Nc 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



71B 



Suniinaiy of Analyses Made this Season. 



a 

 o 



•a 

 c 



3 



O 



Number of analyses, 



Moisture, per cent. 



Phosphoric acid: 



Total, per cent 



Soluble, per cent 



Reverted, percent 



Insoluble, per cent 



Potash, per cent 



Nitrogen, percent., 



Mechanical analysis of bone: 



Fine, 



Coarse, 



Commercial valuation, 



Average selling price 



Commercial value of samples whose selling price 

 is ascertained 



291 



•J. 79 



10.69 

 6.21 

 3.25 

 2.2.3 

 3.64 

 1.65 



1 



9.11 



18.37 

 1.60 



12.95 

 3.82 



2.12 



24.84 

 23.92 



24.76 



29.00 

 28.00 



29.00 



60 

 U.G2 



12.07 

 5.92 

 4.77 

 1.38 

 2.52 



14.60 

 16.20 



14.60 



49 



11.09 



14.69 

 9.91 

 4.47 

 1.31 



13., 52 

 13.90 



13.61 



44 



6.42 



22.94 



3.28 



66 

 S) 



28.71 

 27.59 



28.71 



The eases of departure of goods from their guaranteed composition 

 observed this season, including only those cases in which it amounted 

 to two-tenths per cent, or more, vyere ae follows: 



Summary of Instances of Deficiency from Guaranty. 



Deficient in four constituents 



Deficient in three constituents 



Deficient in two constituents 



Deficient In one constituent 



Total samples in which deficiency occurred. 



s 



26 

 60 

 92 



1 

 1 



17 

 19 



4 



7 



11 



c 

 o 

 a 



•a 



a 



3 

 O 



O 



1 

 14 



16 



The cases of deficiency noted during the past five 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: 



