Section 446 - Chemistry (Adm. Code Section 1706)The Department of Agriculture shall have the power, and its duty shall be:
(a) To purchase from wholesale or retail dealers, for the purpose of making chemical analyses, any fertilizers, lime, and lime products, feeds, feeding-stuffs, insecticides, fungicides, paints, oils, turpentine, putties, or materials or ingredients used in the manufacture or compound of any such fertilizers, lime, and lime products, feeds, feeding-stuffs, insecticides, fungicides, paints, oils, turpentine, or putties, and to make examinations and analyses thereof, whenever the Secretary of Agriculture shall deem advisable;(b) To keep correct records of all analyses made of each of the commodities received.1929, April 9, P.L. 177, art. XVII, § 1706.