, the following person has been appointed Inspector, Horace Kercheval, Nashville, Tennessee. Inspections can be made at other points in Tennessee, than that named above, when necessary ; but if in such cases the ferti- lizer shall have come into the State at any port or station where there is hot an Inspector, the necessary expenses of the Inspector in going to make such inspection, must be paid by the party pro- curing the same. 160 S. In all cases, in making inspections, samples must be taken by the Inspector tn person. He must provide such samples as will penetrate to the center of the package, and samples must be taken from a sufficient number to fairly represent the whole — not less than one-tenth of the packages in lots of ten tons or over, and not less than one-fifth of the packages in lots of less than ten tons. 9. As far as possible, all fertilizers must be inspected at the port of entry or place where they come into the State. Inspectors are required to be vigilant and see that none escapes. Dealers in the interior of the State, to whom fertilizers (coming into the State at points where there are no Inspectors) are consigned, must give timely notice to the Commissioner of Agriculture, and to the Inspector nearest the point where they enter the State, and must be prepared to furnish the Inspector with the necessary guaranty, and give all required obligations, and to pay to him the inspection fee by the time the fertilizer arrives. All persons in Tennessee, who expect to deal in fertilizers, or have fertilizers shipped to them during the coming season, for sale or distribu- tion, will please take due notice, and make all necessary arrange- ments to meet the requirements of law promptly, when the ferti- lizer reaches the State, and thus save delay and embarrassment. The law must be enforced, and parties interested will greatly oblige by taking such timely steps as will insure its easy execu- tion, without annoyance to themselves or others. SPECIAL mSTEUCTIONS TO INSPECTORS OF FER- TILIZERS. It is of the utmost importance to the planters and people of Tennessee-^ to yourself and the Department of Agriculture — that your duties be well and faithfully performed. You are placed as a sentinel to see that the interest of the farmers of Tennessee are well guarded in their purchase of commercial fer- tilizers ; that they are protected from imposition in every pur- chase that they make, and that the laws defining your duties, and the regulations of the Department, are rigidly executed in every case. You are, in your official acts, to render full justice to all parties. The strict execution of the law and full protection 161 from imposition to all farmers, will not work injustice to any , manufacturer or dealer. In the discharge of your duty, in addition to tha foregoing Rules and Regulations, you are to be goTerned by the following special instructions, giving some details which could not well be set forth elsewhere, viz. : 1. Fertilizers purchased outside of the State, by a consumer or farmer in Tennessee, for his own use, ,and not for sale or dis- tribution, shall be permitted to pass without inspection, if the purchaser desires it, provided it is sent directly to said purchaser, addressed or consigned to him personally, and not directed to, or passing through the hands of, a commission merchant or third party. You must, as far as practicable, report all such shipments to the Commissioner of Agriculture, giving the names of brands, the names and places of consignees, and the number of tons, and enter the same in your official record, 3. You must not inspect any fertilizer till the person or firm desiring inspection has — a. Paid you in cash the inspection fee of 50 cents per ton for every ton to be inspected. 5. Placed the exact name in full, of the fertilizer to be inspected, upon each package, and placed the guaranteed analysis on each package. c. Signed a "Request for Inspection '^ on the blanks furnished for that purpose, embracing an obligation to cancel and make null all sales which may be made of said fertilizer before the official analysis thereof is made, if, after being analyzed, the Commis- sioner of Agriculture shall, in pursuance of law, prohibit its sale. The "request" must also contain the "guaranteed analysis" corresponding to that placed upon the package. You must not inspebt any fertilizer, if the minimum percentage of any of the voluable ingredients named in the guaranteed analysis is less than that required by law, viz. : eight per cent, of available phosphoric acid, two per cent, of ammonia, actual or potential, and one per cent, of potash in ammoniated superphos- phates, or 10 per cent, of available phosphoric acid, in acid phos- phates or dissolved bones. 102 3. Immediately after taking samples of any brand of fertilizer, in the manner described in Eule 8, of the Eules and Regulations, they must be thoroughly mixed, but not triturated or ground in a mortar, or otherwise. When samples are forwarded to the Department for analysis, they must be in tlie same mechanical condition in which they are offered for sale to the planters in the State. After the samples are thus thoroughly mixed, you will, from the mixture, fill two glass bottles (common quinine bottles), securely seal them with wax, stamp your private seal upon the wax, and then carefully and correctly label them — one with a label showing the inspection number, name of the fertilizer inspected, the place at, for whom inspected, and the date of inspection ; and the other with a label showing the number of inspection. You must then deliver both in person to the Direc- tor of the Experiment Station, Knoxville, Tennessee, or carefully box and ship them to him by express. 4. You are required to keep in a book, a full and accurate record, or minute, of every official act performed by you, and of everything connected with the movement of, or trade in fertilizers, that may be important, giving name, dates and facts in full. 5. You are required to make a full and complete report on the first day of each month, of the work done during the previous month. Report promptly to the Commissioner any violations of law. The book of records or minutes, is the property of the Depart- ment, and must be neatly and correctly kept. It must be filed in the Department with your final report, made at the end of the season. Blanks for making all your records, entries and reports, also Inspectors' tags, sample bottles and stationery for official corrres- pondence will be furnished you by the Director of the Experiment Station on your requisition. You are specially required to guard against any misappropria- tion of Inspectors' tags, or for any violation or evasion of the law, or of any attempts to do so, and make full reports to the Bureau of Agriculture, Statistics and Mines. Any information you may need will be given at any time. In- 103 structions will be given promptly in any case in which you may desire them, or about which you are in doubt. Inspectors will be held to a strict performance of all duties required of them by the law, and the rules, regulations and instructions defining their duties. No neglect or irregularities in the discharge of their duties will be tolerated. A. J. McWHIRTEE, Commissioner of Agriculture, Statistics and Mines, INDIANA. FERTILIZBK— COMMERCIAL. Chaptee 62, Ebvisbd Statutes 1881 — Paet Second — Pages 1051 AND 1053. Samples Submitted to State Chemist — Affidavit. SECTiosr 4894. Before any person shall sell, or offer, or expose for sale in this State, any commercial fertilizer for manurial pur- poses, he shall first furnish to the State Chemist of this State a quantity of such commercial fertilizer sufficient for analysis, ac- companied with an affidavit that the substance so furnished is a fair and true sample of a preparation which the person so furnish- ing desires to sell within the State of Indiana, for manurial pur- poses. Analysis — Label, 4895. It shall be the duty of the State Chemist to make a chemical analysis of every sample so furnished him, and to print the result of such analysis in the form of a label. Such label shall be plainly printed in the English language, and shall set forth the name of the manufacturer, the place of manufacture, ~ the ingredients contained in the preparation, showing particularly, - in an available form, the percentage therein contained of nitro- gen, or its equivalent in ammonia, of potash soluble in water, of soluble and reverted phosphoric acid, and of insoluble phosphoric acid, with the certificate of such Chemist that the foregoing is a true and complete analysis of the sample furnished him, and 104 shall furnish to one or more agricultural papers, published in the State, a true copy of the analysis, provided the same may be printed without co&t. The State Chemist shall furnish such labels to the persons so desiring to sell, or offer, or expose for sale the fertilizer so analyzed in such numbers as -such persons may de- sire ; Provided, The State Chemist shall not be required to furn- ish a less number than five hundred at a time, and shall only be required to furnish them in multiples of five hundred. Label to he Affixed. 4896. Every box, barrel, keg, or other package of any sub- stance, or any quantity of any substance, in any shape or form whatever, sold or offered for sale as a commercial fertilizer, shall have attached to it, in a conspicuous place, a label containing a certified analysis made by the State Chemist, from a fair and true sample of substance to which such label is attached, as pro- vided in the foregoing sections of this Act. Selling Without Label Punished. 4897. Any person who shall sell, or offer, or expose for sale as a commercial fertilizer, any box, barrel, keg, or other package of any substance, or any quantity of any substance, in any shape or form whatever, which shall not be labeled with the State Chem- ist's analysis, as hereinbefore provided, or which shall be labeled with a false or inaccurate analysis, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of fifty dollars for the first, and one hundred dollars for each sub- sequent offence. State Chemist — Fees. 4898. The Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University is hereby constituted the State Chemist of Indiana; and it shall be his duty to comply with the provisions of this Act, so far as they relate to him, and for the services he is herein required to per- form he shall receive compensation as follows : For analyzing a sample fertilizer, and making his certificate to same, two dollars. For labels furnished, one dollar per hundred. Term "Commercial Fertilizer" Defined. 4899. The term "commercial fertilizer," as used in this Act, shall be taken to mean any and every substance imported, manu- factured, prepared or sold for fertilizing or manurial purposes, except barn-yard manure, marl, lime, wood-ashes and plaster. 