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FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT
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Note on Adaptation
Under paragraph 6 of the Second Schedule to the Law Revision Act (Ch. 3:03) the Commission
amended certain references to public officers in this Chapter. The Minister’s approval of the
amendments was signified by LN 52/1980 and 120/1980, but no marginal reference is made
to this Notice where any such amendment is made in the text.
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FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Application of Act.
4. Licence to sell fertilisers and foods.
5. Warranties as to fertilisers and feeding stuffs.
6. Appointments.
7. Purchaser may have analysis made.
8. Regulations.
9. Penalties for breach of duty by seller.
10. Penalty for tampering.
11. Penalty for obstructing Official Sampler.
12. Penalty for selling without licence.
13. Prosecutions.
14. Jurisdiction of Justices.
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FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT
An Act respecting the sale of Agricultural Fertilisers and
Feeding Stuffs.
[20TH FEBRUARY 1909]
1. This Act may be cited as the Fertilisers and Feeding
Stuffs Act.
2. In this Act—
“Analyst” means any officer designated as such by Notification
issued by the Minister;
“cattle” means bulls, cows, oxen, heifers, calves, sheep, goats,
swine, horses, mules, and asses;
“Chief Analyst” means any Analyst designated as such by
Notification issued by the Minister;
“Official Sampler” means any officer designated as such by
Notification issued by the Minister;
“soluble” and “insoluble” mean respectively soluble and insoluble
in water, or, if so specified in the invoice, in a solution of
citric acid or other solvent of the prescribed strength; and
the percentage of soluble phosphates and percentage of
insoluble phosphates mean respectively the percentage of tri-
basic phosphate of lime which has been, and that which has
not been, rendered soluble.
3. This Act shall apply to wholesale as well as retail sales.
4. Every person who sells for use as a fertiliser of the soil or as
food for cattle or poultry any article which has been subjected to
any artificial process in Trinidad and Tobago or which has been
imported from abroad, shall take out an annual licence, which shall
expire on 31st December next after the granting thereof. The licence
shall be granted only to persons resident in Trinidad and Tobago by
the Commissioner of Police free of charge, and may be cancelled by
any Magistrate on second conviction for an offence against this Act.
1950 Ed.
Ch. 23. No.15.
1 of 1909.
Commencement.
Short title.
Interpretation.
[45 of 1979].
Application
of Act.
Licence to sell
fertilisers and
foods.
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5. (1) Every person who sells for use as a fertiliser of the
soil any article which has been subjected to any artificial process
in Trinidad and Tobago, or which has been imported from abroad,
shall give to the purchaser an invoice stating the name of the article
and what are the respective percentages (if any) of nitrogen, soluble
phosphates, insoluble phosphates, and potash contained in the
article; and the invoice shall have effect as a warranty by the seller
that the actual percentages do not differ from those stated in the
invoice beyond the prescribed limits of error.
(2) Every person who sells for use as a food for cattle or
poultry any article which has been artificially prepared, shall give
to the purchaser an invoice stating the name of the article, and
whether it has been prepared from one substance or seed or from
more than one substance or seed, and, in the case of any article
artificially prepared otherwise than by being mixed, broken,
ground, or chopped, what are the respective percentages (if any)
of oil and albuminoids contained in the article; and the invoice
shall have effect as a warranty by the seller as to the facts so stated,
except that as respects percentages the invoice shall have effect as
a warranty only that the actual percentages do not differ from those
stated in the invoice beyond the prescribed limits of error.
(3) Where any article sold for use as food for cattle or poultry
is sold under a name or description implying that it is prepared from
any particular substance or from any two or more particular substances,
or is the product of any particular seed or of any two or more particular
seeds, and without indication that it is mixed or compounded with
any other substance or seed, there shall be implied a warranty by the
seller that it is pure, that is to say, is prepared from that substance or
those substances only, or is a product of that seed or those seeds only.
(4) On the sale of any article for use as food for cattle or
poultry, there shall be implied a warranty by the seller, that the
article is suitable to be used as such.
(5) Any statement by the seller of the percentages of the
chemical and other ingredients contained in any article sold for use
as a fertiliser of the soil, or of the nutritive and other ingredients
contained in any article sold for use as food for cattle or poultry,
made in an invoice of the article, or in any circular or advertisement
descriptive of the article, shall have effect as a warranty by the seller.
Warranties as to
fertilisers and
feeding stuffs.
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(6) Where an article sold for use as a fertiliser of the soil
or as food for cattle or poultry consists of two or more ingredients
which have been mixed at the request of the purchaser, it shall be
a sufficient compliance with the provisions of this section with
respect to percentages if the invoice contains a statement of
percentages with respect to the several ingredients before mixture,
and a statement that they have been mixed at the request of
the purchaser.
6. (1) There shall be appointed in the public service such
number of Analysts and Official Samplers as may be necessary
for the purposes of this Act.
(2) No person shall, while holding the office of Chief
Analyst, Analyst, or Official Sampler under this Act, engage or be
interested in any trade, manufacture, or business connected with
the sale, or importation for sale, of articles used for fertilising the
soil or as food for cattle or poultry.
7. (1) Every purchaser of any article used for fertilising the
soil or as food for cattle or poultry shall, on payment to the Analyst
of the prescribed fee be entitled to have the article analysed and to
receive from the Analyst with all convenient speed a certificate of
the results of his analysis.
(2) An Official Sampler shall, at the request of the
purchaser and on payment by him of the required fee, and may,
without any such request, take a sample for analysis by the Analyst
of any such article as aforesaid which has been sold or exposed or
kept for sale, but, in the case of an article which has been sold, the
sample shall be taken at or before the time of delivery or during
the course of delivery to the purchaser, and in the presence of the
seller or his agent, or, in the absence of the seller or his agent, in
the presence of two witnesses.
(3) Where a sample has been taken with a view to the
institution of any civil or criminal proceeding, the person taking
the sample shall divide the sample into three parts, and shall cause
each part to be marked, sealed, and fastened up, and shall deliver
or send by post two parts to the Analyst and one part to the seller.
