§ Mr. Sextonasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will consider amending the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act to bring within the Act lime and basic slag, and thereby ensure that the Treasury and the farmers are receiving genuine quality for the money spent on these fertilisers?
Mr. Morrison:The Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act already requires that every person who sells basic slag or the principal forms of lime that are used to increase the fertility of the soil shall deliver to the purchaser a statutory statement including prescribed particulars as to the quality of the article. The statutory statement has effect as a warranty, and" every purchaser has the right to have a sample of the article taken by an official sampler and analysed by the agricultural analyst, and to receive from the analyst a certificate of the result of his analysis. If the analysis discloses a deficiency or breach of warranty, it is open to the purchaser to decide whether to make a claim against the seller or not.