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of the uitrogeu, one per cent more available phosphoric acid and less 

 than one-half of the potash guaranteed. None of these samples furnish 

 a commercial equivalent. 



Farmers Choice. Five samples of this brand were drawn, two being 

 taken from the same shipment, the other three from different localities. 

 Two of the five samples are a little above guarantee in nitrogen, the 

 other three samples furnishing about three-fourths of the amount guaran- 

 teed. Three of the samples barely meet the guarantee and two are 

 below in available phosphoric acid. All five samples are below guarantee 

 in potash. The average analysis fails to furnish a commercial equiva- 

 lent. 



Garden Trucl'. Three samples of this brand were drawn from different 

 localities. Sample 1494 furnishes five-sixths of the nitrogen, seven-eighths 

 of the available phosphoric acid and barely meets the guarantee for 

 potash. The nitrogen is mostly in the form of nitrate. Sample 1493 

 furnishes a trifle more than one-third of the nitrogen, seven-eighths 

 of the available phosphoric acid guaranteed and barely meets the guar- 

 antee for potash. None of the nitrogen in this sample is in the form 

 of nitrate. Sample 1341 furnishes a little more than three-eighths of 

 the nitrogen guaranteed and is below in both available phosphoric acid 

 and potash. None of the nitrogen is in the form of nitrate. This brand 

 does not furnish a commercial equivalent. 



General Crop. Four samples of this brand were taken from different 

 localities. Sample 1399 is a trifle above the guarantee for available 

 phosphoric acid and slightly below in potash. Sample 1504 is a little 

 over two per cent above guarantee for available phosphoric acid and 

 one per cent below in jjotasli. Sample 1505 is nearly one per cent below 

 in available phosphoric acid and a trifle above in potash. Sample 150G 

 is one and a half per cent below guarantee in available phosphoric 

 acid and nearly one per cent below in potash. This brand does not 

 furnish a commercial equivalent. 



Ohio and Michigan Special. Only one sample of this brand was found 

 on the markets. It furnishes seven-eighths of the nitrogen, a little more 

 than one-half of the available phosphoric acid and nearly two and one- 

 half times the amount of potash guaranteed. This brand does not fur- 

 nish a commercial equivalent. 



Soliihle Bone. Only one sample of this brand was found on the 

 markets. It does not furnish a commercial equivalent. 



York State Special. Two samples of this brand were drawn in differ- 

 ent localities. Sample 1342 furnishes one-half of the nitrogen, a trifle 

 less than seven-ninths of the available phosphoric acid and a half per 

 cent more potash than guaranteed, a part of its nitrogen is in the form 

 of nitrate. Sample 1496 furnishes a very little more than one-half of 

 the nitrogen, a half per cent less available phosphoric acid and a half 

 per cent less potash than guaranteed, and contains no nitrate nitrogen. 

 This brand fails to furnish a commercial equivalent. 



Chicago Fertilizer Co.: This company licensed three brands all of 

 which were below in nitrogen, one sample, 1411, furnishing five-eighths of 

 the amount guaranteed while the other samples, 143S and 1439, furnished 

 less than one-half of the amount guaranteed. Two of the samples are 

 below guarantee in available phosphoric acid and one in potash. Neither 

 of the brands sold by this company furnish a commercial equivalent. 