Appointments.
[45 of 1979].
Purchaser may
have analysis
made.
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(4) An Analyst to whom a sample is submitted for analysis
under this section—
(a) if the sample has not been divided into parts and
the parts marked, sealed, and fastened up as
mentioned in subsection (3), shall send a copy of
the certificate of his analysis to the person who
submitted the sample for analysis; and
(b) if the sample has been so divided into parts, shall
analyse one of the parts of the sample delivered
or sent to him and retain the other, and shall send
a certificate of his analysis in the prescribed form
and containing the prescribed particulars to the
person who submitted the sample for analysis,
and where that person is not the purchaser of the
article also to the purchaser, and in every case to
the seller and to such other persons (if any) as
may be prescribed, and shall report to the Minister
in the prescribed manner the result of any such
analysis. If the Analyst does not know the name
and address of the seller he shall send the
certificate intended for the seller to the purchaser,
to be by him forwarded to the seller.
(5) At the hearing of any civil or criminal proceeding
with respect to any article a sample whereof has been analysed
in pursuance of this section, the production of a certificate of
the Analyst, or, if a sample has been submitted to the Chief
Analyst, then of the Chief Analyst, shall be sufficient evidence
of the facts therein stated unless the defendant or person charged
requires that the Analyst or the person who made the analysis
is called as a witness.
This subsection shall not apply—
(a) where the sample has been taken otherwise than
in the prescribed manner; or
(b) where the sample has not been divided into parts
and the parts marked, sealed, and fastened up as
hereinbefore mentioned.
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(6) If in any such legal proceeding (other than a
proceeding which cannot be instituted until an analysis has been
made and a certificate given by the Chief Analyst) either party to
the proceeding objects to the certificate of the Analyst, the party
objecting shall, on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, be
entitled to have submitted to the Chief Analyst the part of the
sample retained by the Analyst, and to have that part analysed by
the Chief Analyst and to receive from him a certificate of the
result of his analysis.
(7) Where a sample is, under this section, sent for
analysis to the Chief Analyst or to an Analyst, there shall be sent,
with the sample, the invoice (if any) relating to the article from
which the sample was taken, or a copy of the invoice or of any
prescribed part thereof.
8. (1) The Minister may make Regulations—
(a) with respect to any matter which under this Act
is to be prescribed;
(b) as to the qualifications to be possessed by the
Chief Analyst, the Analyst, and the Official
Samplers;
(c) as to the manner in which analyses are to be made;
(d) as to the manner in which samples are to be taken
and dealt with; and
(e) generally, for the purpose of carrying this Act
into execution.
Nothing in this section, or in any Regulations made thereunder,
shall affect the right of the purchaser of an article used for fertilising
the soil, or as food for cattle or poultry, to have analysed by the
Analyst a sample of any article taken by him or at his request
otherwise than in accordance with the Regulations.
(2) All Regulations made under this section shall be laid
before Parliament as soon as may be after they are made.
Regulations.
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9. (1) Any person who sells any article for use as a fertiliser
of the soil or as food for cattle or poultry and who commits any of
the following offences, namely:
(a) fails without reasonable excuse to give, on or
before or within twenty-four hours after, the
delivery of the article, the invoice required by the
purchaser, Analyst, or Official Sampler for the
purpose of this Act;
(b) causes or permits any invoice or description of
the article sold by him to be false in any material
particular to the prejudice of the purchaser;
(c) sells for use as food for cattle or poultry any article
which contains any ingredient deleterious to cattle
or poultry or to which has been added any
ingredient worthless for feeding purposes and not
disclosed at the time of the sale,
is without prejudice to any civil liability, liable on summary
conviction for a first offence to a fine of one thousand dollars and
for any subsequent offence to a fine of two thousand dollars.
(2) In any proceeding under this section, it shall be no
defence to allege that the purchaser, having bought only for
analysis, was not prejudiced by the sale.
(3) A person alleged to have committed an offence under
this section in respect of an article sold by him shall be entitled
to the same rights and remedies, civil or criminal, against the
person from whom he bought the article as are available to the
person who bought the article from him; and any damages
recovered by him may, if the circumstances justify it, include the
amount of any forfeiture or penalty and costs paid by him on
conviction under this section, and the costs of and incidental to
his defence on the conviction.
10. Any person who fraudulently—
(a) tampers with any article so as to procure that any
sample of it taken in pursuance of this Act does
not correctly represent the article;
Penalties for
breach of duty
by seller.
Penalty for
tampering.
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(b) tampers with any sample taken under this Act; or
(c) tampers with any invoice produced in pursuance
of this Act,
is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars
or to imprisonment for six months.
11. If the owner, the purchaser, or the person entrusted for the time
being with the charge or custody of any article sold or intended to be
sold for use as a fertiliser of the soil or as food for cattle or poultry—
(a) refuses to allow an Official Sampler to take a sample
of the article for the purpose of analysis; or
(b) refuses to give the Official Sampler the invoice
of the article or a copy thereof, or of any
prescribed part thereof,
he is liable on summary conviction to a fine of four hundred dollars.
12. Any person who sells for use as a fertiliser of the soil or food
for cattle or poultry any article which has been subjected to any artificial
process in Trinidad and Tobago, or which has been imported from
abroad, without having in force a licence under section 4, is liable on
summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars.
13. A prosecution for an offence against this Act may be instituted
either by the person aggrieved, or by any member of the Police Service,
or by any body or association authorised in that behalf by the Minister,
but in the case of an offence under section 9 a prosecution shall not be
instituted by the persons aforesaid or by any such body or association
except on a certificate of the Director of Public Prosecutions that there
is reasonable ground for the prosecution.
14. All offences under this Act punishable on summary
conviction may be prosecuted before a Magistrate or Justice.
Penalty for
obstructing
Official
Sampler.
Penalty for
selling without
licence.
Prosecutions.
