SAMPLES SELECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACT OF MARCH 25, 1901,

BY THE

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture,

FROM AUGUST 1, 1905, TO DECEMBER 31, 1905.

HARRISBURG, PA.:

HARRISBURG PUBLISHING CO., STATE PRINTERS.

AN ACT

To regulate the manufacture and sale of commercial fertilizers.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That every package of commercial fertilizer sold, offered or exposed for sale, for manurial purposes, 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 percentage therein contained of nitrogen 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, offered, or exposed for sale, which shall contain none of the above named constituents shall be exempt from the provisions of this act.

. Section 2. That every manufacturer or importer of commercial fertilizers as specified in section one of this act shall, on or before the first day of January next ensuing, or before offering them for sale in this Commonwealth, file annually with the Secretary of Agriculture an affidavit showing the amount of said fertilizer sold within the Commonwealth during the last preceding year; and if the said amount shall be one hundred tons or less, he shall pay to the Treasurer of the State the sum of fifteen dollars for each and every brand 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 the 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, importer or importers, shall not have made any sales within the Commonwealth during the preceding year, he or they shall pay the sum of fifteen dollars, as aforesaid. Every said manufacturer shall, at the same time, file with the Secretary of Agriculture a copy of the analysis required by section one of this act, and shall then be entitled to receive from the Secretary of Agriculture a certificate showing that the provisions of this act have been complied with.

Section 3. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby empowered to collect samples of commercial fertilizers, either in person or by his duly qualified agent or representative, and to have them analyzed, and to publish the results for the information of the public.

Section 4. The Secretary of Agriculture, and such assistants, agents, experts, chemists, detectives and counsel as he shall duly au thorize for the purpose, shall have full access, ingress and egress to all places of business, factories, farms, buildings, carriages, cars