FERTILISERS ACT

Dominion, Volume 17, Issue 288, 22 August 1923, Page 9

FERTILISERS ACT

Sir, —In your report of the Wairarapa Provincial Executive of the Farmers’ Union meeting, tlie words “the proposal to place the liability of any deficiency in the guaranteed analysis on the retailer was not favoured” are correct only as far as Dr. Reakes s reply is concerned. Dr. Reakes has evidently misunderstood us. Tho only clause in my motion in which the word retailer appears reads thus; “The manufacturers or importers whose names ate branded on the bags and not the retailer be made liable for any deficiency in the guaranteed anaIjsis.” Under the Act at present in force, if a purchaser doubts tho correctness of the analysis and wishes to take legal proceedings, ho must give notice to an inspector within ten days of receiving the fertiliser. Therefore, if a retailei has been in possession of a fertiliser for over ten days, and has not notified an inspector tnat he desires him to take a*sample for analysis, he can do nothing, although legal proceedings may be taken against Him by anyone to whom ho may -ell, ; roviding, of course, that the purchaser gives notice to an inspector within the specified ten days. Apologising for -trespassing on your valuable snace, —I am. <tc., A. JIUGHAN. Ekctahuna, ,4ugust 8.