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its expense in connection with collecting individual orders and 

 distributing carload shipments. 



The plan has been very successful. It has placed a good agri- 

 cultural explosive in the hands of farmers at a cost less than that of 

 commercial dynamite and without doubt has been the means of 

 furthering land clearing. Testimonials as to the efficiency of picric 

 acid as an agricultural explosive have been uniformly favorable. 

 Economic conditions during the last fiscal year have operated ad- 

 versely to the distribution of picric acid; especially is this true of 

 some of the Southern States, ■\vhere the farmer, although desiring to 

 obtain picric acid, was unable to take advantage of the opportunity. 

 During the fiscal year 3,264,800 pounds of picric acid has been shipped 

 to the various States, as follows : 



Pounds. 



California 72, 400 



Connecticut 20, 400 



Georgia 37, 800 



Idaho 135,100 



Indiana 24, 000 



Iowa 57,300 



Kansas 16,100 



Louisiana 37, 300 



Michigan 637, 700 



Minnesota 1. 091, 300 



Pounds. 



23, 000 



65, 000 



35, 200 



100 



99, 700 



42, 000 



17,100 



44, 900 



72, 600 



Wisconsin 735, 800 



Mississippi .... 



Missouri 



Montana 



New York 



North Carolina. 



Ohio 



South Carolina. 



Tennessee 



Washington 



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