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* CIRCULAR NO. 2.
THE FERTILIZER LAW.
,_ The following is a copy of an act passed by the General
' Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Persons selling
l fertilizers in this State will take notice.
i M. A. seovnm.,
.Dz'rccz‘0¢· Ifwzizrcky A,grz°cz¢Ztz¢raZ E.vpcri11zc¢zt Szfaiiwz.
· Aran. 26, 1886.
CHAPTER 638.
AN ACT to regulate the sole of Fc1·tiZizeo·s in this Conmromccall/L, and to
protect the Agriculturist in the purchase cmd use of same.
§ 1. Be it cmzcteri (By fha General Asscmbgr qf Mc Com-
, momvcrzlih of Ifcvzmcky, That on or before the first day of May
» in each year, before any person or company shall sell, offer or ex-
_ pose for sale, in this State, any commercial fertilizer whose retail
price is more than ten dollars per ton, said person or company shall
furnish to the Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station,
inaugurated by the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Ken-
tucky (which station is hereby recognized as the "Kentueky
Agricultural Experiment Station"), a quantity of such commercial
fertilizer, not less than one pound, sufficient for analysis, accom-
» panied by an affidavit that the substance so furnished is a fair and
A true sample of a commercial fertilizer, which the said person or
l company desires to sell within the State of Kentucky.
,   2. It shall he the duty of the Director of the Kentucky
; Agricultural Experiment Station to make, or cause to be made, a
chemical analysis ot every sample of commercial fertilizer so furn-
i ished him, and he shall print the result of such analysis in the form
l of a label; such label shall set forth the name of the manufacturer
the place of manufacture, the brand of the fertilizer, and the
S essential ingredients contained in said fertilizer, expressed in terms
‘ and manner approved by said Director, together with a certificate
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