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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS REGULATIONS
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
REGULATION
1. Citation.
2. Interpretation.
3. Certificate of Analyst.
4. Analyst’s report.
5. Citric acid solvent.
6. Appointment of agent.
7. Invoice, etc., to be sent to Analyst.
8. Prescribed part of invoice.
9. Sampling.
10. Methods of analysis of fertilisers.
11. Methods of analysis of feeding stuff.
12. Use of prescribed weights.
13. Limits of error.
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FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS REGULATIONS
made under section 8
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fertilisers and
Feeding Stuffs Regulations.
2. In these Regulations—
“feeding stuff’ means any article used as food for cattle (as defined
by the Act, i.e., bulls, cows, oxen, heifers, calves, sheep,
goats, swine, horses, mules and asses) or poultry;
“fertiliser” means any article used for fertilising the soil;
“purchaser” and “seller” include their respective agents.
3. The Certificate of an Analyst, in the case of a sample
which has been divided into parts as provided in the Act, shall be
in such one of the forms set out as Forms A and B in the Schedule
as may be applicable to the case, with such variations as the
circumstances require.
4. Every Analyst shall, as soon as may be after 31st March,
30th June, 30th September, and 31st December in each year, report
to the Minister the results of all analyses made by him under
section 7(4)(b) of the Act during the three calendar months ending
on such dates respectively; and he shall also forthwith report to
the Minister the result of any such analysis in any case in which
any provision of the Act appears to him to have been infringed.
5. When in an invoice relating to basic slag or basic
superphosphate it is specified that a certain percentage of the
phosphate contained in the basic slag or basic superphosphate is
soluble in citric acid, this shall be taken to mean that it is capable
of being dissolved to the extent of such percentage when five grams
of the fertiliser and five hundred cubic centimetres of water,
containing ten grams of citric acid, are continuously agitated in a
flask or bottle of about one litre capacity for the period of half an
hour at the ordinary temperature.
G. 6. 5.1909.
Citation.
Interpretation.
Certificate of
Analyst.
Forms A and B.
Schedule.
Analyst’s report.
Citric acid
solvent.
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6. The purchaser of a fertiliser or feeding stuff may, for the
purposes of the Act, appoint an agent, in the form set out as
Form C in the Schedule, or in a form to the like effect.
7. Where a sample is, or parts of a sample are, under section 7
of the Act sent for analysis to the Chief Analyst or to an Analyst,
there shall be sent with the sample or parts the invoice (if any)
relating to the article from which the sample was taken, or a copy
of the invoice or of such part thereof as is hereinafter prescribed,
and also any circular or advertisement, or a copy thereof, of the
seller descriptive of the article which the purchaser may wish the
Analyst to consider in making his analysis and giving his certificate.
8. Where a copy of an invoice is sent to the Chief Analyst or
to an Analyst, in pursuance of the Act, there may be omitted from
the copy the name and address of, and any other matter which
would identify or disclose, the seller of the article to which the
invoice relates. The prescribed part of the invoice shall be the whole
thereof except such name, address and other matter as aforesaid.
9. Where, for the purposes of the Act, a sample is required to
be taken in the prescribed manner, or in accordance with Regulations
made under the Act, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The sample shall be taken in the following manner:
In the case of a fertiliser—
(i) When the fertiliser is delivered in bags or
other packages, a number of bags or
packages shall be selected as follows:
Not less than two bags or packages where
the quantity of the whole consignment does
not exceed one ton.
Not less than three bags or packages
where the quantity of the whole
consignment exceeds one ton and does
not exceed two tons.
Appointment of
agent.
Form C.
Schedule.
Invoice, etc., to
be sent to
Analyst.
Prescribed part
of invoice.
Sampling.
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Not less than four bags or packages
where the quantity of the whole
consignment exceeds two tons and does
not exceed three tons,
and, where the quantity exceeds three
tons, one additional bag or package for
every additional ton or part of a ton;
provided that in no case need more than
ten bags or packages be selected. The
selection shall be made from different
parts of the whole consignment.
(ii) The selected bags or packages shall be
opened separately and their contents
thoroughly mixed together with a wooden
spoon or paper knife. From each bag or
package, a portion not less than two pounds
in weight shall be set aside. The portions
so set aside shall then be thoroughly mixed
together and any lumps broken up by the
hand, spoon or knife. From this mixture a
sample from about two pounds to four
pounds in weight, shall be taken.
(iii) When the fertiliser is delivered in bulk, a
like number of portions, according to the
quantity of the whole consignment, shall
be taken from different parts of the whole
consignment and thoroughly mixed
together and a sample from about two
pounds to four pounds in weight, shall be
taken from the mixture.
(iv) When the fertiliser consists of bulky
material, uneven in character and likely to
get matted together, such as shoddy, wool
refuse, hair, sheep manure, etc., portions
are to be taken from the selected bags or
packages, or from different parts of the
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fertiliser if in bulk, the matted portions torn
up, and all the portions thoroughly mixed
together. The sample shall be taken from
the mixture and shall be not less than three
pounds in weight.
(v) As an alternative method, where neither the
seller nor the buyer signifies objection
thereto, the sample of a fertiliser delivered
in bags or other packages may be taken by
a sampling pale or spear or pipe or tube,
which shall not be less than twenty-four
inches in length, and two inches in
diameter. The sampling instrument shall be
pressed into the mouth of the bag or
package so as to pass through the entire
depth of the contents or to the extreme
length of the sampling instrument. The
several quantities thus taken from the
selected bags or packages, which shall be
at least double the number of bags or
packages required to be selected under
paragraph (i), shall be thoroughly mixed
together and a sample, from about two
pounds to four pounds in weight, shall be
taken from the mixture.
In the case of a feeding stuff—
(vi) When the feeding stuff is in the state of
grain or meal, it shall be sampled in the
same manner as prescribed for fertilisers.
When the feeding stuff is in the state of
cake, a number of cakes shall be selected,
from different parts of the whole
consignment, as follows:
Not less than five cakes where the
quantity of the consignment does not
exceed two tons.
