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ANNUAL, REPORT OF THE 



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The cases of deficiency noted during the past ten seasons in 

 the goods as compared with their guaranties expressed in percentage 

 of the total number of goods of each class analyzed, are as follows: 



Percentage of Deficiency, 1899-1903. 



S CO 



Complete fertilizers ,... 



Dissolved bone 



Rock and potash 



Dissolved rock 



Ground bone 



All classes except miscellaneous 



37.9 

 63.6 

 43.2 

 20. 



44.7 



*Only two samples analyzed. 



tOnly one sample analyzed. • ' 



During the past season, the general percentages of deficiency 

 have been high, although as, heretofore, in most samples which are 

 found below guaranty at one point, there is an excess at some other 

 point. Of the 100 samples in vvhich there was deficiency at some 

 point, there were only 21 in which there was not an excess above 

 guaranty at some other point. 



