?.00 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Sample A-202o. Farmers Favorite, inaimfactiired by Darliug k Coiu- 

 l)any, Chicago, Tlliiiois. Tlie sanqtlc was <lia\vii from stock held by Keed 

 & (Mieiicy, (!i-aii(l Rapids. Tlie analysis was .s(» dillVreiil I'l-oiii the jiiiaran- 

 tee 11 was evident lliat a mislakc iiad been made by Ibc slii[»]»iiio depai-t 

 ment of llie company. As soon as (lie matlei- was caHcd lo ilic attention 

 of i>:ii-liiig^: Conipany. Ilie lol was reliirniMl lo llie facloi-y. The \aliie of 

 I he fertilizer delivered was i)ract ically (Mpial to that guai-anleed. 



Sani]>le A-L*:'.I)7, Sidff-O-I.ifc. mannfactni-e<l by the I-'ederal Clieniical 

 (N)iM]»any, i.onisville, Kentncky. The sample was drawn from stock held 

 by the Sioux City Seed Company, .Millington. The analysis of the sample 

 corresponds to the "Twenty-fonr Phosphate" fertilizer mannfactnred by 

 the same company. ^Vhen the matter was called to the attention of the 

 company they admitted that a nnstake must have been made by the 

 workman in tilling the sacks from the wrong pile. The valne of the fer 

 tilizei' deliv<'red was greater than the one ordered. 



Sam])le A-19{)2. Prnf/n'm Aninioiii<if( d J*hof<pJiatr, manufactured by F. 

 S. lioyster (luano Company, ]>altimore, ilaryland. The sample was 

 drawn from stock held by V. B. Bachelder. Clarksville. This was sold- as a 

 2-l()-() formula, but our anah'sis showed it to be a 1-12-0 brand. Objection 

 to the sample was raised by the fertilizer company and a second sample, 

 A-1980, from the same shipment was accordingly^ taken. The analysis 

 of the second sample agreed closely with the first sample. The F. S. 

 Royster Guano Company accepted the second result as evidence of an 

 error on their i)art and iiromptlv paid Mr. Bachelder the difference be- 

 tween the 2-10-0 and 1-12-0 brands. 



Sample A-2549. High Grade Acid PJiosphatc 16%., manufactured by 

 F. S. Eoyster Guano Company. Sample was drawn at the request of 

 C. H. Barton, Grand Ledge, who stated that it contained stones and 

 was the cause of breaking several seed drills. T'pon investigation it was 

 found that the ''stones'' were untreated rock phosphate that had spilled 

 over from an overhead carrier in the factory and owing to a breakdown 

 this particular lot of acid phosphate was not screened before being bagged. 

 After making an investigation, F. S, Royster Guano Company paid the 

 damages on the bi-oken drills and also for having the remaining lot of 

 fertilizer screened. 



LIME-FERTILE 



The material is licensed by the Fertile Chemical Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 

 The only guarantee filed with the application is for 8.00 per cent phos 

 ])horic acid. 



Three samples were drawn by the inspectors, two of which were found 

 to be more than 0.2 per cent below guarantee. The samples were also 

 found to contain the following percentages of calcium and magnesium 

 carbonates. 



Ciilcium and 

 ("arlidiiatps 



A 2573 80.18% 



A 2585 87.23% 



A 2620 87.80% 



The analytical results indicate that the material is a mixture of approx- 

 imately 90 per cent pulverized limestone and 10 per cent ground raw rock 

 phosphate. 