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Not less than ten cakes where the quantity
exceeds two tons and does not exceed
five tons.
Not less than fifteen cakes where the
quantity exceeds five tons and does not
exceed fifty tons.
Not less than twenty-five cakes where the
quantity exceeds fifty tons.
(vii) The selected cakes shall either be passed
through a cake-breaker or be broken into
small pieces such as could be passed
through a one and a half inch sieve. The
broken cakes or the pieces shall be
thoroughly mixed, and from the mixture a
sample, not less than six pounds in weight,
shall be taken.
(viii) As an alternative method, three strips shall
be taken across the middle of each selected
cake; and each of the three parts, into which
(under section 7(3) of the Act) a sample is
to be divided, shall contain one strip of each
selected cake.
(ix) Where, on delivery of the consignment, any
appreciable portion of the feeding stuff is
found to be mouldy, sour, or otherwise
unsuitable for feeding purposes, separate
samples are to be taken of the unsuitable
portion and of the residue of the feeding stuff
respectively; and, in the case of unsuitable
cakes, the sample may consist of several
large pieces fairly representative thereof. An
estimate shall be made by the person taking
the sample as to the proportion of the feeding
stuff unsuitable for feeding purposes and
shall be communicated in writing by him to
the Analyst.
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(x) When the feeding stuff is in a fluid or
semi-fluid condition, three packages shall
be selected, and, after the contents have
been well stirred or shaken, a portion
shall immediately be taken from each.
The several portions shall then be
thoroughly mixed together in a clean
vessel, and from the mixture a sample,
from about two pounds to four pounds in
weight, shall be taken.
In the case of both fertilisers and feeding stuffs—
(xi) Where the quantity of the whole
consignment does not exceed two
hundredweights, the sample may consist of
such a portion of the consignment as is
fairly representative of the whole, and the
sample shall be of such a quantity that each
of the parts, into which (under section 7(3)
of the Act) it is to be divided, will be
sufficient to enable a proper analysis to be
made thereof.
(b) General directions as to sampling—
(xii) In every case the sampling shall be done
as quickly as is possible consistently with
due care, and the material shall not be
allowed to be exposed any longer than is
absolutely necessary.
(xiii) Each of the parts into which (under
section 7(3) of the Act) the sample is to
be divided, shall be packed in a dry, clean
bottle or jar, or (except in the case of a
fertiliser) in a dry clean tin, or in some
other suitable manner, so that the original
composition of the fertiliser or feeding
stuff may be preserved.
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(xiv) Each of the said parts of the sample shall
be so packed and secured that it cannot be
tampered with, and shall be sealed and
initialled by the person taking the sample.
It may also be sealed by the purchaser and
the seller, if present, and so desiring. If the
seller does not attend, the witness shall
initial it. It shall be marked with the name
of the article, the date and the place of the
sampling, and with some distinguishing
number, in such a manner that the
particulars so marked can be seen without
breaking the seal or seals.
(xv) Where a sample is taken in the presence
of, and sealed by, the seller as well as the
purchaser, it shall be deemed, as between
the purchaser and the seller, to have been
taken in accordance with these Regulations.
10. The methods of analysis of a fertiliser for the purposes of
the Act shall be as follows:
(i) Preparation of the Sample for Analysis
(a) In the case of powdered fertilisers in a dry, or
moderately dry condition, the sample shall be
passed through a sieve with perforations about
one millimetre in diameter.
Adventitious materials which cannot be
conveniently crushed, e.g., fragments of metal in
basic slag, shall be removed and allowed for.
(b) Other substances which are dry enough to
powder but which are not in a fine condition
shall be pulverised until the sample passes
through a sieve with perforations about one
millimetre in diameter.
Methods of
analysis of
fertilisers.
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(c) Wool, hair, hoof, shoddy and similar substances,
shall be pulled apart and cut until in a fine
condition; or, if dry, they may be passed through
a shredding machine.
(d) Moist fertilisers which do not admit of being
passed through a sieve shall be thoroughly mixed
by the most suitable means.
(e) In the case of horn, shoddy, and other substances
which gain or lose water during the process of
pulverising, the proportion of water shall be
estimated in the coarse and in the powdered
condition respectively, and the results of the analysis
of the powdered sample shall be calculated to the
water content of the original coarse substance.
(f) Crystalline or saline materials, such as sulphate of
ammonia, nitrate of soda, or potash salts, may be
prepared by being well mixed and rapidly ground
in a stoneware mortar, the portion finally reserved
for analysis being especially finely ground.
(g) When the sample has been passed through the
sieve and thoroughly mixed, or, if not passed
through the sieve, has been thoroughly mixed, a
part of it not being less than one hundred grams
shall be placed in a stoppered bottle, and from
this the portions for analysis shall be weighed.
(ii) Determination of Moisture (Loss on Drying)
A weighed quantity of the sample shall be dried at 100ºC.
(iii) Determination of Nitrogen
The presence or absence of nitrates must first be ascertained.
(A) Nitrogen in absence of Nitrates
(a) A weighed portion of the sample shall be
transferred to a Kjeldahl digestion flask; ten grams
of potassium sulphate and twenty-five cubic
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centimetres of concentrated sulphuric acid shall
be added, and the flask shall be heated until a
clear liquid, colourless, or of light straw colour is
obtained. The operation may be accelerated by
the addition of a small crystal of copper sulphate
or a globule of mercury to the liquid in the
digestion flask.
(b) The quantity of ammonia shall be determined
by distillation into standard acid after liberation
with alkali, and, where mercury has been used,
with the addition also of sodium or potassium
sulphide solution.
(B) Nitrogen when Nitrates are present
(a) A weighed portion of the sample shall be
transferred to a Kjeldahl digestion flask; thirty
cubic centimetres of concentrated sulphuric acid,
containing one gram of salicylic acid, shall be
added, and the flask shall be shaken so as to mix
its contents without delay. The shaking shall be
continued at intervals during ten minutes, the flask
being kept cool, and then five grams of sodium
thiosulphate and ten grams of potassium sulphate
shall be added. The flask shall be heated until the
contents are colourless or nearly so. Copper
sulphate or mercury may be used as above
described in paragraph (iii)(A)(a).