105 NORTH CAROLINA. LAWS ESTABLISHING THE STATION. The laws establishing the Station and controlling the sale of fertilizers are contained in the following Act : AN ACT To Establish a Department of Agriculture, Immigration and Sta- tistics, and for the Encouragement of Sheep Husbandry. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact — Sectiok 1. A Department of Agriculture, Immigration and Statistics, as provided in Section 11, Article 3, of the Constitu- tion, is hereby created and established, which shall be under the control and supervision of a Board, which shall be constituted as follows, to wit : the Governor, who shall be ex-officio chairman, the State Geologist, the Master of the State Grange Patrons of Hus- bandry, the President of the State Agricultural Society, the Presi- dent of the Agricultural College of the State, and one member elected by the General Assembly from each Congressional district, who for the three preceding years has been a citizen of the State, the member from the first, fourth and eighth districts for a term of two years, and their successors for terms of six years, the members from the second, fifth and seventh districts for a term of four years, and their successors for terms of six years, and the members from the third, sixth and ninth districts for terms of six years, who shall be so chosen as to secure, as nearly as may be, a representation of all the leading industries of the State. All vacancies that may occur in the Board shall be supplied by the Board till the next regular session of the General Assembly. Five members of the Board shall be a quorum for the transac- tion of business. 3. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business in the city of Kaleigh four times a year, and oftener if they deem it necessary, one of which meetings shall be on the first Wednesday in December, and shall publish a quarterly report of the opera- tions of the Department, and shall make to each General Assem- bly a full report of its general action and conduct, together with an itemized account of all the receipts and disbursements of the Department. 106 They may set apart such portions of their regular sessions as they may deem expedient for the discussion of topics appertaining to the material interests of the State, to which discussion all citizens may be invited. They shall receive no compensation, except four dollars per day to each member of the Board for the days not exceeding twelve in one year, during which he attends the sessions of the Board, and also for each meeting of the Board he attends, ten cents a mile for the distance from his home to Raleigh by the usual direct route. The Board of Agriculture, constituted and elected as herein provided, shall meet in the city of Ealeigh on the first Wednesday in April, 1883, to make provisions for carrying out in full the purposes and requirements of this Act, and on and after that date this Act shall have full force and effect, 3. The Board shall appoint and prescribe the duties, and reg- ulate the pay of the Commissioner of Agriculture, who shall be an agriculturist. And they shall also, whenever they deem it necessary, have power to employ a Secretary and prescribe his duties. 4. The Board shall be empowered to hold in trust, and exercise control over, donations or bequests made to them for promoting the interests or purposes of this Act. 5. They may prescribe forms for, and regulate the returns of such County Agricultural Societies as may be chartered by the State, and furnish such blanks as may be necessary to secure uni- form and reliable statistics of their operations. 6. The Board shall investigate such subjects relating to the improvement of agriculture, and for the inducement of immigra- tion and capital, as they may think proper, but they are specially charged — First. With such investigations as may seem best adapted to promote the improvement and extension of sheep husbandry, and shall collect and publish, from time to time, all available statistics on the subject, and shall suggest to the General Assembly such measures as may be useful for the encouragement of this industry, and more particularly for the suppression of the ravages of dogs. Second. With investigations relating to the diseases of cattle and other domestic animals, and shall publish and distribute, from time to time, circulars of information relative to any con- tagiotis diseases of stock, and shall have power in such cases to quarantine infected animals, and to regulate the transportation of stock in this State, or from one section of it to another, and any person wilfully violating such regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Third. With investigations relating to the ravages of insects, and with the dissemination of such information as may be deemed essential for their abatement. Fourth. "With investigations and experiments directed to the introduction and fostering of new agricultural industries, adapted to the various climates and soils of this State, especially the cul- ture of silk, the sugar beet, the grape and other fruits. Fifth. With th^ investigation of the subject ' of drainage and irrigation, and shall publish circulars of information as to the best^ method and formulae of both, and what surfaces, soils and localities may be most benefited by such improvements ; also with the collection and publication of information in regard to localities, character, accessibility, cost and modes of utilization of native mineral and other domestic sources of fertilizers, including form- ulas for composting, adapted to different crops, soils and materials. Sixth. With the collection of statistics relating to the subject of fences, with suggestions for diminishing their cost, and the conditions under which tbey may be dispensed with altogether. Seventh. With the supervision of all measures for the protec- tion, propagation and culture of fish in the rivers and other inland waters of the State, and to this end they shall at once provide for stocking all available waters of the State with the most approved breeds of fishes, and shall avail themselves of such aid as the Fish Commission of the United States may be induced to extend, and they shall inquire into and report upon the practicability of con- structing fish-ways over dams and other obstructions in the waters of the State, and secure, as far as practicable, the co-operation of mill owners ; they shall select proper locations for the hatching and care of the young fish, and shall provide the necessary hatch- ing houses and such appliances as may be needed, and employ such labor as may be necessary to this end ; and they may appoint "agents at such convenient points to aid them in the distribution, hatching, and protection of the ova and young fish, provided such agents shall receive no compensation. 108 Eighth. They shall transmit to the General Assembly at each session a report of the operations of the said Department, together with suggestions of such legislation as may be needful, and it shall be the duty of the Board to prosecute all offenders against the laws, which have been, or may be, passed in this behalf, and they shall endeayor to secure the co-operation of adjoining States to remove obstructions to the passage of fish in those rivers or streams ■vfhichare partly in this State and partly in such adjoining States. Ninth. With the enforcement and supervision of the laws and regulations which are, or may be, enacted in this State for the sale of commercial fertilizers and seeds. Section 7. That no manipulated guanos, super-phosphate, or other commercial fertilizer shall be sold, or offered for sale, in this State, until the manufacturer, or person importing the same, shall first obtain a license therefor from the Treasurer of the State, for which shall be paid a privilege tax of five hundred dollars per annum, for each separate brand or quality. Any person, corporation or company, who shall violate the provisions of this Act, or who shall sell, or offer for sale, any such fertilizer, contrary to the provisions above set forth, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined or imprisoned at the discretion of the court. And all fertilizers so sold, or offered for sale, shall be subject to seizure and condemnation in the same manner, as is provided in section eleven of this Act for the seizure and condemnation of spurious fertilizers, subject, however, to the discretion of the Board of Agriculture to release the fertilizers so seized and condemned, upon the payment of the license tax, and all costs and expenses incurred by the Depart- ment in such proceeding. 8. That whenever any manufacturer of fertilizers shall have paid the license tax of five hundred dollars, his or their goods shall not be liable to any further tax, whether by city, town or county. ■ 9. Any dealer in fertilizers, who may have on hand a quantity not exceeding ten tons when the license for the year expires, shall not be prevented by the provisions of this or any other Act, from selling the same without further taxes. 10. That the Board of Agriculture be authorized and directed 109 to set apart and appropriate annually of the money receiTed from the tax on fertilizers, the sum of five hundred dollars for the benefit of the North Carolina Industrial Association, to be ex- pended under the direction of the Board of Agriculture. 11. And every bag, barrel or other package of such fertilizer as above designated, offered for sale in this State shall have thereon plainly printed, a label or stamp, a copy of which shall be filed with the Commissioner of Agriculture, at or before the shipment of such fertilizer into this State, and which shall be uniformly used, and shall not be changed during the year for which such license is issued ; and the said label or stamp shall truly set forth the name, location and trade-mark of the manufacturer ; also the chemical composition of the contents of such package, and the real per centage of any of the following ingredients asserted to be present, to-wit : soluble and precipitated phosphoric acid, soluble potassa, ammonia, or its equivalent in nitrogen, together with the date of its analyzation, and that the privilege tax provided for in section seven has been paid ; and any such fertilizer as shall be ascertained by analysis not to contain the ingredients and per centage set forth as above provided, shall be liable to seizure and condemnation as hereinafter prescribed, and when condemned, shall be sold by the Board of Agriculture, for the exclusive use and benefit of the Department of Agriculture. The proceeding to condemn the same shall be by civil action in the Superior Court of the county where the fertilizer is on sale, and in the name of the Board of Agriculture, who shall not be required to give bond for the prosecution of said action. And at or before the summons is issued, the said Board shall, by its agent, make affidavit before the clerk of said court, of these facts : First. That a license has been obtained for the sale of a fertil- izer of a particular brand. Second, That samples of the same have been analyzed under authority of the