stracts of the proceedings of the several agricultural societies and farmers' clubs in the State as may be advisable. The report shall show under separate heads the work of the Board relating to the different subjects herein mentioned.

Sec. 248. The Board shall collect authentic statistical information, as full as possible, relating to agriculture and agricultural products, farms and farm property, the manufacturing and mining industries of the State, which under a separate head, shall form a part of its annual report; and such information shall be complete as to unoccupied farms. The Board shall also publish such information in separate form showing by description and illustrations, the resources and attractions of Vermont; also the advantages the State offers and invitations it extends to capitalists, tourists, and farmers; and shall distribute the same in such manner as, in its judgment, will be most effective in developing the resources and advertising the advantages of the State.

Section 4346. The term "commercial fertilizer" as used in this chapter shall mean compounds and manufactured substances containing or represented as containing, two or more of the following ingredients, namely: nitrogen, ammonia, potash and phosphoric acid, but shall not apply to the separate ingredients used to manufacture the same, or to bone meal land plaster, lime, or any substance the product of nature, which has not been compounded.

Sec. 4347. The term "importer" as used in this chapter shall mean a person who procures or sells fertilizers made in other states.

Sec. 4348. Every lot or parcel of commercial fertilizer, or material used for manurial purposes, sold or exposed for sale, the retail price of which is ten dollars or more per ton, shall be accompanied by a plainly printed statement, clearly and truly certifying the number of net pounds of fertilizer in a package, the name, brand or trade-mark under which the

fertilizer is sold, the name and address of the manufacturer or importer, the place of manufacture, and a chemical analysis stating the percentage of nitrogen or its equivalent in ammonia, of potash soluble in distilled water and of phosphoric acid soluble in distilled water and reverted, as well as the total phosphoric acid. Fertilizers composed of other and cheaper materials, shall bear labels giving a correct general statement of the composition and ingredients thereof.

Sec. 4349. Before any commercial fertilizer, the retail price of which is ten dollars or more per ton, is sold, or exposed for sale, the importer, manufacturer or party who causes it to be sold or offers it for sale, shall file with the director of the agricultural experiment station a certified copy of the statement required by the preceding section, and shall also deposit with said director, at his request, a sealed jar, glass or bottle containing not less than one pound of the fertilizer, accompanied by an affidavit that it is a fair average sample thereof.

Sec. 4350. The manufacturer, importer or agent of a commercial fertilizer or material used for manurial purposes, the retail price of which is ten dollars or more per ton, shall, before the fertilizer is offered for sale, obtain a license from the state treasurer countersigned by the director of the agricultural experiment station, authorizing the sale of the same in the state and shall securely affix to each barrel, bag or other package of fertilizer the word "Licensed," with the date of the license. The manufacturer, importer or agent obtaining such license shall pay to the state one hundred dollars for the same and the license shall expire on the thirtyfirst day of December of the year for which it is issued. One license shall cover all brands manufactured by one party.

Sec. 4351. Manufacturers and importers of a commercial fertilizer sold or offered for sale, the retail price of which is ten dollars or more per ton, shall, before such fertilizer is sold, or exposed for sale, file with the state treasurer, a bond, with sureties residing within the state satisfactory to said treasurer, in the sum of one thousand dollars payable to the state and conditioned for the payment of fine and costs imposed on such manufacturers and importers for violating the provisions of this chapter, and such bond shall be renewed from time to time, as the state treasurer requires.

Sec. 4352. No person shall sell or expose for sale, any pulverized leather in any form, as a fertilizer, or as an ingredient thereof, without an explicit printed certificate of the fact conspicuously affixed to each package.

Sec. 4353. A person selling or exposing for sale a commercial fertilizer without the statement required by this chapter, or containing a smaller percentage of any one or more of the ingredients named than is specified on the label, or who

fails to comply with any of the preceding sections of this chapter, shall be fined fifty dollars for the first offense and one hundred dollars for each subsequent offense. This section shall not affect parties manufacturing, importing or purchasing fertilizers for their own use.

Sec. 4354. Manufacturers and importers of commercial fertilizers or wholesale dealers in the same shall, not later than the first day of February, annually, furnish the director of the agricultural experiment station with the names of the brands offered for sale and their agents in this State, and on the first of each succeeding month until May, such additional agents as in the meantime have been appointed.

