Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-03-21
THE new FERTILIZER LAW.
A DOCUMENT OF IMPORTANCE TO
THE FARMING COMMUNITY.

A DOCUMENT OF IMPORTANCE TO
THE FARMING COMMUNITY.
We publish below the new fertilizer law
passed by the legislature. Every farmer
who buys fertilizer now. can have analysed
an agreed fair sample and protect himself
without cost. Important changes have
been made by this law which the agrlcul-
tural public ought to know:
An Act Entitled an Act to Protect and Advance
Agriculture by Regulating the Sale and Purity
and Conditions Upon hich They Are to Be
Sold, and Fixing the Penalties Incurred for
Violations of the same.
Improved February "a, 1901
Be 1T enacted by the General assembly
of Virginia, That the Commissioner OF
Agriculture shall have special charge Of the
inspection and analysis Of fertilizers, OF
chemicals, OF ingredients for manufacture
ing the same sold OF offered for sale in this
State.
2. 1t shall be the duty of any manufac-
turer OF dealer in commercial fertilizers an
nually, before the same are offered for sale
in this State, to pay to the Commissioner
OF Agriculture registration-fee of one
hundred dollars, and to submit to the Com
missioner OF Agriculture written OF prin-
ted statement setting fOrth-firSt, the name
and brands under which his said fertilizers
are to be sold, the number of pounds con-
tanned, OIL to be contained, in the package
in which they are to be put upon the mark
ct for sale, and the name OF names of the
manufacturers and the place OF manufac-
ture second, a statement setting forth the
of ft,or ,,DI
they are willing to guarantee said fertili-
zer to contain-first, ammonia; second,
available phosphoric acid; third, insoluble
phosphoric acid; fourth, potash soluble in
water. Such statements so to be furnished
= shall be considered as constituting a guar
antee to the purchaser that every package
of such fertilizer contains not less than the
per centum Of each a. ingredient set forth in
this statement. This shall, however, not
preclude the party making the statement,
from setting forth any other ingredient
: which his fertilizer may contain, which adj
q; ditional ingredient shall be considered as
= embraced in the guarantee above stated.
: 3. Every person proposing to deal in
commercial fertilizers shall, after filing the
! statement above provided for with the
Commissioner OF Agriculture, receive frC m
J thesaid Commissioner of Agriculture GER
tifcate stating that he has complied with
the foregoing section, which certificate
shall be furnished by the commissioner
without any charge therefor; the said certi-
ficate, when furnished, shall authorize the
\ party receiving the same to manufacture
for SIDE in this State, OIL to sell in this State,
directly OIL through dealers OF agents, the
brands named in said certificate. n person
who has failed to pay the fee aforesaid, to
file the statement aforesaid, and to receive
Jhe certificate OF authority aforesaid, shall
be authorized to manufacture OF offer for
sale in this State commercial fertilizers,
and any person so manufacturing for sale
in this State, OF so dealing OF selling,
without having paid the aforesaid fee, filed
the aforesaid statement, and received the
certificate aforesaid Except dealers and
agents selling OIL offering for sale fertilizers
Oh which the fee has been paid by and GER
tificate issued to the manufacturers, as
provided in sections 2 and Of this act)
shall be liable for each violation to fine
not exceeding $1,000. which fine shall be
recoverable before any court OF competent
jurisdiction. at the suit of the Commits
sioner of Agriculture Oh of any citizen and
shall be disposed of as hereafter provided.
4. All fertilizers, Oh chemicals OIL ingre-
dents for manufacturing OIL composing
the same, offered for sale OF distribution in
this State, Shall have printed upon OIL at
tached to each bag, barrel, OF package, in
such manner as The Commissioner OF Agri-
culture may by regulation establish, the
guaranteed analysis OF such fertilizer, OIL
chemical, OF ingredient, as claimed by the
manufacturer, showing the per centum of
valuable ingredients such fertilizer OF chem
icals contains, which shall be the same as
that contained in the statement required to
be submitted to the Commissioner of Agri-
culture, except when the fertilizer, OF chem
ical, OF ingredient is shipped in bulk.
5. The Commissioner OF Agriculture
shall obtain fair samples of all brands of
fertilizers sold Oh offered for sale in this
4 State by manufacturers OIL dealers, and Shall
have them analysed by the official chemist,
4 and shall publish the analysis for the infor-
nation of the public.
6. Every person who sells lot OF pack
age Of commercial fertilizer, OF chemical,
OF ingredient for manufacturing the same,
h upon the request of the purchaser shall
draw from the same, and in the presence of
the purchaser OF agent, a fair and correct
sample, and in the presence of both seller
and buyer the sample thus drawn shall then
be put in glass or tin vessel and securely
sealed, and there shall then be placed on said
vessel label, and on said label shall be in
scribed a certificate signed by both parties,
B setting forth that the enclosed sample is a
< fair and correct sample, the name of the
manufacturer, name of fertilizer from
4 which the sample was drawn, and time and
B place when it was drawn, and the vessel
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\ Commissioner Of Agriculture, and the
Commissioner of Agriculture, on the an
alysis of said sample, shall forward one
copy to the seller and one copy to the
purchaser of said fertilizer. If the analysis
Of any fertilizer obtained through an inspec-
\ ton, OF in the manner above prescribed
z shall fall 10 per centum in value below the
b value OF the manufacturer guaranteed
n analysis, the Commissioner of Agriculture
shall forbid it's further sale in this State
and the purchaser shall be entitled to re-
cover of the manufacturer the purchase
money thereof, provided, the purchase-price
has been paid by HIM, and the seller shall be
debarred from any recovery of the purchase
price OF said fertilizer if the same is then
unpaid, but an appeal shall lie from the de-
cision of the Commissioner of Agriculture
to the Board of Agriculture, who shall give
due notice to the manufacturer, and hear
ing with full opportunity to produce
evidence before them. The decision of the
Board of Agriculture shall be final
I 7. The copy Of the official chemists an
y alysis of any fertilizer Oh chemical certified
N to by him shall be admissible as evidence in
= any court Of this State on the trial of any
thing involving the merits of said fertilizer.
8. The Board Of Agriculture shall adopt
all needful rules and regulations providing