No. 7. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Sumiiiarv of Analyses Made this Season. 



763 



Number of analysis 



Moisture, per cent 



Phosphoric acid: 



Total, per cent 



Soluble, per cent., 



Reverted, percent., 



Insoluble, per cent 



Potash, per cent 



Nitrogen, per cent 



Mechanical analysis of bone: 



Fine, 



Coarse 



Commercial valuation 



Average selling price 



Commercial value of samples whose selling price 

 is ascertained 



256 

 10.10 



10.49 

 4.52 

 4.05 

 1.92 

 2.87 

 1.25 



68 

 19.63 



11.24 

 5.60 

 4.55 

 1.09 

 2.76 



22.53 

 21.82 



22.53 



14.94 

 15.89 



14.92 



6 

 6.04 



16.55 

 3.96 

 6.13 

 6.46 



2.52 



27.77 

 24.91 



27.77 



45 

 6.98 



16.04 

 9.67 

 4.54 

 1.83 



14.13 

 13.89 



14.09 



IV 



c 

 o 



c 



3 

 O 



38 



7.U 



23.62 



2.95 



28.40 

 27.02 



27.97 



Tlie cases of departure of goods from their guaranteed composi- 

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

 amounted to two-tenths per cent., or more, were as follows: 



Summary of Instances of Deficiency from Guaranty. 



e 



3 



o 



Deficient In four constituents 



Deficient in three constituents 



Deficient In two constituents 



Deficient in one constituent 



Total samples in which deficiency occurred, 



1 



9 



47 



69 



126 



The cases of deficiency noted during the jiast eleven 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: 



