22 THE CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL 



On receipt of any sample of fertilizer from the open market, 

 the filled out " Form for Description " which accompanies it is 

 filed in the Station's Record of Analyses, and remains there as a 

 voucher for the authenticity of the sample and for the fact that it 

 has been taken fairly, or, at least, under suitable instructions. It 

 is thus sought to insure that manufacturers and dealers shall not 

 suffer from the publication of analyses made on material that 

 does not correctly represent what they have put upon the market. 



The "Form for Description," when properly filled out, also 

 contains all the data of cost, weight, etc., of a fertilizer which 

 are necessary for estimating, with help of the analysis, the com- 

 mercial value of its fertilizing elements, and the fairness of its 

 selling price. Neglect to give full particulars occasions the 

 Station much trouble, and it is evident that want of accuracy in 

 writing up the description may work injustice to the manufac- 

 turers or dealers, as well as mislead consumers. It is especially 

 important that the brand of a fertilizer and its selling price 

 should be correctly given. The price should be that actually 

 charged by the dealer of whom it is bought, and if the article be 

 purchased in New York or other distant market, that fact should 

 be stated, and the cost at the nearest point to the consumer, on 

 rail or boat, should be reported also. 



In all cases, when possible, ton prices should be given, and if 

 the sale of an article is only by smaller quantities, that fact 

 should be distinctly mentioned. 



When a sample of fertilizer has been analyzed, the results are 

 entered on a printed form, which is filed in the Station Record of 

 Analyses, facing the "Description of Sample" that was received 

 with the fertilizer to which it pertains, and there remains for 

 future reference. 



A copy of the analysis is also immediately reported to J^he 

 party that furnished the sample, the report being entered on one 

 page of another printed form and facing a second printed page of 

 "Explanations," intended to embody the principles and data 

 iipon which the valuation of fertilizers is based. 



These Explanations are essential to a correct understanding of 

 the analyses that are given on subsequent pages, and are, there- 

 fore, reproduced here, as follows : 