Sec. 4355. Said director shall cause one analysis or more of each fertilizer or material used for manurial purposes, to be made annually and the result published monthly. He may, in person or by deputy, take a sample not exceeding two pounds in weight for analysis from any lot or package of fertilizer, or any material used for manurial purposes, which is in the possession of any manufacturer, importer, agent or dealer; but said sample shall be drawn in the presence of the party in interest, or his representative, and shall be taken from a parcel or number of packages which shall not be less than five of the whole lot inspected, and shall be thoroughly mixed and then divided into two equal samples and placed in glass · vessels, carefully sealed, and a label placed on each stating the name of the brand of the fertilizer or material sampled, the name of the party from whose stock the sample was drawn, and the time and place of drawing. Said label shall be signed by the director or his deputy and by the party in interest, or his representative present at the drawing and sealing of said samples; one of said duplicate samples shall be retained by the director and the other by the party whose stock was sampled.

Sec. 4356. The director of the agricultural experiment station shall notify the State Treasurer of all violations of this chapter and the State Treasurer shall commence a suit, in the name of the State on the bond required to be filed by such manufacturer or importer and prosecute the same to the final judgment.

Sec. 4357. Whenever any violations of this chapter are brought to the attention of the State Treasurer, he shall give written notice thereof to the manufacturers and importers, and they shall have not less than thirty days thereafter to comply with the requirements of the law.

Sec. 4358. If the fertilizer or fertilizing material is substantially equivalent to the statement of analysis made by the manufacturers or importers, no prosecution shall be had under this chapter. All analyses of fertilizers provided for by this act, including the collection of samples for such analyses, shall

be made by the director of the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station at the expense of said station, and so much of the license fees collected under this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer to the treasurer of said station as the director of said experiment station may show by his bills he has expended in performing the duties required by this chapter, but in no case to exceed the amount of the license fees received by the treasurer under this chapter, such payment to be made annually on or before the first day of September, upon the order of the State Auditor, who is hereby directed to draw his order for such purpose.

No. 81. AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF DAIRYMEN, RELATING TO TESTING MILK AND CREAM.

It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:

Section 1. All bottles, pipettes or other measuring glasses used by any person, firm or corporation, or their agents or employees, at any creamery, butter factory, cheese factory or condensed milk factory, or elsewhere in this State, in determining by Babcock test, or by any other test, the value of milk or cream received from different persons or parties at such creameries or factories, shall, before such use, be tested for accuracy of measurement and for accuracy of the per cent. scale marked thereon. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of the dairy school of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College to designate some competent person to test the accuracy of such bottles, pipettes, or other measuring glasses. The person thus designated shall so mark such bottles, pipettes, or other measuring glasses as are found correct in marks or characters which cannot be erased, which marks or characters shall stand as proof that they have been so tested; and no incorrect bottles, pipettes or other glasses shall be thus marked. The superintendent of the dairy school shall receive for such service the actual cost incurred and no more, the same to be paid by the persons or corporations for whom it is done.

Sec. 2. Each and every person, who, either for himself or in the employ of any other person, firm or corporation, manipulates the Babcock test, or any other test, whether mechanical or chemical, for the purpose of measuring the contents of butter fat in milk or cream as a basis for apportioning the value of such milk or cream, or the butter or cheese made from the same shall secure a certificate from the superintendent of the dairy school of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College that he or she is competent and well qualified to

perform such work. The rules and regulations in the application for such certificate and in the granting of the same shall be such as the superintendent of the school may arrange. The fee for issuing such certificates shall in no case exceed one dollar, the same to be paid by the applicant to the superintendent of the dairy school and to be used by the superintendent in meeting the expenses incurred under this section.

Sec. 3. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act, shall, on conviction in court of competent jurisdiction, be fined not more than twenty-five dollars for the first offense, and not more than fifty dollars for each subsequent offense. It shall be the duty of every sheriff, deputy sheriff and constable to institute complaint against any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act, and on conviction one-half of the fine shall go to the complainant and the balance to the State.

Approved November 19, 1898.

No. 82.-AN ACT IN RELATION TO CREAMERIES AND CHEESE FACTORIES AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SAME.

It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:

Section 1. Every owner, operator or manager of a creamery in this State whether co-operative or proprietary, shall monthly make and deliver to each of the patrons of said creamery a statement of the number of pounds of milk or cream such patron delivers for that month, together with the test, pounds of butter fat, gain per cent. from the churn, and actual pounds of butter produced from said milk, and the price paid for the same shall be computed on the actual pounds of butter.

Sec. 2. Any owner, operator or manager of any creamery, whether co-operative or proprietary who sells or otherwise disposes of any of the milk received at such creamery shall weigh and carefully sample the same and shall test such samples for the purpose of ascertaining the number of pounds of butter fat in such milk sold, or otherwise disposed of, and the gain per cent. which is found to be the gain from the churn for that month shall be the one used in ascertaining the actual number of pounds of butter produced from such milk as is sold or otherwise disposed of.