No. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



541 



amount of nitrog-en multiplied by 1.214 will give the corresponding amount of 

 ammonia, and the amount of ammonia multiplied by 0.824 will give the corres- 

 ponding amount of nitrogen. In these tables, the expression is in terms of nitro- 

 gen. 



The law of 1901 abolishes this alternative and requires that the guaranty shall 

 be given in terms of nitrogen, Many manufacturers after complying with the 

 terms of the law, insert additional items in their guaranties, often with the re- 

 sult of misleading- or confusing the buyer; the latter will do well to give heed 

 to those items only that are given as the law requires and that are presented 

 in these tables. 



A summary of the analyses made this season may be presented as follows: 



Summary of Analyses Made This Season. 



The cases 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, were as follov/s: 



Deficient in four constituents 



Deficient in three constituents 



Deficient in two constituents, 



Deficient in one constituent 



Total number of samples in which deficiencies 

 occur 



