1 54 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



" One ton high grade sulphate of potash (49 per cent, 

 actual potash and not over 1.5 per cent, of chlorine). 



" Four tons pure bone meal (75 per cent, to pass sieve 

 with mesh one-fiftieth inch in diameter, 3.25 per cent, nitro- 

 gen, and 19 per cent, of phosphoric acid). 



" Seven tons of mixed fertilizer, containing 4 per cent, of 

 nitrogen, 7 of phosphoric acid, and 8 of potash in form of 

 muriate, the nitrogen to be wholly in form of blood, meat, or 

 bone tankage, fish, or cotton seed meal." 



And so on. 



Quotations should give the price of each article separately 

 per ton, whether the amount called for is larger or smaller. 



TERMS. 



All goods to be delivered in bags containing even weights. 

 The determination of the composition of the goods delivered 

 is to be made by the Connecticut Agricultural Station, and its 

 report shall be final. 



If the percentages found in the materials, or any one of 

 them, are less than the guarantee, a rebate shall be made by 

 the seller of $3 for each unit of nitrogen, 90 cents for each 

 unit of phosphoric acid, and $i for each unit of potash there 

 found lacking. 



One-half of the seller's bill is to be paid on arrival of the 

 goods, in apparent good order, and the balance due to be 

 paid on receipt of the station analyses and, in any case, 

 within thirty days of the first payment. 



Here is a business proposition. It holds buyer and seller 

 equally to a strict performance. It does what our fertilizer 

 law does not do, but what is quite essential ; it prescribes 

 just what rebate or allowance must be made if — for any rea- 

 ^son — the goods are not of the quaUty represented. 



Now, such a proposition as that, calling for a car lot or 

 even a half car lot, is a refreshing sight to a manufacturer or 

 broker and will meet a ready response. 



The station will promise to send an agent to sample the 

 goods as soon as they come and report their analyses within 

 a week. 



I believe there are in many of our granges today enough 

 men who are able and willing to buy fertilizers in this way to 

 make the plan successful. There ought to be, and there is. 