Board, and found to correspond with the label attached to the same. Third. That the defendant in the summons has in his posses- sion', and on sale, fertilizers of the same name and brand, and bearing a label or stamp representing the analysis made. Fourth. That the fertilizers on hand and on sale are spurious, and do not in fact contain the ingredients, or in the proportion no represented by the stamp or label on them. Whereupon the clerk shall issue his orders to the sheriff of the county to seize and hold, all the fertilizers in possession of the defendant, labeled or stamped as the affidavit described. And the sheriff shall seize and hold the fertilizers so seized until ordered to be surrendered by the judge in term time, unless the defendant shall give bond, with justified surety, in double the yalue of the fertilizers seized, to answer the judgment of the court, in which case he shall surrender the ferti- lizer to the defendant, and file this bond in the oflBce of the Clerk of the Superior Court, and thereafter the action shall be prose- cuted according to the course of the court. And if it shall be established in the trial that the fertilizers seized are deficient or inferior to the analysis represented on the stamp or brand, then the plaintiff in said action shall recover judgment on the defend- ant's bond for the value of the fertilizers seized. Section 13. The Department of Agriculture shall have power and authority, at all times, to have collected samples of any com- mercial fertilizers offered for sale in this State, and have the same analyzed, and such samples shall be taken from at least ten per centuni of the lot from which they may be selected. 13. It shall be lawful for the Department of Agriculture to re- quire the ofl&cers, agents, or managers of any railroad or steam- boat company, transporting fertilizers in this State, to furnish monthly statements of the quantity of fertilizers, with the name of the consignor or consignee, delivered on their respective lines, at any and all points within this State. And said Department is hereby empowered to compel said officers, agents, or managers to submit their books for examination, if found expedient so to do ; and any such agents, officers or managers failing or refusing to comply shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 14. The Department of Agriculture shall establish, in connection with the Chemical Laboratory of the University at Chapel Hill, an Agricultural Experiment and Fertilizer Control Station, and the Department of Agriculture, with the approval of the Board of Trustees of the University, shall employ an Analyist skilled in Agricultural Chemistry. It shall be the duty of such Chemist to analyze such fertilizers and products as may be required by the Department of Agriculture, and to aid, as far as practicable, in suppressing fraud in the sale of cdmmercial fertilizers. Ill He shall also, under the direction of said Department, carry on experiments on the nutrition and growth of plants, with a Tiew to ascertain what fertilizers are best suited to the various crops of this State, and whether other crops may not be advantageously grown on its soil, and shall carry on such other investigations as the said Department may direct. He shall make regular report to the said Department of all an- alyses and experiments made, which shall be furnished, when deemed needful, to such newspapers as will publish the same. Said Chemist shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the University Laboratory, and the other rules and regulations of the University, and his salary shall be paid out of the fund of the Department of Agriculture. The said Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized and empow- ered to remove the Agricultural Experiment and Control Station from Chapeh Hill to Raleigh, whenever, in its judgment, it shall deem it advisable to do so. 15. The Geological survey is hereby made and constituted a co-operative department with the Department of Agriculture, and the Geological Museum, and all the collections therein, shall, at all times, be accessible to the said Department. The Geologist shall, as far as practicable, prepare illustrations of the^ agricultural in- dustries, products and resources of the State, and arrange and care for such collections as the said Department may make for this purpose. He shall also prepare abstracts of the Survey, from time to time, as may be required for the use of the Department, in their hand-book, and circulars for publication, in illustration of the advantages of this State, and in promotion of the general purposes of immigration. In return for such service, the State Geoligist may have all his marls, soils, minerals and other pro- ducts analyzed by the Chemist, at the Laboratory of the Experi- ment Station, free of charge. And the Board of Agriculture are hereby authorized to pay the rent and other necessary expenses of the Geological Musuem, and they may authorize and supervise tbe publication by the Public Printer of the second volun;ie of the "Geology of North Carolina" as soon as ready, and may furnish the necessary maps and other engraving for its proper illustra- tion ; and in like manner they may authorize the printing by the Public Pi^inter, in pamphlet form, for free distribution, such 112 parts of Volumes I and II as they may deem advisable, and they may furnish copies of Volume II to State, College^, and other pub- lie libraries, to geologists and other scientific men, and to every newspaper in the State, and shall furnish the Secretary of State a copy for each county, to be forwarded with other public docu- ments to the Glerk of the Superior Court, and to other persons, at the cost of paper and printing. 16. The State Geologist, at the request of the Trustees of the University, shall, whenever the Board of Agriculture shall deem it not interfering with the regular duties of his office, deliver at the University a course of free lectures on the geology and min- eralogy of this State. 17. The Department shall, as soon as practicable, prepare a convenient hand-book, with the necessary illustrative maps, which shall contain all necessary information as to the mines, minerals, forests, soils, climates, waters and water-powers, fisheries, moun- tains, swamps, industries, and all such statistics as are best adap- ted to give proper information of the attractions and advantages which this State affords to immigrants, and shall make illustra- tive exposition thereof, whenever practicable, at international exhibitions, and shall have authority to offer premiums for the encouragement of agricultural and mechanical pursuits, and the raising of improved live stock in this State. 18. The said Department shall be authorized, in the interest of immigration, to employ an agent, or agents, at such points, in this or any foreign country, as they may deem expedient and desirable. 19. The said Department is authorized and directed to estab- lish, and keep in its office, in the city of Kaleigh, a General Land and Mining Kegistry, wherein shall be recorded, if the owners so request, all the farming, mineral or other lands offered for sale in this State, with a brief and truthful description of the same. And the Department shall act as agent for the sale or disposition of such property as may be registered as hereinbefore provided, and shall sell or dispose of such property upon the terms and conditions as stated and fixed by the owner thereof, and the De- partment shall be allowed the sum of one dollar for registration, and two and one-half per cent, commission on gross amount of said transaction. 113 The said Department shall have authority to contract for and hold bodies of land for the settlement of colonies, with exclusive control of the sale of the same, at such prices, and for such a period, as may be agreed upon by the owner thereof. 30. That no person, company or corporation, being non-resi- dents of this State, shall ca^ch fish by seines, nets, or other appli- ances for taking fish in large quantities, in any waters within the jurisdiction of this State, without first obtaining therefor a license from the Public Treasurer, for which he or they shall pay a privi- lege tax of one thousand dollars per annum. And any such per- son or persons, who shall violate the provisions of this section, shall forfeit and pay the sum of two hundred dollars for each day ' engaged in fishing as aforesaid, to be collected by the sherifE of the county wherein such violation may be committed, and shall ' also be guilty of a misdemeanor. And any citizen of this State who shall form an alliance or co-partnership with a non-resident, f orthe purpose of evading any of the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the court, and the nets, seines or appliances of such person or firm shall be liable to seizure and confiscation for the benefit of the Department of Agriculture. 21. Itis hereby made the duty of the said Department of Agri- culture to receive from any manufacturer or dealer in fertilizers any specimen quantities, not less than a fourth of a ton, contrib- uted by such party, and have the same sent to different sections of the State Jor actual experiment by practical farmers ; and the person so experimenting shall be required to make a careful report of the results, which shall be registered in the ofiice of said De- partment, and a certified copy of the same shall be transmitted to the contributor. 32. That all moneys arising from the tax or licenses, from fines and forfeitures, fees for registration and sale of lands, not herein otherwise provided for, shall be paid into the St'ate Treasury, and shall be kept on a separate account by the Treasurer as a fund for the exclusive use and benefit of the Department of Agricul- ture, and until such fund can be made available, as aforesaid, the Treasurer shall loan to said Department, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, upon the warrant of the Governor, the sum of five thousand dollars per annum, for two years from this 114 date, which sum shall be refunded to the Treasury by the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. 23. This Act shall be in force from and after its ratification, but the tax, forfeitures and penalties herein provided, concerning the sale of commercial fertilizers, shall not be enforced against any parties in the sale of any such fertilizers now on hand in this State ; provided, said parties shall render to the Governor, on or before the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sev- enty-seven, under oath, taken before any person authorized to administer the same, an itemized statement of all such fertilizers, giving brand, name, manufacturer, and number of tons of same, and obtain a license for the sale thereof, as herein provided ; pro- vided, that this Act shall not apply to purchases already made. [The foregoing is the Act embodying the amendments passed at the several sessions of the Legislature down to and including that of 1883.] MAINE. Chapter 394, Public Laws of 1885. AN ACT to Establish an Agricultural Experiment Station. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: Section 1. That for the purpose of protection from frauds in commercial fertilizers, and from adulterations in foods, feeds and seeds, and for the purpose of promoting agriculture by scientific investigation and experiment, the Maine Fertilizer Control and Agricultural Experiment Station is hereby established ill connec- tion with the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 2. The direction and management of this station shall be com- mitted to a Board of Managers, to consist of five members, namely: The Professor of Agriculture of the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, ex-officio, the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, ez-officio, and three members to be appointed by the Governor, whose terms of office shall be three years, except in the 115 first appointment, one shall be designated to serve but one year, and one to serve two years. 3. The Board of Managers shall be called together by the Sec- retary of the Board of Agriculture, at such place in this State as he may designate, within thirty days of the approval of this Act, for the purpose of transacting such business as may be required to put the station in operation, and thereafter the Board of Managers shall hold a meeting annually, at Augusta, on the Tuesday pre- ceding the third Wednesday of January, for the transaction of business relating to the station. Other meetings may be called' on due notice, by the President, at such times and places as will best promote the objects contemplated by this Act. 4. The Board of Managers shall organize by the election of a President, a Secretary and Treasurer, who shall severally hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are elected. They shall locate the station herein provided for, and shall appoint a Director, who shall have the general management and oversight of the analyses, investigations and experiments necessary to carry out the purposes named in Section 1 of this Act, and shall employ competent assistants to aid in prosecuting the work of the station. It shall, whenever public interest will be promoted thereby, pub- lish by bulletin or otherwise, the results of its investigations and experiments, and shall make an annual report of its work to the Grovernor and Council, which shall be printed and bound with the report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture. 5. The sum of five thousand dollars, annually, is hereby ap- propriated to the Maine Fertilizer Control and Agricultural Ex- periment Station, and the Governor and Council, from time to time, shall draw their warrant on the State Treasurer for such sums of money as are necessary to defray the expenses herein pro- vided for, not exceeding in any one year the appropriation herein named, an account of which shall first be approved by the Presi- dent and Secretary of the Board of Managers. 6. The Board of Managers shall receive no compensation for time and services rendered, but shall be reimbursed for actual ex- penses incurred in the performance of their duties. 7. Any manufacturer, company or person who shall offer, sell, or expose for sale in this State, any commercial fertilizer, the price of which exceeds ten dollars per ton, shall affix to every package. 116 in a conspicuous place on the outside thereof, a plainly printed certificate, stating the number of net pounds in the package sold or offered for sale, the name or trade-mark und^ which the arti- cle is sold, the name of the manufacturer, and the place of man- ufacture, and a chemical analysis stating the percentage of nitro- gen, or its equivalent in ammonia in available form, of potash sol- uble in water, and of phosphoric acid in available form, soluble or reverted, as well as the total phosphoric acid. 8. The manufacturer, company or person selling or offering for sale in this State, any commercial fertilizers exceeding ten dollars per ton in price shall, on or before the first day of April annually, or before offering the same for sale, procure a license from the Board of Managers, authorizing the sale of said fertili- zers in the State, and shall pay for the same the sum of fifty dol- lars for a single brand, and fifteen dollars for each additional brand offered for sale, and shall furnish the Secretary of the Board of Managers, at the time of their appointment, the names of all agents authorized by him to sell the same in this State. 9. This Act shall not apply to the article known as porgy chum, or fish scrap, or fish waste of any kind, or bone, when of- fered for sale unmixed with other fertilizing material, nor shall it apply to parties manufacturing fertilizers in quantities less than twenty-five tons per year, or to fertilizers in possession of dealers or agents at the time of approval of this Act. 10. The Director of the Station, or any person by him depu- tized, is hereby empowered to select from three different parcels or packages of commercial fertilizers, taken from three different sections of the State, held or offered for sale in this State, quanti- ties not exceeding two pounds from each package, which quanti- ties shall be for analysis, the average of the several analyses shall be taken to compare with the certificate found on the given pack- ages, held or offered for sale ; and he shall select each year at least three samples, as aforesaid, from each brand held for sale, and shall secure these analyses at the station. The agent shall select these samples, in the presence of some representative of the com- pany from which the quantities are so selected, and shall deliver one-half of said samples, properly sealed by him, to said repre- sentative. 117 11. The Secretary of the Board of Managers shall register, in a suitable book kept in his office, a list of all licenses issued, and of fees received therefor, and a list of all brands of fertilizers sam- pled, and all license fees received by the Board of Managers shall be paid into the Treasury of the State. 13. Any person or party, who shall offer or expose for sale any commercial fertilizer, without complying with the requirements of Sections 7 and 8 of this Act, or shall permit an analysis to be attached to any package of such fertilizer, stating that it contains' a larger percentage of any one or more of the constituents named in Section 7 of this Act than it really does contain, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars for the first offense, and not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense ; and the offender shall, in all cases, also be liable for damages sus- tained by the purchasers of said fertilizers, provided, however, that the deficiency of one per cent, of nitrogen, potash, or phosphoric acid claimed to be contained, shall not be considered as evidence of fraudulent intent. 13. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. 14. This Act shall take effect when approved. Approved March 3j 1885. CONNECTICUT. AN ACT Concerning Commercial Fertilizers. GrEKEEAL ASSEMBLY, January Session, A. D., 1883. Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives in Gen- eral Assembly convened — SECTioiir 1. Every person or company who shall sell, offer or expose for sale in ttts State any commercial fertilizer or manure, the retail price of which is ten dollars, or more than ten dollars per ton, shall affix conspicuously to every package thereof, a plainly printed statement clearly and truly certifying the num- ber of net pounds of fertilizer in the package, the name, brand or trade-mark under which the fertilizer is sold, the name and 118 address of the manufacturer, the .place of manufacture, and the chemical composition of the fertilizer expressed in the terms and manner approved and currently employed by the Connecticut Ag- ricultural Experiment Station. If any such fertilizer be sold in bulk, such printed statement shall accompany and go with every lot and parcel sold, offered or exposed for sale. • 2. Before any commercial fertilizer, the retail price of which is , ten dollars, or more than ten dollars per ton, is sold, offered or exposed for sale, the manufacturer, importer or party who causes it to be sold, or offered for sale, within the State of Connecticut, shall file with the Director of the Connecticut Agricultural Ex- periment Station two certified copies of the statement named in Section 1 of this Act, and shall deposit with said Director a .sealed glass jar or bottle containing not less than one pound of the fertilizer, accompanied by an affidavit that it is a fair average sample thereof. 3. The manufacturer, importer, agent, or seller of any com- mercial fertilizer, the retail price of which is ten dollars, or more than ten dollars per ton, shall pay on or before the first of May, annually, to the Director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experi- ment Station, an analysis fee of ten dollars for each of the fertil- izer ingredients contained or claimed to exist in said fertilizer : provided, that whenever the manufacturer or importer shall have paid the fee herein required for any persons acting as agents or sellers for such mahfacturer or importer, such agent or sellers shall not be required to pay the fee named in this section. 4. Every person in this State, who sells or acts as local agent for the sale of any commercial fertilizer of whatever kind or price, shall annually, or at the time of becoming such seller or agent, re- port to the Director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station his name, residence, and postofflce address, and the name and brand of said fertilizer, with the name and address of the manufacturer, importer, or party from whom such fertilizer was obtained, and shall, on demand of the Director of the Connecti- cut Agricultural Station, deliver to said Director a sample suita- ble for analysis of any such fertilizer or manure then and there sold or offered for sale by said seller or agent. 5. No person or party shall sell, offer, or expose for sale, in the State of Connecticut, any pulverized leather, raw, steamed. 119 roasted, or in any form, as a fertilizer, or as an ingredient of any fertilizer or manure, without explicit printed certificate of the fact, such certificate to be conspicuously affixed to every package of such fertilizer or manure, and to accompany and go with every parcel or lot of the same. 6. Every manufacturer of fish guano, or fertilizers of which the principal ingredient is fish, or fish-mass from which the oil has been extracted, shall, before manufacturing or heating the ■ same, and within thirty-six hours from the time such fish or mass has been delivered to him, treat the same with sulphuric acid or other chemical, approved by the Director of said Experiment Sta- tion, in such quantity as to arrest decomposition, provided, how- ever, that in lieu of such treatment such manufacturers may pro- vide a means for consuming all smoke and vapors arising from such fertilizers during the process of manufacture. 