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Session Laws, 1989
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WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 369

[(f)] (G) "Custom-mix" means commercial fertilizer mixed on
specific request of a purchaser according to a formula furnished
by him.

[(g)] (H) "Distribute" means to import, manufacture,
produce, compound, mix, blend, barter, sell, offer for sale,
consign, furnish, provide, or otherwise supply commercial
fertilizer or soil conditioners as part of a commercial
enterprise.

[(h)] (I) "Fertilizer material" means a commercial
fertilizer containing a recognized plant nutrient, which is used
primarily for its plant nutrient content.

[(i)] (J) "Grade" means the percentage of total nitrogen
(N), available phosphoric acid (P205), and soluble potash (K20)
stated in whole numbers in the same terms, order, and percentages
as in the "guaranteed analysis". In the case of any "specialty
fertilizer" or "mixed-to-order fertilizer" guarantees may be
stated in decimal fractions of whole numbers.

[(j)] (K) "Gypsum" means any product that consists chiefly
of calcium sulfate intended for use for agricultural purposes.

[(k)] (L) "Guaranteed analysis" means the minimum
percentage of plant nutrient claimed as follows:

(1)  Total nitrogen (N), available phosphoric acid
(P205), soluble potash (K20);

(2)  For unacidulated mineral phosphatic materials and
basic slag, both total and available phosphoric acid and the
degree of fineness;

(3)  For bone, tankage, and other organic phosphatic
materials, total phosphoric acid;

(4)  Additional plant nutrients, when claimed, shall
be expressed in elemental form; and

(5)  Potential basicity or acidity may be expressed in
terms of calcium carbonate equivalent in multiples of 100 pounds
per ton.

[(l)] (M) "Label" means the display of all written,
printed, or graphic matter on the immediate container or a
statement accompanying a commercial fertilizer or soil
conditioner.

[ (m)] (N) "Labeling" means all written, printed, or graphic
matter on or accompanying any commercial fertilizer or soil
conditioner, or the contents of any advertisement, brochure,

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