(b) The quantity of ammonia shall be determined as
above prescribed in paragraph (iii)(A)(b).
(C) Nitrogen in form of Ammonium Salts
A weighed portion of the sample shall be
transferred to a distillation flask, and the quantity
of ammonia shall be determined as above
prescribed in paragraph (iii)(A)(b).
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(D) Nitrogen in Nitrates in the absence of Ammonium Salts
and of Organic Nitrogen
One gram of the sample shall be placed in a
half-litre Erlenmeyer flask with fifty cubic
centimetres of water. Ten grams of reduced iron
and twenty cubic centimetres of sulphuric acid
of 1.35 specific gravity shall be added. The
flask shall be closed with a rubber stopper
provided with a thistle tube, the head of which
shall be half filled with glass beads. The liquid
shall be boiled for five minutes, and the flask
shall then be removed from the flame, any
liquid that may have accumulated among the
beads being rinsed back with water into the
flask. The solution shall be boiled for three
minutes more, and the beads again washed with
a little water. The quantity of ammonia shall
then be determined as above prescribed in
paragraph (iii)(A)(b).
In cases in which the proportion of nitrates
is small, a larger quantity of the sample shall
be taken.
(E) Control Experiment in Determination of Nitrogen
The materials used in any of the methods
described under this paragraph (iii) shall be
examined as to their freedom from nitrogen by
means of a control experiment carried out under
similar conditions with the same quantities of
the reagents which have been employed in the
actual analysis, in the case of (A) one gram of
pure sugar being used in place of the weighed
portion of the sample. The quantity of standard
acid used in the control experiment shall be
deducted from the total quantity of acid found
to have been neutralised in the distillation of
the sample.
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(iv) Determination of Phosphates
(a) Phosphates Soluble in Water
In the case of superphosphates, dissolved bones
and similar substances, twenty grams of the
sample shall be continuously agitated for thirty
minutes in a litre flask with eight hundred cubic
centimetres of water. The flask shall then be
filled to the mark, and again shaken, and the
contents shall be filtered. Fifty cubic centimetres
of the filtrate shall be boiled with twenty cubic
centimetres of concentrated nitric acid and the
phosphoric acid shall be determined by the
molybdate method prescribed below in
paragraph (iv)(d).
In the case of fertilisers in which the proportion
of phosphates soluble in water is small, a larger
quantity of the filtrate prepared as above shall
be taken.
(b) Phosphates Soluble in the prescribed Citric
Acid Solution
Five grams of the sample shall be transferred
to a stoppered bottle of about one litre capacity.
Ten grams of pure crystallised citric acid
shall be dissolved in water, the volume shall
be made up to five hundred cubic centimetres,
and the solution shall be added to the weighed
portion of the sample in the bottle. To lessen
the possibility of caking, the portion of the
sample in the bottle may be moistened with
five cubic centimetres of alcohol or methylated
spirit before the citric acid solution is added;
and in that case the volume of the citric acid
solution shall be four hundred and ninety-five
cubic centimetres instead of five hundred
cubic centimetres. The bottle shall be at once
fitted into a mechanical shaking apparatus and
shall be continuously agitated during thirty
minutes. The solution shall then be filtered
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through a large “folded” filter, the whole of
the liquid being poured on the paper at once.
If not clear, the filtrate shall be again poured
through the same paper.
Fifty cubic centimetres of the filtrate shall be
taken and the phosphoric acid shall be determined
by the molybdate method prescribed below in
paragraph (iv)(d).
(c) Total Phosphoric Acid
A weighed portion of the sample in which portion,
if necessary, the organic matter has been destroyed
by ignition and the silica removed by appropriate
means, shall be dissolved in nitric acid and boiled,
the solution being made up to a definite bulk. The
phosphoric acid shall be determined in an aliquot
part of the solution by the molybdate method
prescribed below in paragraph (iv)(d).
(d) Molybdate Method
To the solution, which should preferably contain
from 0.1 to 0.2 gram of phosphoric oxide (P2O5),
obtained as above described in paragraphs (iv)(a),
(b), or (c), one hundred to one hundred and fifty
cubic centimetres of molybdic acid solution prepared
as described below, or an excess of such solution,
i.e., more than is sufficient to precipitate all the
phosphoric oxide present in the solution, shall be
added, and the vessel containing the solution shall
be placed in a water bath maintained at 70ºC., for
fifteen minutes, or until the solution has reached
70ºC. It shall then be taken out of the bath and
allowed to cool, and the solution shall be filtered,
the phospho-molybdate precipitate being washed
several times by decantation and finally on the paper
with one per cent nitric acid solution. The filtrate
and washings shall be mixed with more molybdic
acid solution and allowed to stand for some time in
a warm place in order to ascertain that the whole of
the phosphoric oxide has been precipitated.
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The phospho-molybdate precipitate shall be
dissolved in cold two per cent ammonia solution,
prepared as described below, and about one
hundred cubic centimetres of the ammonia
solution shall be used for the solution and
washings. Fifteen to twenty cubic centimetres
of magnesia mixture prepared as described
below, or an excess of such mixture, i.e., more
than sufficient to precipitate all the phosphoric
oxide present, shall then be added drop by drop,
with constant stirring. After standing at least two
hours with occasional stirring the precipitate
shall be filtered off, washed with two per cent
ammonia solution, dried, and finally weighed as
magnesium pyrophosphate. The filtrate and
washings shall be tested by the addition of more
magnesia mixture.
(e) Preparation of Molybdic acid solution
The molybdic acid solution shall be prepared as
follows:
One hundred and twenty-five grams of
molybdic acid and one hundred cubic
centimetres of water shall be placed in a
litre flask, and the molybdic acid shall
be dissolved by the addition, while the
flask is shaken, of three hundred cubic
centimetres of eight per cent ammonia
solution, prepared as described below.