7. Any person violating, any provision of the foregoing sections of this Act shall be fined one hundred dollars for the first offense, and two hundred dollars for each subsequent violation. 8. This Act shall not affect parties manufacturing, importing, ' or purchasing fertilizers for their own private use, and not to sell in this State. 9. The Director of the , Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station shall pay the analysis fees received by him into the treas- ury of the station, and shall cause one or more analysis of each fertilizer to be made and published annually. Said Director is hereby authorized, in person or by deputy, to take sapples for analysis from any^ lot or package of manure or fertilizer which may be in the possession of any dealer. 10. The Director of the Connecticut Agricultural Station shall, from time to time, as bulletins of said station may be issued, mail or cause to be mailed two copies, at least, of such bulletins to each postofiQce in the State. 11. Title sixteen, chapter fifteen, sections fifteen and sixteen, and title twenty, chapter twelve, section five of the general stat- utes, and chapter one hundred and twenty of the Public Acts of 1881, being an Act concerning commercial fertilizers, are hereby repealed. 12. This Act shall take effect on the first day- of Septem- ber, 1882. 120 MASSACHUSETTS. Section 1. Every lot or parcel of commercial fertilizer sold, offered or exposed for sale within this Commonwealth, shall he accompanied by a printed label which shall state clearly the com- position of the same, as follows, to wit : In the case of all fertil- izers which are sold at more than twelve dollars per ton, and which contain nitrogen, potassium or phosphorus, the said label shall give the percentage of anhydrous potassium oxide, or its equiva- lent of potassium, and of phosphoric oxide or anhydrous phos- phoric acid, in any form or combination, soluble in distilled water, and the percentage of nitrogen in the fertilizer which it accom- panies. In the case of those fertilizers which consist of other and cheaper materials, the said label shall give a correct general state- ment of the composition and ingredients of the fertilizer it accom- panies. %. Every manufacturer or importer of commercial fertilizers as specified in Section 1, before offering- the same for sale in the Commonwealth, shall procure a license as a manufacturer or im- porter of the same, and shall pay into the Treasury of the Com- monwealth the sum of fifty dollars annually as a license fee, and shall at the same time file with the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture a paper giving the names of his principal agents, and also the name and composition of the fertilizer or fertilizers manufactured or imported by him. Such license shall entitle the person to whom it is issued to sell and offer for sale only one dis- tinct kind of fertilizer, but such person shall be entitled to sell any other hind of fertilizer upon the payment into the Treasury oj the Commonioealth an additional license fee of fifteen dollars for each such additional hind. 3. Any person selling, offering or exposing for sale any com- mercial fertilizer, without the statement required by the first sec- tion of this Act, or with a label stating that said fertilizer con- tains a larger percentage of any one or more of the constituents mentioned in said section than is contained therein, or respecting the sale of which all the provisions of section two have not been fully complied with, shall forfeit fifty dollars for the first offence, and one hundred dollars for each subsequent offence. 121 7. The license required by Section 2 shall be issued by the Secretary of the Commonwealth in the manner provided by chap- ter three hundred and thirty-one of the Acts of the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy. PENNSYLVANIA. AN ACT To Kegulate the Manufacture and Sale of Commercial Fertilizers. Section 1. Be it enacted, Sc, That every package of commer- cial fertilizer sold, offered or exposed for sale, for manurial pur- poses, within this Commonwealth shall have plainly stamped thereon the, name of the manufacturer, the place of manufacture, the net weight of its contents, and an analysis stating the per centage therein contained of nitrogen, or its equivalent in ammo- nia in an available form, of potash soluble in water, of soluble and reverted phosphoric acid, and of insoluble phosphoric acid ; provided, that any commercial fertilizer sold, ofEered or exposed for sale, which shall contain none of the above-named constitu- ents, shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act. 2. Every manufacturer or importer of commercial fertilizers, as specified in Section 1 of this Act, shall, on or before the first day. of August next ensuing, or before offering the same for sale in this Commonwealth, file annually, in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, an affidavit stating the amount of said fer- tilizer or fertilizers sold within the State during the last prece- ding year, and if said amount be one hundred tons or less, he or they shall pay to the Treasurer of the State the sum of ten dol- lars for each and every such article of such commercial fertilizer sold within the State during the last preceding year, and if the said amount shall exceed one hundred tons and be less than five hundred tons, he or they shall pay the sum of twenty dollars as aforesaid ; and if said amount shall be five hundred tons or more, he or they shall pay the sum of thirty dollars as aforesaid ; if such manufacturer or manufacturers or importers shall not have made any sales within the Commonwealth during the preceding year, 122 he or they shall pay the sum of ten dollars as aforesaid ; every such manufacturer or importer shall, at the same time, file with the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture a copy of the analysis required by Section 1 of this Act, and shall be entitled to receive from the Secretary of the Commonwealth a certificate, which shall be countersigned b y the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, showing that the provisions of this Act have been complied with. 3. Any person selling, ofEering or exposing for sale any com- mercial fertilizer, without the analysis required by Section 1 of this Act, or with an analysis stating that it contains a larger per centage of any one or more of the above-named constituents than is contained therein, or for the sale of which all the provisions of Section 2 have not been complied with, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall forfeit a sum not less than twenty-five and not exceeding one hundred dollars for the first offense, and not less than two hundred dollars for each subse- quent offense, one-half of which shall be for the use of the in- former, and the remainder for the county in which the conviction is secured : provided, said informer be the purchaser and the goods be for his own use. i. It shall be the duty of the Board of Agriculture to analyze such specimens of commercial fertilizers as may be furnished by its agents — said samples to be accompanied with proper proof under oath of affirmation, that they were fairly drawn ; the fee for such analysis shall be determined by the Executive Committee of the Eoard, and be based upon a fixed rate for each determination, shall in no case exceed seventy-five per centum of the usual price paid for such services, and shall be payable from the Treasury of the Com- monwealth in the manner as now provided by law. 5. The money paid into the Treasury under the provisions of this Act, shall constitute a special fund from which the cost of such analysis shall be paid ; provided, that the total amount thus expended in any one year shall in no case exceed the amount paid into the Treasury during the same year, and that any moneys re- maining in this special fund at the end of the year shall be passed into the general fund for the use of the State. 6. The term " commercial fertilizers," as used in this Act, shall be taken to mean any and every substance imported, manu- factured, prepared o? sold for fertilizing or manuring purposes. 1^^ except barn-yard manure, marl, lime, and wood ashes, and not exempt by the provisions of Section 1 of this Act. 7. This Act shall go into effect on and after the first day of Au- gust, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. Approved June 28, 1879. HENRY M. HOYT. mSTEUCTIONS TO AGENTS. To Special Agents of the Pennsylvania State Board of Agricul- ture — " Section 4 of the Act of June 38, 1879, provides that "It shall be the duty of the Board of Agriculture to analyze such speci- mens of commercial fertilizers as may be furnished by its agents, said samples to be accompaned with proper proof, under oath or affirmation, that they were fairly drawn." By a vote of the Board, its Secretary has been authorized to ap- point "Special Agents of the Board," whose duty it shall be to collect and forward samples of fertilizers for analyses in accord- ance with the above provision ; and to secure fairness and uni- formity in the samples forwarded, your attention is requested to the following directions, with the request that all selections shall, as far as possible, be governed by them : 1. That while the law is designed for the protection of the con- sumer, it was not intended to do injustice to the manufacturer, and hence in all cases of doubt as to the correctness of the sam- ple, the manuufacturer should be accorded the benefit and the sample discarded. 2. In making selection of samples, care should be exercised to obtain them from goods made for the season during which they are selected ; with even good care there will always be a certain percentage of waste in fertilizers kept over season. In many cases manufacturers change their formula after spring sales are effected, and for autumn sales put another quality (under the same name) on the market. This being the case, it is possible that unintentional injustice may be done to the manufacturer by forwarding samples taken from the stock of the preceding season. In all cases, when samples of over-year goods are sent, the fact should be so stated. 3. Care should be taken to send with the sample, or in a letter by same mail, the following particulars : The name and address 134 of the manufacturer, the exact name of the fertilizer as copied from the package, bearing in mind the fact that a number of manufacturers haTC brands on the market which differ in name but to the extent of a single word, the omission of which might not only deceive the consumer, but also be a cause of injustice to the manufacturer ; the place at which the sample was selected, and the retail price per ton cash at the point at which the sample was taken. (This latter item is not necessarily for publication, but as a source of information to inquirers, and to enable the Secretary to rectify possible errors in the names of the fertilizers.) 