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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Off. Doc. 



misleading or confusing the buyer; the latter will do well to give 

 heed to those items only that are given as the law requires and that 

 are presented in these tables: 



The cases of departure of goods from their guaranteed composi- 

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

 asterisk has been affixed, were as follows: 



Summary of Instances of Deficiency from Guaranty. 



0) 



a 



o 

 c 



g 



O 



Deficient In four constituents, 



Deficient in three constituents 



Deficient in two constituents, 



Deficient in one constituent 



Total number of samples in whicti deficiencies 

 occur 



The cases of deficiency noted during the past nine seasons in the 

 composition of goods as compared with their guaranties, expressed 

 in percentage of the total number of goods of each class analyzed, 

 are as follows: 



Percentage of Deficiency, 1911-1915. 



Complete fertilizers, 



Dissolved bone 



Rock and potash 



Dissolved rock, 



Ground bone 



All classes except miscellaneous, 





29.1 

 31.9 

 31.9 

 10.3 

 36.8 

 29.0 



A comparison of the average composition of all samples of com- 

 plete fertilizers for which guaranties are recorded with the average 

 of the corresponding guaranties, for several seasons past, including 

 those of this season, follows : 



