194 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The report of the Director of the Experiment Station was 

 offered, with the reports in detail of his subordinates. 



Voted, That the Board of Control have further time to 

 complete their report, with instruction to present it to the 

 Secretary in time for printing in the annual report. 



The Committee on names to compose an Executive Com- 

 mittee that shall also be a Committee on Printing, reported 

 Messrs. Wilder, Moore, Hersey, Slade and Bowditch, who 

 were accepted. 



Voted, That the Executive Committee have power to 

 change the day or days of holding fairs of any societies for 

 that year. 



Prof. Goessmann, State Inspector of Fertilizers, submitted 

 his Eleventh Annual Report, which was accepted. 



ELEVENTH ANNUAL EEPORT ON COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. 



BY C. A. GOESSMANN, STATE INSPECTOR. 



The trade in commercial fertilizers has been quite active 

 during the past year. The number of manufacturers of fer- 

 tilizers has somewhat increased within the State on account 

 of the establishment of small factories to convert various 

 kinds of local valuable animal refuse materials into com- 

 pound manures. None of our large manufacturers, whose 

 names are familiar to the farming community, have with- 

 drawn from our markets. No sudden serious fluctuations of 

 prices in the wholesale market have been noticed during the 

 year. Nitrogen and phosphoric acid have been offered of 

 late at less cost than during the earlier part of the season ; 

 whilst the higher grades of potassa have been sold quite fre- 

 quently at a somewhat advanced price, as compared with 

 previous years. , 



The present low price of nitrate of soda and the more 

 economical and cheaper production of sulphuric acid tend to 

 reduce prices. Whether these changes will benefit the 

 farmer depends largely on the management of the retail 



