226 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Report of the chemist, C. A. Goessmann kt al. {Mass(ir}iunet1>< Htttdi- Sla. ]i}it. 

 189U, pp. 108-122). — This? i8 a brief general account of the fertilizer inspection and 

 of general work in the chemical laboratory of the station. It includes tables show- 

 ing the average composition and agreement with guarantees of the fertilizers exam- 

 ined in 1898 and 1899; trade values of fertilizing materials; the quality of wood ashes 

 analyzed in 1898 and 1899; analyses of 2 samples of hen manure; a list of licensed 

 fertilizer dealers in Massachusetts, and miscellaneous notes on fertilizers. 



Fertilizers, F. W. Morse {New Hampshire Sta. Bui. 69, pp. 14)- — This bulletin 

 includes a schedule of trade values of fertilizing materials in 1899, brief statements 

 regarding the fertilizer inspection, and tabulated analyses of 97 samples of fertilizers 

 examined for the State Board of Agriculture during 1899. 



Report of analyses of commercial fertilizers for the fall of 1899, L. L. Van 

 Slyke {Xciv Ytji'k Stnte Stu. JhiJ. 173, pj). oSl-552). — The results of analyses of 130 

 different brands of fertilizers are reported. Of these 101 were complete fertilizers in 

 which the nitrogen varied from 0.59 to 4.91 per cent, averaging 1.65 per cent. The 

 available phosphoric acid yaried from 3.44 to 13.08 per cent, averaging -9. 04 percent. 

 The potash varied from 0.48 to 10.75 per cent, averaging 4.3 per cent. The average 

 amounts of nitrogen, available phosphoric acid, and potash exceeded the guaranteed 

 averages by 0.13, 0.74, and 0.22 per cent, respectively. 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, J. L. Hills, C. H. Jones, and B. O. White 

 {Yennont Sta. Bui. 77, pp. 141-162). — This bulletin discusses the valuation of fer- 

 tilizers and reports analyses and valuations of 39 samples of fertilizers licensed for 

 sale in the State up to April, 1900, with tables showing the average composition of 

 all fertilizers examined by the station during the past 5 years. 



Fertilizers and fertilizing materials, C. H. Jones and B. O. White ( Vermont 

 Sta. Rpl. ISyy, pp. 148-150). — Analyses of 15 samples of home-mixed fertilizers, 

 28 samples of wood ashes, 7 samples of muck, 1 of cotton waste, and 2 of miscel- 

 laneous materials are reported. 



"Twenty-six samples [of ashes] , said to be unleached, varied from 3.24 to 9.76 

 per cent soluble potash, 3.66 to 10.05 percent total potash, 1.06 to 3.41 percent 

 total phosphoric acid, 19.92 to 55.80 per cent lime, and averaged 5.27, 6.05, 1.68, 

 34.82 per cent, resijectively, in the same ingredients." 



Commercial fertilizers, J. H. Stewart and B. H. Hite {Went Virginia Sta. Bui. 

 63, pp. 115-152). — This gives the text of the State fertilizer law, statistics of the 

 value and consumption of fertilizers in West Virginia during the last 5 years, and 

 analyses and valuations of 204 brands of fertilizers registered for sale in the State 

 during 1899. It is estimated that the consumption of commercial fertilizers of all 

 classes in the State increased from 21,559 tons in 1895 to 39,106 tuns in 1899, or 81 

 per cent. The greatest increase was in case of acid phosphate with i)otash — 368 per 

 cent. 



Analyses of licensed commercial fertilizers, 1900, F. W. Woll and A. 

 Vivian {Wisconsin Sta. Bui. 81, pp. iO).— This bulletin gives the text of the State 

 fertilizer law and reports 7 analyses of fertilizers with explanatory notes 



FIELD CROPS. 



Report of the agriculturist, V\ . P. Brooks and H. M. Thomson 



{Mciiisachusdts IJatch Sta. Rpt. ISOO^ j'P- 9-JfO.) — This report covers 

 fertilizer, soil, and variety tests with a number of tield and garden 

 crops, and is in continuation of similar work previously noted (E. S. 

 K., 10, p. 026). Pot experiments have been made with potatoes, 

 onions, soy beans, corn, and millet. 