Four hundred grams of ammonium
nitrate shall be added, the solution shall
be made up to the mark with water, and
the whole added to one litre of nitric acid
(Sp. Gr. 1.19). The solution shall be
maintained at about 35ºC. for twenty-four
hours and then filtered.
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(f) Preparation of Magnesia mixture
The magnesia mixture shall be prepared as follows:
One hundred and ten grams of crystallised
magnesium chloride and one hundred and
forty grams of ammonium chloride shall be
dissolved in one thousand three hundred cubic
centimetres of water. This solution shall be
mixed with seven hundred cubic centimetres
of eight per cent ammonia solution, and the
whole shall be allowed to stand for not less
than three days and shall be then filtered.
(g) Preparation of the Ammonia solutions
The eight per cent ammonia solution shall be
prepared as follows:
One volume of ammonia solution of Sp. Gr.
0.880 shall be mixed with three volumes of
water. This solution shall then be adjusted
by the addition thereto of more strong
ammonia solution or water as required until
the specific gravity of the solution is 0.967.
The two per cent ammonia solution shall be
prepared as follows:
One volume of eight per cent ammonia
solution shall be mixed with three volumes
of water.
(v) Determination of Potash
(a) Muriate of Potash free from Sulphates
A weighed portion of the sample (about five
grams in the case of concentrated muriate of
potash or ten grams in the case of low-grade
muriate) shall be dissolved in water, the solution
shall be filtered if necessary and made up to five
hundred cubic centimetres. To fifty cubic
centimetres of the solution, placed in a porcelain
basin, a few drops of hydrochloric acid shall be
added, and also ten cubic centimetres or twenty
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cubic centimetres (according to whether the
portion weighed was five grams or ten grams)
of a solution of platinum chloride containing ten
grams of platinum per one hundred cubic
centimetres. After evaporation to a syrupy
consistency on a water-bath, the contents of the
basin shall be allowed to cool and shall then be
treated with alcohol of specific gravity 0.864,
being washed by decantation until the alcohol
is colourless. The washings shall be passed
through a weighed or counterpoised filter paper,
on which the precipitate shall be finally
collected, washed with alcohol as above, dried
at 100ºC. and weighed.
The precipitate is to be regarded as K2PtCl6.
(b) Salts of Potash containing Sulphates
A weighed portion of the sample (about five
grams in the case of concentrated sulphate of
potash or ten grams in the case of kainit or other
low-grade salts) shall be boiled with twenty cubic
centimetres of hydrochloric acid and three
hundred cubic centimetres of water in a half-litre
flask. Barium chloride solution shall be cautiously
added, drop by drop, to the boiling solution until
the sulphuric acid is completely precipitated. Any
slight excess of barium shall be removed by the
addition of the least possible excess of dilute
sulphuric acid. The liquid (without filtration) shall
be cooled and made up to five hundred cubic
centimetres. A portion shall then be filtered, and
fifty cubic centimetres of the filtrate shall be
treated as in paragraph (v)(a), ten cubic
centimetres or twenty cubic centimetres of
platinum chloride solution, as the case may be,
being used.
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(c) Potash in Guanos, and mixed Fertilisers
Ten grams of the sample shall be gently ignited
in order to char organic matter, if present, and
shall then be heated for ten minutes with ten
cubic centimetres of concentrated hydrochloric
acid, and finally boiled with three hundred
cubic centimetres of water. The liquid shall be
filtered into a half-litre flask, raised to the
boiling point, and a slight excess of powdered
barium hydrate shall be added. The contents of
the flask shall be cooled, made up to five
hundred cubic centimetres and filtered. Of the
filtrate two hundred and fifty cubic centimetres
shall be treated with ammonia solution and
excess of ammonium carbonate, and then, while
boiling, with a little powdered ammonium
oxalate, cooled, made up to five hundred cubic
centimetres and filtered. Of the filtrate, one
hundred cubic centimetres are to be evaporated
in a platinum dish, and the residue heated, first
in the air-bath and then very gently over a low
flame, till all ammonium salts are expelled, the
temperature being carefully kept below that of
low redness. The residue shall be treated with
hot water, filtered if necessary, and the potash
shall be determined in the filtrate as in
paragraph (v)(a).
11. The methods of analysis of a feeding stuff for the purposes
of the Act shall be as follows:
(i) Preparation of the Sample
(a) If the sample is already in a fine condition, e.g., a
meal, it shall be thoroughly mixed, and a portion
for the determination of the moisture shall be at
once taken.
Methods of
analysis of
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(b) If the sample is not in a fine condition, e.g., a
cake, it shall be carefully pulverised until the
whole passes through a sieve with perforations
from two to three millimetres in diameter. It
shall then be thoroughly mixed, and a portion
for the determination of the moisture shall be
at once taken.
(c) From the sample thus prepared, a portion not less
than one hundred grams in weight shall be taken
and further powdered if necessary and passed
through a sieve with perforations of about one
millimetre in diameter.
(d) If the original sample is appreciably damp, or
if for any reason the operations of pulverisation
and mixing are likely to result in loss or gain
of moisture, the moisture shall be determined
in this portion, as well as in the sample prepared
as in paragraph (i)(b), in order that the results
of the analysis may be corrected to correspond
with the sample in its original condition as
regards moisture.
(e) Materials which cannot be conveniently
pulverised or passed through a sieve shall be
thoroughly mixed and sampled by the most
suitable means.
(f) The prepared portion of the sample shall be placed
in a stoppered bottle and from it the portions for
analysis shall be weighed.
(ii) Determination of Moisture—(Loss on Drying)
A weighed quantity of the sample shall be dried at 100ºC.
(iii) Determination of Oil
(a) A weighed quantity of the sample shall be placed
in a Soxhlet thimble, which shall then be placed
in the Soxhlet extraction tube and extracted with
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washed, re-distilled ether. At the end of three to
four hours the thimble shall be removed from the
Soxhlet tube, dried, and its contents finely ground
in a small mortar previously rinsed with ether.
