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analyst's, statistics uf foi-tiiizer sak-s in diUVrent sections of the State, and 

 results of analyses of 308 samples of fertilizers collected during the sjirinj^ of 

 lOOf) and 42«! samples collected in the fall of 1005. 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, .M. A.- Scovell et al. {Kentucky Sta. 

 Bill, l.i.i, 1)11. 191-22'i}. — Analyses and valuations of l."l samples of fertilizers 

 inspected during lOO.T are reported. 



Analyses and valuations of fertilizers, J. 1*. Street, W. 1'. Ai.len, and V. J. 

 Carhehuv {Xcir .Icrycii Sliis. h'/il. liXl.j, {jp. 15-76). — This is a reprint of matter 

 contained in Bulletins 187 and 188 of the station (E. S. R., 17, pp. 4,50, 8-l(i), 

 with the addition of a list of manufacturers whose goods were sampled and 

 analyzed during l!Ki.">. and data relating to the wholesale prices of fertilizing 

 materials in New York during different months of the year 1004 and valuations 

 for 1005. 



Fertilizer analyses, fall season, 1905, and spring season, 1906, B. W. 

 KiLGORE (Hill. X. ('. till. Ai/r., .il {1906). .Vox. .L pp. '/.s ,• '/, pp. //,S').— The names 

 and guaranteed composition of fertilizers registered for 100(3, and analyses and 

 valuations of 230 sam|)les of commercial fertilizers and 30 samples of cotton- 

 seed meal, examined during the fall of 1005 and spring of 1000, with e.xplana- 

 tions I'egarding terms used in fertilizer analyses, freight rates, valuation, etc. 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers {liicii. lipt. Tenn. Dept. Agr.. IDOS-'i. pp. 

 37-17). — The results of fertilizer inspection in the State during 1903 and 1004 

 are reported, with the text of the State fertilizer law and the rules and regu- 

 lations adopted in accordance with the law. 



Standard fertilizers, 1906, T. Macfarlane (Laft. Inland Rev. Dept. [Canada] 

 Bill. 118, pp. i^ ). — xVnalyses of 153 samples of fertilizers inspected during the year 

 are reported and hrietly discussed. Attention is called to an apparent tendency 

 toward increased use of low-grade fertilizers, and it is pointed out that this is 

 poor economy. 



Fertilizers, .J. A. Voelcker {Jour. Roy. Ayr. Soc. England, 66 {1905), pp. 

 /.j.i-/J.'V).— Analyses of slag, steamed bones, soot, lime, mustard cake, poultry 

 manure, feather waste, and other barnyard manures are rei)orted and briefly 

 conmiented upon. Nitrogen (2.19 and 3.72 per cent) and siliceous matter (51.3G 

 and 19.34 per cent) in 2 samples of soot are reported. The first, as the analysis 

 shows, was fully one-half ashes and similar matter, while the second is con- 

 sidered of good quality. 



Analyses of one sample each of poultry manure and feather waste are re- 

 ported". The poultry n-.anure contained 02.5 per cent of water, 0.83 per cent of 

 lime. 2.13 per cent of " alkalis, etc.," 0.65 per cent of phosphoric acid, and nitro- 

 gen ecpial to 1.93 per cent of ammonia ; the feather waste contained 9.12 per 

 cent of water, 1.25 per cent of lime, 2.74 per cent of " alkalis, etc.." 1.4 per cent 

 of phosi»horic acid, and nitrogen equal to 12.08 per cent of ammonia. 



The use of chemical fertilizers in Belgium during the decennial period 

 1895-1905, .M. Behcer {Rei: ben. A'/ron., n. scr.. 1 (V.nni). So. 3, pp. 98-101).— 

 The consumption of unmixed fertilizers in Belgium in 1904 is stated to be 

 307,070 metric tons (2,200 lbs.), an increase of 83.8 per cent over that of 1903. 

 The consumption of mixed fertilizers was 70,002 metric tons, an increase of 4.0 

 per cent over that of 1903. 



Production and commerce in basic slags in Belgium (Rev. Gen. Ayron.. n. 

 set:, 1 (191)6), No. 3, pp. 127, i,:;,S).— This is a brief review of- a report puljlished 

 l)y the .Minister of Public Works of Belgium, showing that this country produces 

 ;il)out 225,000 tons of Thomas slag annually. 210,000 tons of which is ground for 

 use as fertilizer. About three-fourths of the total product of the country is 

 exported to foreign countries. The slag contains on an average 18 to 20 per 

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