DEFIANCE OF LAW. 



335 



Valuation per ton of two thousand pounds : — 



51.4 pounds of nitrogen 

 158.4 pounds of potassium oxide . 



5.0 pounds of soluble phosphoric acid 



35.5 pounds of reverted phosphoric acid 

 36.2 pounds of insoluble phosphoric acid 



XXVII. 



International Fertilizer. 



|22 60 



(A. M. Goding, Stow, Mass.; collected of G. W. Barnard, Berlin, Mass.) 



Per cent. 



Valuation per ton of two thousand pounds : — 



36.4 pounds of nitrogen .... 



109.4 pounds of potassium oxide 



5 pounds of soluble phosphoric acid . 

 19.0 pounds of reverted phosphoric acid 

 23.8 pounds of insoluble phosphoric acid 



$7 28 



4 37 



60 



1 71 



1 43 



815 39 



Samples Nos. XXV., XXVI., and XXVII., were interior 

 in mechanical condition and in chemical composition : the 

 fertilizer was evidently manufactured by an inexperienced 

 party. Farmers do well to ascertain, before buying, whether 

 the person who offers a new brand of fertilizer for sale is 

 qualified to produce a good article at reasonable rates, and 

 whether he complies with the regulations of our laws for 

 the sale of fertilizers. Parties who do not comply with the 

 first obligation — to report to the proper authorities the intro- 

 duction of a new fertilizer into our market, and to state its 

 essential constituents as prescribed by our laws — assume 

 an exceptional position in their trade, and offer but little 

 guaranty for responsible sales. An efficient protection 



