The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-09-19
The following letter, received from our
Representative, Hon. W. s. Morgan. ex-
ulains ;tralf.

The following letter, received from ou
Representative, Hon. W. s. Morgan. ex
plains itself:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept. IL, 1888.
EDITOR HERALD:
Dear SIR The farmers of our county an
now using large quantities of artificial fer
tilizers, in the main with profitable results
but in some cases at great loss For this
loss there is no necessity. as the laws of oul
State afford ample protection to farmers, il
they will accept the facilities afforded them
for the detection and punishment of fraud,
by act of June -, 1879, which | herewith
enclose
The board will, in addition to the duties
set forth in the act, furnish with each anal
ysis The estimated market value of the sam
pie, SO that all may judge as to whether the
price at which it is sold is its fair market
value or not
AN ACT
TO REGULATE THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS.
SECTION /. BE IL enacted, DC, That every
package of commercial fertilizer sold, offer
ed or exposed for sale, for manural purposes
within this commonwealth, shall have
plainly stamped thereon the name of the
manufactures, the place of manufacture, the
net weight of its contents, and an analysis,
stating the percentage therein contained of
nitrogen, or its equivalent in ammonia in
an available form, of potash soluble in wa
ter, of soluble and reverted phosphoric acid.
and of soluble 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.
SEC. >. Every manufacturer or importer
of commercial fertilizers, as specified in Sec
tion one of this act, shall, on or before the
first day of August next ensuing, or before
offering the same for sale in this common
wealth, file annually in the Office of the
secretary of the commonwealth an affidavit
stating the amount of said fertilizer or fer
tilizers sold within the state during the last
preceding year and if sad 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 pack 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 i'm
porters shall not have made any sales with
in the commonwealth during the preceding
year, he or they shall pay the sum of ten
dollars as aforesaid every such manutac-
turer or importer, shall at the same time
file with the secretary of the board OF agri-
culture a copy of the analysis required by
section one of this act, and shall be entitled
TO receive from the secretary of the conf
monwealth a certificate, which shall be
by the secretary Of the board
of agriculture, showing that the provisions
of this act have been complied with.
SEC. 5. Any person selling offering or
for sale any commercial fertilizer,
without the analysis required by section
one of this act, or with an analysis stating
that it contains larger percentage of any
one or more OF the above named constitu-
ents than is contained therein, or for the
sale of which all of the provisions Of section
two have not been complied with, shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor and on
conviction shall forfeit 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 subsequent |
offense. one-half of which shall be for the
use of the informer, and the remainder for /
the county in which the conviction is secur-
ed: Prorided, Said informer be the pur-
chaser. and the goods be for his own
use.
SIC. 4. 1t shall be the duty of the board
Of agriculture 10 analyze such specimens of
fertilizers as may be furnished
Dy its agents, said samples to be accompan-
ed with proper proof, under oath or affir-
nation, that they were fairly drawn the
Zee for such analysis shall be determined by
he executive committee of the board, and
pc based upon a fixed rate for each deter
nination, shall in no case exceed seventy
i've per centum of the usual price paid for
uch services, and shall be payable from the
reasury of the commonwealth in the man
Ter as now provided by law.
SIC. 5. The money paid into the treasu-
V under the provisions of this act shall
onstitnte a special fund from which the
ost of such analysis shall be paid: PrOri- |
ed that the total amount thus expended ,
n any one year, shall in no case exceed the {
mount paid into the treasury during the 1
anne year. and that any moneys remaining !
n this special fund at the end of the year
hall be passed into the general fund for the
Sc of the state. i
SEC 6. The term commercial fertilizers |
s used in this act, shall be taken to mean ]
ny and every substance imported, manu- t
,ctured, prepared or sold for fertilizing or c
purposes, except barn-yard man a
re- mari, lime, and wood ashes. and not
xempt by the provisions of section one Of a
ls act {
SEC. Z. This act shall go into effect on and
fter the first day of August, one thousand
ght hundred and seventy-nine.
4pprored the 2sth day Of June 4. d. 1879. {
HENRY NJ HoYT, Governor.
The AMERICAN EvAPoRAroR.-Mr. A. A. c
tutzman informs us that he has reliable ini o
'rmation that the fruit crop, and especially {