The substance shall then be returned to the
thimble, the mortar being washed out with ether,
and the extraction continued for another hour.
After evaporation of the solvent the oil shall be
dried at 100ºC. and weighed. The oil shall be re-
dissolved in ether and any undissolved matter
shall be weighed and deducted.
(b) In the case of samples containing saccharine
matter, e.g., sugar meals, the weighted portion in
the Soxhlet thimble shall be washed twice with
water, and then dried, previous to the extraction.
(iv) Determination of Albuminoids
The percentage of albuminoids shall be
ascertained by multiplying the percentage of
nitrogen by 6.25.
The determination of nitrogen shall be as follows:
A weighed portion of the sample shall be
transferred to a Kjeldahl digestion flask; ten
grams of potassium sulphate and twenty-five
cubic centimetres of concentrated sulphuric
acid shall be added, and the flask heated until
a clear liquid, colourless or of light straw
colour is obtained. The operation may be
accelerated by the addition of a small crystal
of copper sulphate or a globule of mercury
to the liquid in the digestion flask.
The quantity of ammonia shall be determined
by distillation into standard acid after
liberation with alkali, and, where mercury has
been used, with the addition also of sodium
or potassium sulphide solution.
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The materials used shall be examined as to
their freedom from nitrogen by means of a
control experiment carried out under
similar conditions with the same quantities
of the reagents which have been employed
in the actual analysis, one gram of pure
sugar being used in place of the weighed
portion of the sample. The quantity of
standard acid used in this control
experiment shall be deducted from the total
quantity of acid found to have been
neutralised in the distillation of the sample.
12. In calculating the results of analyses the atomic weights
adopted by the International Committee on Atomic Weights shall
be employed.
13. For the purposes of section 5 of the Act, concerning the
effect, as a warranty, of the statements made in the invoice of a
fertiliser or of a feeding stuff (as above defined) respecting the
percentages of nitrogen, phosphates, and potash contained in
the fertiliser, or of oil and albuminoids contained in the feeding
stuff, the limits of error shall be set forth in Forms D and E of
the Schedule.
Use of
prescribed
weights.
Limits of error.
Forms D and E.
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SCHEDULE
FORM A
CERTIFICATE FOR FERTILISER
I, the undersigned, Analyst, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs
Act, hereby certify that I received on the .............. day of .........................................., 20...... from
(a) ........................................... two parts of a sample of (b) .................... for analysis; which parts
were duly sealed and fastened up and marked (c) ........................., and were accompanied by the
annexed (d) (copy of an) invoice, and also by the annexed (d) circular and advertisement, and
that at the request of (e) ..........................., I have analysed one of the said parts and declare the
result of my analysis to be as follows:
I am of opinion that the said part contained the following percentages:
(f) Nitrogen … … … … per cent
(g) Phosphates Soluble … … … ”Insoluble … … … ”
(h) Potash … … … … … ”
(i)
The analysis was made in accordance with the methods of analysis prescribed in the Regulations.
As witness my hand this ........... day of ..................................., 20......
[Name of Analyst]
Analyst at Port-of-Spain
(a) Here insert the name of the person delivering the sample, and if so “by post”.
(b) Here insert the name of the article as stated on the invoice.
(c) Here insert the distinguishing mark on the sample.
(d) The invoice or copy invoice, and any circular or advertisement given to the
Analyst will be initialled by the Analyst for purposes of identification and
annexed to this Certificate.
(e) Here insert name of the person requesting the analysis.
(f) The Analyst may, in his discretion, add a statement of the amount of ammonia
to which the amount of nitrogen stated in the certificate is equivalent.
(g) The phosphates in both cases to be given in terms of tribasic phosphate of
lime and in accordance with the definitions of “soluble” and “insoluble”
contained in section 2 of the Act.
(h) The potash to be given in terms of potassium oxide, K2O.
(i) Here state—
(i) The percentages of chemical and other ingredients present, when any
statement of such percentages is contained in the invoice, or in any
accompanying circular or advertisement descriptive of the article.
(ii) In what respect, if any, the invoice or the description of the article
contained in any such circular or advertisement, is false in any material
particular to the prejudice of the purchaser.
{
Regulation 3.
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FORM B
CERTIFICATE FOR FEEDING STUFF
I, the undersigned, Analyst, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs
Act, hereby certify that I received on the ......... day of ......................................................... 20......,
from (a) .............. two parts of a sample of (b) ......... for analysis, which parts were duly sealed and
fastened up and marked (c) ........... and were accompanied by the annexed (d) (copy of an) invoice,
and also by the annexed (d) circular and advertisement, and that at the request of (e) ..............................
I have analysed one of the said parts and declare the result of my analysis to be as follows:
I am of opinion that the said part contained the following percentages:
Oil … … … … … … per cent
(f) Albuminoids … … … … … ”
(g)
and that (h)
The analysis was made in accordance with the methods of analysis prescribed in the Regulations.
As witness my hand this ............... day of ......................................., 20......
[Name of Analyst]
Analyst at Port-of-Spain
(a) Here insert the name of the person delivering the sample, and if so “by post”.
(b) Here insert the name of the article as stated on the invoice.
(c) Here insert the distinguishing mark on the sample.
(d) The invoice or copy invoice, and any circular or advertisement given to the Analyst, will
be initialled by the Analyst for purposes of identification and annexed to this Certificate.
(e) Here insert name of the person requesting the analysis.
(f) The percentage of albuminoids is to be taken as the percentage of nitrogen multiplied by 6.25.
(g) The percentages of nutritive and other ingredients present, when any statement of such
percentages is contained in the invoice, or in any accompanying circular or advertisement
descriptive of the article.
(h) Here state, as the case may be—
(i) Whether the composition of the article agrees with the statements contained in the
invoice, and with the name or description under which the article is sold, so far as
the same implies that it is prepared from one particular substance or seed only, or
from two or more particular substances or seeds only; and, if not, in what respect.
