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_ Actual weight of three packages ............. RP MURROW 
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Soluble phosphoric acid......... 
The above-described sample was 
@ ° Reverted phosphoric acid........ fairly taken by me. 
(Available phosphoric acid...... ) 
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Total phosphoric.acid.........:. | 
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Tear this off and put in the glass jar with the sample. 
As a rule the Station will not analyze samples — 
1. From dealer’s stock of less than one ton. 
2. From stock which has lain over since last season. 
3. From stock which is evidently improperly stored, as in bags on 
wet ground or exposed to the weather, etc. 
ure on the part of manufacturer or seller to ‘comply with the fertilizer 
laws. 
The agent is requested to secure a sample of every brand of fertil- 
_ izer which he can find on sale in his territory, and also duplicates of 
_ the same brand sold by different dealers. By securing different 
_ samples of the same brand from different parts of the State, it can be 
ascertained, if suspected, whether manufacturers are sending a poorer 
quality of the same brand to any particular locality. In no case are 
agents permitted to take samples at factories. As many samples will 
be collected as it is in the power of the Station to analyze, with its 
present facilities. 
7. Lasoratory Mersops. 
After reaching the Station, the samples of fertilizers collected for 
_ analysis are transferred by the director to the chemist, together with 
the agent’s description forms. The names of the brands are entered 
(pon an index book and numbered. The cans are then opened by the 
hemist, the portion of the description form placed in the can for 
Each agent should especially note on this blank any apparent fail- 
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