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Here©s Georgia! LIBRARIES - the Digital Library of Georgia

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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA<br />

drugs <strong>of</strong>fered for sale, and forwarding <strong>the</strong>m to <strong>the</strong> State Cehmist<br />

for analysis. Prompt action is taken by <strong>the</strong> department when<br />

violations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> laws are found.<br />

The Agricultural Department is required to enforce also <strong>the</strong><br />

laws regulating <strong>the</strong> sale <strong>of</strong> oil and gasoline. The State Oil<br />

Inspector has a staff <strong>of</strong> local inspectors covering all points in <strong>the</strong><br />

State where oil or gasoline is stored in tanks for distribution.<br />

The local inspectors make rigid tests, collect fees and report all<br />

irregularities, and <strong>the</strong> department acts accordingly.<br />

The chemical laboratories <strong>of</strong> this department, under <strong>the</strong> State<br />

Chemist, analyze all samples submitted by <strong>the</strong> inspectors and re<br />

port to <strong>the</strong> commissioner. Under <strong>the</strong> direction <strong>of</strong> an expert<br />

bacteriologist <strong>the</strong> laboratories grow soil bacteria for leguminous<br />

crops, and <strong>the</strong>se are distributed to <strong>the</strong> farmers <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> State at<br />

actual cost <strong>of</strong> distribution 25 cents an acre which is <strong>the</strong> lowest<br />

at which <strong>the</strong>y are provided by any state.<br />

The Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture is prepared to advise and assist<br />

everyone in <strong>the</strong> State who is ambitious to improve his lands or<br />

AN EXHIBIT AT SOUTHEASTERN FAIK, ATLANTA, 1815

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