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the present law; in 6 cases where the deficiency is between $1.50 and 

 $2.00, there are 2 violations under the present law; in 10 cases where 

 the monetary deficiency exceeds $2.00, varying from that figure to 

 nearly $10.00, 4 cases are violations under the present law. The 

 present law is obviously less effective in protecting purchasers in case of 

 fertilizing materials than in case of complete fertilizers. 



(8) In 8 cases of complete fertilizers, in which the monetary de- 

 ficiency exceeds $1.75 per ton, there is no violation under the present 

 law; the specific amounts in these 8 cases are as follows: $1.78, $1.89, 

 $2.21, $2.54, $2.65, $3.19, $3.62 and $4.81. In 10 cases of fertilizing 

 materials, in which the monetary deficiency exceeds $1.65 per ton, 

 the amounts of monetary deficiency are as follows: $1.69, $1.74, $1.75, 

 $1.81, $2.03, $2.22, $2.70, $3.20, $3.54 and $4.57; and none of these 

 is a violation under the present law. 



(9) An examination of the details in each of these cases to ascer- 

 tain why these samples fall below guaranty in monetary value to the ex- 

 tent shown, and yet are not violations under the present fertilizer law, 

 leads to the following statements: (a) In the 8 cases of complete fer- 

 tilizers cited above, the monetary deficiency is caused in 7 cases by 

 deficiency of nitrogen below guaranty and in 1 case of phosphoric acid. 

 In all the nitrogen cases the guaranty is above 4 per ct., permitting 

 an absolute deficiency of over 0.40 per ct. of nitrogen without becom- 

 ing a violation. For example, in one case, in which the percentage of 

 nitrogen guaranteed is 7.41, the deficiency is 0.67 per ct., the monetary 

 equivalent of which is $3.62, based on the average cost of nitrogen in 

 complete fertilizers in this State, (b) In the 10 cases of fertilizing ma- 

 terials, the monetary deficiency is caused by lack of nitrogen in 5 

 cases (2 of tankage, 2 of dried blood and one of bone) ; in the other 5 

 cases, the deficiency is due to lack of potash in muriate, in which 

 cases the present law permits an absolute deficiency of about 5 per ct. 

 without becoming a violation. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR REMEDY OF DEFECTS OF PRESENT FERTILIZER LAW. 



Reviewing the foregoing discussion, a study of the data furnished 

 by the results of analysis of about 1000 fertilizers examined in 1914, 

 in relation to their bearing upon the practical working of the present 

 fertilizer law as compared with the law in force previous to 1910, 

 leads to the following summarized statements: 