(ii) In what respect, if any, the invoice or description of the article contained in any
such circular or advertisement, is false in any material particular to the prejudice
of the purchaser.
(iii) Whether the article is suitable for feeding purposes for cattle (as defined by the
Act), or for poultry, as the case may be; and if not, in what respect.
(iv) Whether the article contains any ingredient deleterious to cattle (as defined by
the Act), or to poultry, as the case may be, or any ingredient worthless for feeding
purposes and not disclosed in the invoice; and, if so, whether, in either case, to
an extent materially prejudicial to the purchaser.
(v) Where separate samples are taken of the portion of a feeding stuff which is
mouldy, sour, or otherwise unsuitable for feeding purposes, and also of the residue
of the feeding stuff, state the estimated proportion of the unsuitable feeding stuff
in the certificate relating to the unsuitable portion.
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FORM C
APPOINTMENT BY PURCHASER OF AGENT FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THE FERTILISERS AND FEEDING
STUFFS ACT
I, A.B., of ........................ hereby appoint C.D. of ........................., or the Secretary for the time
being of the .......................... Association (or as the case may be) to do on my behalf all things
necessary for the purpose of obtaining an analysis under the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, of
the fertiliser or feeding stuff bought by me under an invoice a copy of which is annexed.
....................................
Signature
FORM D
FERTILISERS
Note—In this Schedule the figures relating to limits of Error represent percentages of the whole bulk.
Example of Application of Schedule—E.g., in the case of a Bone Compound, if the percentages
stated in the invoice are, soluble phosphates, 20; insoluble phosphates, 8; nitrogen, 1; then the
warranty implied under section 5(1) of the Act will be that the fertiliser contains: soluble phosphates,
19 to 21 per cent; insoluble phosphates, 7 to 9 per cent; nitrogen, 0.7 to 1.3 per cent.
1. Superphosphate … … …
2. Dissolved Bones (Vitriolised or Vitriolated)
made from Raw Bones and Acid only—
(I) When the total of the percentages of
Phosphates (soluble and insoluble)
stated in the invoice amounts to thirty-
two or more, then—
(a) If the excess of the actual
percentage of insoluble
Phosphates over that stated in the
invoice is three or more …
(b) If such excess is not less than
two, but is less than three …
(c) If such excess is not less than
one, but is less than two …
(II) In all other cases … …
3. Bone Compounds… … …
4. Compound Manures (other than Bone
Compounds, but including Dissolved or
Equalised Guano)—
(a) If the respective percentages of
Nitrogen and Potash stated in the
invoice do not exceed four…
(b) If such respective percentages exceed
four … …
Description of Fertiliser
Limits of Error
Soluble
Phos-
phates
Insoluble
Phos-
phates
Nitrogen Potash
1
1
4
3
2
1
1
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
1
1
—
—
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.5
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0.3
0.5
Regulation 6.
Regulation 13.
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34 Chap. 63:55 Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
2
2
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
—
1
—
—
0.5
—
—
0.5
0.75
1
—
—
—
—
2
—
2
2
—
—
—
—
3
5
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
*2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5. Sulphate of Ammonia … …
6. Nitrate of Soda … … …
7. Ground Hooves and Horns … …
8. Dried Blood … … …
9. Fish Guano and Meat Meal … …
10. All Cakes and Meals (other than Bone or
Meat Meal) … … …
11. Ground Bones and Bone Meal …
12. Basic Slag and Basic Superphosphate …
13. Shoddy, Wool, and Hair Waste
14. Kainit and other Potash Salts—
(a) Where the percentage of potash stated
in the invoice does not exceed fifteen
(b) Where such percentage exceeds fifteen
15. Nitrate of Potash … … …
16. Peruvian and other natural Imported
Guanos—
(a) Where the percentage of insoluble
Phosphate stated in the invoice does not
exceed thirty … … …
(b) Where such percentage of insoluble
Phosphate exceeds thirty… …
(c) Where the percentage of Nitrogen
stated in the invoice does not exceed
three … … …
(d) Where such percentage of Nitrogen
exceeds three and does not exceed five
(e) Where such percentage of Nitrogen
exceeds five … … …
Description of Fertiliser
Limits of Error
Soluble
Phos-
phates
Insoluble
Phos-
phates
Nitrogen Potash
*That is soluble in solution of Citric Acid of the prescribed strength.
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Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Regulations [Subsidiary]
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FORM E
FEEDING STUFFS
Note—In this Schedule the percentage of albuminoids is to be taken as the percentage of
nitrogen multiplied by 6.25.
Example of Application of Schedule—E.g., in the case of a linseed cake, if the percentages
stated in the invoice are, oil, 10; albuminoids, 30; then the warranty implied under section 5(2) of
the Act will be that the linseed cake contains: oil, 8.75 to 11.25 per cent; albuminoids, 26.25 or
33.75 per cent.
One-tenth of the percentage of oil and one-
tenth of the percentage of albuminoids stated
in the invoice
One-eighth of the percentage of oil and one-
eighth of the percentage of albuminoids
stated in the invoice
One-fifth of the percentage of oil and one-
fifth of the percentage of albuminoids stated
in the invoice.
Decorticated Cotton Cake or Meal …
Undecorticated Cotton Cake or Meal …
Earth Nut or Ground Nut Cake or Meal …
Palm Kernel or Palm Nut Cake or Meal …
Coconut Cake or Meal … …
Niger Seed Cake or Meal … …
Sesame Seed Cake or Meal … …
Sunflower Seed Cake or Meal … …
Hemp Seed Cake or Meal … …
Kurdee or Safflower Cake or Meal …
Compound Cakes and Meals … …
Linseed Cake or Meal … …
Rape Cake or Meal… … …
Maize Products … … …
All other feeding stuffs (as above defined in
regulation 2) not otherwise specified in this
Schedule … … …
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}
}
Description of Feeding Stuff Limits of Error
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