4. In selecting samples care should be taken to obtain one which will, as fairly as possible, represent the bulk of the goods. For this purpose a portion should be taken from different parts of the same bag, or from different bags, and the final sample taken from a mixture of all of these, thus securing a fair average of the goods from which the sample was drawn. 5. Samples sent in papers or paper boxes will, in the course of passage through the mails, often lose a portion of their volatile elements. To avoid this the Board will furnish all agents with metal sample boxes with air-tight lids. These may be sent by mail or express, at the option of the agent. If sent by express glass bottles, tightly corked, may be substituted for the metal boxes, but the latter are preferable. 6. All expense of postage or express will be assumed by the Board, and where it, is specially authorized the Board will assume the actual and necessary traveling -expenses of its agents when en- gaged in the duty of procuring samples for analyses. In all cases the latter item is only assumed by special and written agreement with each agent. 7. From the fact that the Board has in several cases been de- ceived by interested parties who have forwarded samples, it has been decided to receive no samples unless vouched for by one of the special agents of the Board. To accommodate consumers and manufacturers, these agents will, so far as possible, be appointed in each district, and attention is requested to the fact that it is the duty of every member of the Board to select and forward sam- ples where there is no special agent appointed for this purpose. 8. Inasmuch as the fund available for the purpose is limited, the Board reserves the right to decline to make an analysis of a 135 sample which; is a duplicate of one recently tested, or to decline to make an analysis when the funds available are exhausted; and to assist in this distribution of the work it is requested that agents will (unless specially requested to do so) be careful not to dupli- cate samples of the same spring or fall goods. 9. In order that fertilizer agents may be protected from any loss from a violation of the law, our special agents are requested to inform them that a non-compliance with the provisions of the law on the part of the manufacturer subjects the agent selling or offering the goods to the full penalty upon each sale or offer to sell. 10. In filling the sample boxes, care should be taken to screw each lid tightly into its place, and to place inside and outside of the box some mark by which it can be distinguished in the list to be sent by mail; it must be remembered that the Secretary receives samples at all times, and that without some distinguishing mark the whole labor of the special agent will be lost through the ina- bility of the Secretary to recognize the sample when received. All samples should be addressed to the Board of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pa., and any further information may be obtained by addressing the Secretary as above. Respectfully yours, THOS. J. EDGE, Secretary. 1. All licenses are to be taken out in advance or before the goods are offered for sale in the State. , 3. The amount of the license fee is based upon the sales of the preceding year, which must be established by affirmation. 3. All licenses expire (no matter when taken out) on July 31st next succeeding, and must then be renewed. 4. All analyses must state the amounts of phosphoric acid, pot- ash, and nitrogen or ammonia. 5. The license fee is payable upon each brand, and every brand sold must be mentioned in both affidavit and license, or the sales are not protected. 6. The agent offering or selling is equally liable with the manu- facturer, and each agent may be held responsible for the full pen- alty in cases where the law is not complied with. 136 '5'. Any change in the wording of the brand constitutes another brand. If the bag is marked "Made for ," it cannot be included in the returns of the manufacturer, although it may be taken irom the same pile as his own goods; it must be re- turned, either by the manufacturer or the agent for whom it is made, as another and distinct brand. 8. A license may be taken out at any time during the fertilizer year, but no matter when taken out will expire on the 31st of July next ensuing. 9. If the manufacturer or agent has made no sales "during the preceding year," it is sufficient that the affidavit so state. 10. There is no connection whatever between the analysis al- luded to in Section 1 of the law and that in Section 4 ; the former is the guaranteed analysis of the manufacturer, and the latter is the one made by the Board of Agriculture for the purpose of ascertaining whether the goods are up to the guarantee. ir. Samples cannot be accepted from the manufacturer, and the analysis provided for in Section 1 of the law must be fur- nished by him, but may be made by any chemist whom he may select. 13. The law does not make an analysis of every branch each year obligatory, but the Board of Agriculture, through its agents, will endeavor to so select samples that the number of analyses of any one brand or manufacturer shall bear some proportion to his sales in the State ; if any are unintentionally neglected, if atten- tion is called to the neglect special care will be exercised to obtain samples, but by the above rule nothing is obligatory in regard to the analysis. 13. A license taken out by the manufacturer covers the sales of any number of agents and any number of tons during the year for which it is taken out. 14. The license fee upon any number of tons less than one hundred is ten dollars per brand, and no license is issued for a less fee, nor for a less time than one year. 15. The law covers all fertilizers which contain either phos- phoric acid, nitrogen or potash, except barn-yard manure, asheff, and marl in its natural state. 16. If any natural produce, containing any of the above ele- ments, is manipulated, bagged and sold under another name, it renders it subject to the law. 127 17. Any analysis which is sent will be placed upon record, and is considered as a guaranteed one; any analysis falling short of this will render the manufacturer liable to the full penalty of Section 3. 18. The failure to brand the analysis upon each bag or package renders both manufacturer and agent, liable to the full penalty of Section 3; 19. The affidavit of sales need not state the exact number of tons made or sold; "less than one hundred tons," "more than one hundred tons and less than fiye hundred tons," or "more than 500 tons," will answer. 30. The omission of any item of the brand, as named in Section 1, will render manufacturer and agent subject to the penalty of Section 3. THOS. J. EDGE, Secretary. OHIO. Passed March 16, issi. AN ACT to Prevent Fraud in the Manufacture and Sale of Commercial Fertilizers. Section' 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the following be, and the same is hereby enacted as chapter 21, title 5, part 2, of the Kevised Statutes, with sectional numbering as follows, to-wit : Chapter 21, Fertilizers. SECTioif 4446a. Any person or company who shall offer, sell, or expose for sale, in this State, any commercial fertilizer, the price of which exceeds ten dollars a ton, shall affix to every package, in a conspicuous place on the outside thereof, a plainly printed cer- tificate stating the number of net pounds in the package sold or offered for sale, the name or trade-mark under which the article is sold, the name of the manufacturer, and the place of manufac- ture, and a chemical analysis stating the per cent, of nitrogen, or its equivalent in ammonia, in an available form of potash soluble 128 in water, and of phosphoric acid in an available form (soluble or reverted), as well as the total phosphoric acid. 44465. Before any commercial fertilizer is sold or offered for sale, the manufacturer, importer, or party who causes it to be sold or offered for sale within the State of Ohio, shall file with the Secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, a certified copy of the certificate referred to in section one [4446fl] of this Act, and shall deposit with said Secretary a sealed glass jar, containing not less than one pound of the fertilizer, accompanied with an affidavit that it is a fair average sample. 4446c. The manufacturer, importer, or agent of any commercial fertilizer exceeding ten dollars per ton in price,, shall pay annually, on or before the first of May, a license fee of twenty dollars for the privilege of selling or offering for sale within the State, said fee to be paid to the Secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agricul- ture ; provided, that whenever the manufacturer or importer shall have paid the license fee herein required for any persons acting as [agents for] such manufacturer or importer, such agents shall not be required to pay the fee named in this section. 4446 barrel, or parcel thereof a written or printed label, which shall specify the name and place of business of the manufacturer, the date of manufacture, the constituent parts thereof, and the percentage of each, as specified and defined in Section 33, and, if any manufacturer aforesaid • shall not affix such label to any bag, barrel, or parcel of such fer- tilizer, or shall affix any label not truly specifying the constituent parts thereof, the percentage of each, the name or place of busi- ness of said manufacturer, he shall be punished by a fine of five hundred dollars for each offence, to be recovered in an action of debt upon such bond, to be brought by the Attorney-General, or a solicitor of any county. All fines and costs arising under this and the preceding sections shall be applied for the use of the town. AN ACT In addition to Chapter one hundred and twenty-two , General Laws, Kelative to the Sale of Fertilizers. Be it enacted iy the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened — Section 1. Any person or corporation manufacturing or im- porting commercial fertilizers which shall be sold, kept, or offered for sale within the State, shall obtain a license from the State Treasurer, countersigned and recorded by the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, authorizing the sale of the same, and shall affix to each barrel, bag or parcel, in addition to the statement now required by law, the words, " State of New Hampshire — licensed," with the number and date of the license, and the names of the articles offered for sale. 3. Every party receiving such license shall pay into the State Treasury the sum of fifty dollars, said license to be valid for one year. 154 3. Any party selling unlicensed fertilizers, as provided in Sec- tion 1, shall be liaft)le to the same penalty as is provided in Section 23 of Chapter 122 General Laws. 4. