Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-08-14

and sugar, IL should not require the
mandate of law TO make them plant
in profusion. They have not done so,
however, and so Indifferent are very
many of the owners of rural homes
in this State to their own comfort.
that their houses are often without
trees about them and entirely unpro-
tected from the heat of the summer
and the blasts of winter. Now the
law proposes to teach landowners
what their tastes, their comfort and
their interests should have taught
them long ago, and as they will hence
forth be paid for bcautifying and
enriching their own lands, it is to be
hoped that the spirit Of the act will
be infused throughout all classes and
sections of Pennsylvania, until every
roadside shall be green with beauty
and plenty"
The other act to which we refer is
one "to regulate the manufacture and
sale Of commercial fertilizers" and
was approved June -, 1879, and
although the limited amount Of com.
mcrcial fertilizers as yet used in
Centre county make it of less impor-
tance here than the other, it is Of
very general interest to farmers
throughout the State. We believe
that full understanding of the safety
and assurance with which this class
OF fertilizers can now be purchased
will stimulate the use of them in our
county, and TO this end we publish
the act entire, although it ncccssitatcs
the surrendering to it Of a large pro-
portion of our space;
SECTION !. That every package of
commercial fertilizer sold. offered, OF
exposed for sale, for manural purpose.
within this Commonwealth. shall have
plainly stamped thereon the name Of
the manufacturer the place Of manu-.
facturc, the net weight Of It's contents.
and an analysis stating the percentage
therein contained OF nitrogen, or ITS
equivalent in ammonia. in an available
form, of potash soluble in water, Of
soluble and reverted phoshoric acid.
aud of iusolublc phosphofic acid Pro.
rided, 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.
Sac .. Every manufacturer or i'm.
porter OF commercial fertilizers. as spec.
flied in section one 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 Secre-
tary Of the Commonwealth an affidavit
stating the amount OF said fertilizer or
tertiliEers.sold within the State during
the last preceding year, and II said
amount be one hundred tons or less.
he OF they shall pay to the treasurer Of
the State the sum Of ten dollars for
each and every such article of such
commercial fertilizer sold within the
State during the last preceding year.
and If 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. II
such manufacturer or manufacturers or
importers shall not have made any sales
within the Commonwealth during the
preceding year, 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 Sec.
retary of the Board Of Agriculture a
copy OF the analysis required by section
one OF this act, and shall be entitled to
receive from the Secretary Of the Com.
monwealth n certificate. which shall be
counterslgncd by the Secretary of the
Board OF Agriculture, showing that tha
provisions OF this act have been com.
piled with.
SIC. 3. Any person selling, offering.
!
fertilizer without the analysis REQUIRED
by section one Of this act, or with an
analysis stating that il contains a larger
percentage of any one or more of the
above named constituents than il con.
tanned therein, or for the sale OF which
all The provisions of section two have not
been complied with, shalt be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and on con.
vIction shall forfeit n sum not less than
twenty five and not exceeding one hun.
| dred dollars for the first oIcnse. and
not less than two hundred dollars for
each subsequent offense, one half of
which shall be for the use Of the infor.
mer and the remainder for the county
in which the conviction is secured
Provided, Said informer be the pur.
chaser and the goods be for his own use.
SEc. 4. II shall be the duty of the
Board Of Agriculture TO analyze such
specimens OF commercial fertilizers As
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