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Board of Agri- culture to collect samples of fertilizers sold in this State, and any other articles which the interests of agriculture may require, and submit them to the College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts for chemical examination. The Trustees of said college shall cause them to be analyzed, and report results to the Secre- tary of the Board of Agriculture, who shall cause the facts to be published. For such service the college shall be reimbursed in its actual expense, provided that no expense shall be incurred be- yond the sum accruing to the State from the operation of this Act. 5. No article shall be licensed that is known to contain less commercial value than is represented by the label required by 'Section 22 of Chapter 122 of the General Laws. 6. This Act shall take efEect from the date of its passage. Approved July 18, 1879. MICHIGAN. AN ACT To Provide for the Inspection of Commercial Fertilizers and to Eegulate the Sale thereof. Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That any person or persons who shall sell or offer for sale in this State any commercial fertilizer, the retail price of which exceeds ten dollars per ton, shall affix on the outside of every package con- taining such fertilizer a pjlainly printed certificate, stating the number of net pounds therein, the name or trade-mark under 155 which such article is sold, the name of the manufacturer, the place of manufacture, and a chemical analysis stating the per- centage of nitrogen in an available form, of potash soluble in water, and of phosphoric acid in available form (soluble or re- verted) and the insoluble phosphoric acid. 2. Before any commercial fertilizer is sold or offered for sale, the manufacturer, importer or party who causes it to be sold or offered for sale within this State, shall file with the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture a certified copy of the analysis and certificate referred to in Section 1, and shall also deposit with said Secretary a sealed glass jar containing not less than tlvo pounds of such fertilizer, with an affidavit that it is a fair sample of the article thus to be sold or offered for sale. 3. The manufacturer, importer or agent of any commercial fer- tilizer, the retail price of which exceeds ten dollars per ton as aforesaid, shall pay annually to ,the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, on or before the first day of May, a license fee of twenty dollars for ieach and every brand of fertilizer he offers for sale in this State; provided, that whenever the manufacturer or importer shall have paid this license fee his agents shall not be required to do so. 4. All such analyses of commercial fertilizers required by this Act shall be made under the direction of the State Board, of Agri- culture and paid for out of the funds arising from the license fees provided for in Section 3. At least one analysis of each fertilizer shall be made annually. 5. The Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture shall pub- lish in his annual report a correct statement of all analyses made and certificates filed in his office, together with a statement of all moneys received for license fees and expended for analysis. Any surplus from license fees remaining on hand at the close of the fiscal year shall be placed to the credit of the experimental fund of said board. 6. Any person or persons who shall sell or offer for sale any commercial fertilizer in this State without first complying with the provisions of Sections 1, 3 and 3 of this Act, or who shall attach or cause to be attached to any such package of fertilizer an anal- ysis stating that it contains a larger percentage of any one or more of the constituents or ingredients named in Section 1 of this Act 156 than it really does contain, shall upon conviction thereof be fined not less than one hundred dollars for the first offence, and not less than three hundred dollars for every subsequent offence, and the offender shall also be liable for damages sustained by the pur- chaser of such fertilizer on account of such misrepresentation. 7. The State Boar.d of Agriculture, by any duly authorized agent, is hereby authorized to select from any package of commer- cial fertilizer exposed for sale in this State a quantity, not exceed- ing two pounds, for a sample, such sample to be used fop the pur- poses of an official analysis and for comparison with the certificate filed with the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture and with the certificate affixed to the package on sale. 8. All suits for the recovery of fines under the provisions of this Act shall be brought under the direction of the State Board of Agriculture, Ajpproved March 10, 1885. At a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture held in Lan- sing, December 1, 1885, the undersigned was appointed the agent of the Board to make the analysis of commercial manures con- templated in the foregoing Act. The object of the law is to pro- tect the purchasers and honest manufacturers, and to prevent or to punish fraud in commercial fertilizers. The specimen for comparison of any fertilizer, with affidavit, and the fee for analysis, must be deposited with the Secretary of the Board on or before the first day of May each year. Any manufacturer or importer who desires to avail himself of the benefits of the proviso in Section 3, should notify me of the names of agents selling the fertilizers in this State, and the place .where they are offered for sale. Specimens for analysis will be selected in the open market, and not received from the manufacturer or his agent. For the sake of uniformity in the certificate required in Sec- tions 1 and 2 to be affixed to each package of fertilizer, and to be filed with the Secretary of the Board, I recommend the following form of certificate — Analysis 161 Name or trade-mark Name of manufacturer Place of manufacture Net pounds in package , lbs. Percentage of available Nitrogen Percentage of Potash soluble in water >■ Percentage of Phosphoric Acid soluble in water. Percentage of Phosphoric Acid reverted Percentage of Phosphoric Acid insoluble It would be convenient to have the retail price for a ton (2,000 R)s.) stated, though the law does not require this. Any inquiries for information or communications on this sub- ject should be addressed to R. 0. KEDZIE, Agricultural College, Idichigan. RHODE ISLAND. Chapter 584. AN ACT IN RELATION TO COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. It is enacted hy the General Assembly as follows — : Section 1. Commercial Fertilizers to be Accompanied by an Analysis. ^Eybtj lot or parcel of commercial fertilizer sold, •offered or exposed for sale within this State, shall be accompa- nied by a printed label which shall state clearly the composition of the same, as follows, to wit : In the case of all fertilizers which are sold at more than twelve dollars per ton, and which contain nitrogen, potassium or phosphorus, the said label shall give the percentage of anhydrous potassium oxide, or its equivalent of potassium, and of phosphoric oxide or anhydrous phosphoric acid in any form or combination soluble in distilled water, and the percentage of nitrogen in the fertilizer which it accompanies. In the case of those fertilizers which consist of other and cheaper materials, the label shall give a correct general statement of the composition and ingredients of the fertilizer it accompanies. 158 2. Manufacturers and Importers to Procure License. — ETery manufacturer or importer of commercial fertilizers, as specified in the preceding section, shall, before offering the same for sale in this State, procure from the general Treasurer a license as a man- ufacturer or importer of the same, and shall pay into the State Treasury the sum of twenty-five dollars annually as a license fee; and shall at the same time file with the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture a paper giving the names and address of his principal agents in this State, and also the name and composition of the fertilizer or fertilizers manufactured or imported by him. Uffect of License. — Such license shall entitle the person to whom it is issued to sell and offer for sale only one distinct kind of fer- tilizer, but such person shall be entitled to sell any other kind of fertilizer upon the payment into the State Treasury annually of an additional license fee of fifteen dollars for each additional kind. 3. Penalties. — Every person selling, offering or exposing for sale any commercial fertilizer without the statement required by Section 1 of this Act, or with a label stating that said fertilizer contains a larger percentage of any one or more of the constituents mentioned in said section than is contained therein, or respecting the sale of which all the provisions of Section 3 have not been fully complied with, shall be fined fifty dollars for the first offence and one hundred dollars for each subsequent offence. 4. Analysis of Fertilizers. — The State Board of Agriculture shall annually cause to be analyzed by some competent chemist one or more specimens of every kind of commercial fertilizer which may be offered for sale within the State, and which specimens shall be furnished him by the Secretary of said Board. And for this purpose said Secretary may take from any package or packages of such fertilizers in the possession of a dealer a sample not exceeding one pound in weight. Reports. — Such chemist shaill report to the State Board of Agriculture the result of any analysis made by him, stating in his report the methods used by him to determine the composition of such fertilizer so analyzed; and the said Board shall cause such reports to be published. 5. License Fees to be Added to Appropriation for State Board of Agriculture. — The moneys received by the General Treasurer for license fees under the provisions of Section 2 of this Act shall be added to the annual appropriation for the State Board of Agricul- 159 ture, tp be used by said Board in defraying the expense of making the analyses authorized by the preceding section, or of any analysis made by authority of any member of the State Board of Agricul- ture; and the surplus, if any, may be expended by said Board in promoting its general purposes; but no larger sum shall be paid in any one year for analyses than is paid into the State Treasury during such year for license fees as hereinbefore provided. -6. Member of Board May Bring Complaint. — Any member of said Board may bring complaint fop violations of the provisions of this Act, without giving surety for costs. 7. Acts Repealed. — Chapter 133 of the Public Statutes, "Of Commercial Fertilizers," and all Acts or parts of Acts incon- sistent herewith are hereby repealed. 8. This Act shall take effect immediately. Passed April 30, 1886. 161 DIGEST OF THE LAWS ON THE INSPECTION AND SALE OF FERTILIZERS. ALABAMA. The law requires to submit to the Commissioner of Agriculture a written statement setting forth — E"ame and brand of fertilizer. Number of pounds to the package. Name of manufacturer. Place of manufacture. Analysis (see table). Requires the use of tags furnished by the Commissioner upon payment of 50 cts. per ton. CONNECTICUT. Every bag of a fertilizer selling for $10.00 or more per ton must have printed — The number of pound's to the package. Name, brand or trade^mark of fertilizer. Name and address of manufacturer. ' Place of manufacture. Analysis (see table). Sample of one pound in a; sealed glass jar accompanied by affi- davit that it is a fair average sample, must be submitted to the ■Director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, and two certified copies of the above statement. Ten dollars per ingredient to be paid for analysis on or before the first of May of each year to Director of Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. No tax. 162 DELAWAEE. Manufacturers selling more than 1,000 tons per annum haye to pay for each analysis $40.00, all others only $30.00, to the State Chemist (Prof, of Chemistry in Delaware College, Newark, Del.) Submit samples of each brand, on or before the first day of May, annually, to State Chemist. Certificate of analysis of State Chemist, to be displayed in place of business. Bags must be branded with analysis (see table). GEORGIA. A fair sample must be submitted to the Commissioner of Agri- culture. Inspectors tags have to be used at 50 cts per ton, and each package must be branded with the analysis (see table). Request for inspection must be made in duplicate, and one copy sent to the Commissioner of Agriculture. Bags must be branded with analysis (see table). Minimum standard for Ammoniated Super- phosphates 8 % available phosphoric acid, 2 % ammonia ; for Acid Phosphates, 10% available phosphoric acid. INDIANA. Sample with affidavit must be submitted to State Chemist, (Prof, of Chemistry at Purdue University, Indiana). The State Chemist furnishes printed labels in lots of 500 and multiples thereof at $1 per hundred, and receives besides 13 for his ceiftifi- cate of analysis. On ^e label attached to each bag must be printed : Name of manufacturer. Place of manufacture. Analysis (see table) of State Chemist. KENTUCKY. Fifteen dollars for certificate of analysis, $1.00 for 100 labels. Each bag must have a label setting forth — Name of manufacturer. Place of manufacture. Analysis, 163 LOUISIANA. Tags at 50 cents per ton from Commissioner of Agriculture. Brand. Name of manufacturer. Place of manufacture. Analysis. MARYLAND. License of $5.00 for first 100 tons, 12.00 for each additional 100 tons. All packages must be branded with — The name of manufacturer. Place of business. Net weight of each package. Component parts of said fertilizer. Analysis (see table). MAINE. Net pounds in each package. Brand. Name of manufacturer. Place of manufacture. Analysis. License fee of $50.00 for first brand, $15.00 for each additional brand. MASSACHUSETTS. A license fee of $50.00 annually for the first brand, and $15.00 for each additional brand must be paid into the Treasury of the Commonwealth; the license is issued by the Secretary of the Com- monwealth. With the Secretary of the State Board of Agricul- ture must be filed a paper giving the names of the principal agents, and the name and composition of fertilizer. Every package must have a printed label showing the Analysis (see table). MICHIGAN. Net weight of package. Trade-mark. Name of manufacturer. Place of manufacture. Analysis. License of $30.00 per brand. 164 MISSISSIPPI. A sample, sealed with seal of the county, and with affidavit that it is a fair sample taken from several packages must be submitted to the State Chemist (Prof, of Chemistry of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Starkville, Miss,,) who is to be paid $30.00 for the analysis of each brand and furnishes a certificate of anal- ysis. Certified copies of the State Chemist's analysis must be displayed in agent's office and furnished to vendors. No provi- sion for branding bags by statute law. NEW HAMPSHIKE. A license costing $50.00 must annually be obtained from State Treasurer, countersigned by the Secretary of the Board of Agri- culture. A bond in the sum of $10,000, with sureties residing in the State, must be filed with the Treasurer. Every bag must be , branded with — Name of manufacturer. Place of business of manufacturer. Date of manufacture. Constituent parts. Analysis (see table). "State of New Hampshire, licensed," number and date of li- cense, and brand or trade-mark. NEW JEKSEY. The Chemist of the State Board of Agriculture receives $15 for each certificate of analysis for which the manufacturer applies. On the bags is required the Analysis (see table). NEW YOEK, No tax. Every package must be branded with — Name or trade-mark of fertilizer. Name of manufacturer. Place of business. Date of manufacture. Analysis (see table). One-fourth of 1 % margin in analysis allowed. The law exempts unmanipulated imported guanos and all sold under $10 per ton. 165 NOETH CAROLINA. Privilege tax of $500 per annum for each brand, tp be obtained from Treasurer of the State, exempts from city, county and town taxes. Quantities of ten tons or less, on which the privilege 'tax has once been paid, can be sold after expiration of license without its renewal. Every package must have printed — Name of manufacturer. Location of manufacturer. Trade-mark of fertilizer. Analysis (see table). Date of analysis. Privilege tax paid. Copy of this statement to be filed with Commissioner of Agri- culture. OHIO. On every bag has to be printed — Net pounds to package. Name or trade-mark of fertilizer. Name of manufacturer. Place of manufacture. Analysis (see table). A certified copy of the above and a sample in a sealed glass jar, with affidavit that it is a fair sample, must be submitted to Secre- tary of the State Board of Agriculture,, and $30 license fee (per brand) annually to be paid to the Secretary of State Board of Agriculture, on or before the first of May. PENNSYLVANIA. Every package must have printed — Name of manufacturer. Place of manufacture. Net weight of contents. Analysis (see table). ' Before the 1st day of August, annually, an affidavit must be filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth stating the amount of fertilizer sold during the preceding year. For 100 tons or less $10 per brand, payable to the Treasurer of State; frx)m 100 tQ 500 166 tons, $20; 500 tons or more, $30. Copy of analysis to be filed with the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, from whom a cer- tificate signed by Secretary of Commonwealth and countersigned by Secretary of Board of Agriculture is received. EHODE ISLAND. Label showing analysis. License of $25 per brand. ' SOUTH CAROLINA. Every package must have printed — Name of manufacturer. Location of manufacturer. , Trade-mark of fertilizer. Analysis (see table). Date of analysis. Privilege tax paid. With the application for tags a copy of the above and the num- ber of packages to the ton must be filed with the Commissioner of Agriculture, and twenty-five cents per ton paid for the tags. The guaranteed analysis must set forth only the minimum percentage and be certified by the manufacturer. TENNESSEE. Bach bag must have printed — Name of manufacturer. Place of manufacture. Date of manufacture. Analysis (see table). Tax 50 cts. per ton. VEEMONT. A license for each brand, costing 150, must bfe obtained each year from the State Treasurer, with whom a bond of $5,000 with sureties residing in the State, and satisfactory to him, must be filed; said bond is renewable from time to time as the State Trea- surer may require. Each package must have affixed a label, on which must be printed "license" (date and number of license). Name of manufacturer. Place of business. 167 Year of manufacture. Net weight. Constituent parts. Analysis (see table). The Chemist of the University of Vermont and State Agricul- tural College, is ex-officio State Chemist. Three samples of each brand must be annually drawn by the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, in presence of two witnesses. Failure to do so is visited by a fine of $1,000 oh the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. VIRGINIA. Brand. Weight of package. Name of manufacturer. Place of manufacture. Analysis (see table), and "Registered in Virginia." WEST VIRGINIA. On bags is required — The analysis (see table). The Professor of Chemistry of the West Virginia University, at Morgantown, is the State Chemist. No tax. INDEX. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, 3 FERTILIZER MOVEMENT, 5 STATISTICS, 9 to 36 DISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMPTION, . 37 PHOSPHATE STATISTICS, 38 and 39 TREASURY DEPARTMENT STATISTICS, 40 to- 4 5 NITRATE OP SODA AND BRIMSTONE STATISTICS, 46 KAINIT AND MURIATE OF POTASH STATISTICS, 47 LAWS OP NEW YORK, 51 MARYLAND, 52 VIRGINIA, 54 WEST VIRGINIA, 65 GEORGIA, . 66 ALABAMA, . 77 SOUTH CAROLINA, 87 TENNESSEE, 95 INDIANA, . 103 NORTH CAROLINA, 105 MAINE, 114 CONNECTICUT, . 117 MASSACHUSETTS, 120 PENNSYLVANIA, ■ 121 OHIO, . . 127 KENTUCKY, 130 NEW JERSEY, . 133 VERMONT, . . 135 MISSISSIPPI, . 139 LOUISIANA, . 142 DELAWARE, . 147 NEW HAMPSHIRE, 157 MICHIGAN, . . 154 RHODE ISLAND, . 157 DIGEST OF LAWS, (states alphabetically arranged) 161 ANALYSIS TABLE, . ^NllLYSIS REQUIREMENTS EXPRESSED IIM THE PHRASEOLOGY OF THE STATUTE LAWS. IN THE STATES OF- a s 1 2 y 1 O 3 'u < y i-i O t o J2 1 u 'C s 1 '5 > •a; 9 I 1 o s a* o .a ft •s 1 .§■ 'y a. ^1 a « J2 en u s •a 01 O at ■o a eg w . Si ox. ■O.S «^ Si o y a; •g|l Ml Ph *o cd y o en o i ■s. u 3 > a O B a < 'a o S s a g « _> '3 tu (0 s . 11 g bo 2 2 .2 a a 3 U rt 1 a a < _ca '3 a a CO i > a 1 41 •■§ Ih .2g a-S Ba 1^ -Si 3 3 O t 2 a > 'a c o bo'd o o ia 'Sa I.a 01 o d ■s C<] 1 .9 -;s- * t- «- North Carolina--- - Ohio 1 * -3j 1 i i* Date of analy j 1 1 *^ 1 1 ^" ^^ j r, a o Ji S P4 •6 '§ U •c O •a "3 en V .9 s 1 II .2 0^ §^« " = « a uo 9 ■OhS n a ca III •§.3° VI in ^ ^'O u T3 "o 01 u o ■a s a V O tn S < 2 "D o ■§ a s •a V 3 o VI u M 3 1 ■0 ■§ ii ■aj; * a •< .'2 'u u ■n o ft ■a 1 "3 > < 3 O 1 ll u ft ;-• o 11 a M s 2 I 1 O 1 a o a •0 d a o S S V 3 > a 1 .S '3 s s 1 > 'a s tn \ §>! 'a a I.S 1 o o CO 1 .9 3 3 S in m o 1. 1 -O a a; o tn •s CO O at a ft 2 3 oS la Is ^^ a" < d Remarks. ?if -;if s- -;if ii -:;? 1 i!.' r- 'SJ- Under the practice of the Ag'l Kxp't Sta. the foregoing items are required. The Sta. takes only account of potash sol. in boil'g water. i^ w Available phosphoric acid not required except in State Chemist's analysis, which must be displayed for inspection by all purchasers. •Sf -Si -:;;- «-_ ■^f ■sis- No provision as regards branding of bags. Certified copy of State Chemist's certificate of analysis must be displayed in the office of every agent and furnished to purchasers "State of New Hampshire— licensed," with number and date of license required on bag or label. t 1 1 ! 1 ii:- i ^tj. 1 i * 1 *'' ^ 1 «- 1 1 « ^ a- * -;;:- -ii * Date of analysis and privilege tax paid. «- 1 i *^' * ^ 1 iif 1 * * &' 1 i •* 1 ^If * ->;:- ! 1 ! '' 1 -^ Date of analysis, -;:!■ jij i ! 1 1