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found, 8.26 per cent., guaranteed, 8 per cent.; potassium oxide found, 2.79 

 per cent., guaranteed, 3 per cent. 



Joseph Breck & So?i^ Corporation. — Breck's Ram's Head Pulverized Sheep 

 Manure, No. 593: nitrogen found, 1.67 per cent., guaranteed, 1.65 per cent.; 

 phosphoric acid found, 1.20 per cent., guaranteed, 1.50 per cent.; potassium 

 oxide found, 2.06 per cent., guaranteed, 2.50 per cent. 



Essex Fertilizer Co. — Essex 2-8-4 Brand, No. 275: nitrogen found, 1.81 

 per cent., guaranteed, 1.64 per cent.; available phosphoric acid found, 8.50 

 per cent., guaranteed, 8 per cent.; potassium oxide found, 3.55 per cent., 

 guaranteed, 4 per cent. 



Essex 4-8-2 Brand, No. 276: nitrogen found, 3.29 per cent., guaranteed, 

 3.28 per cent.; available phosphoric acid found, 8.86 per cent., guaranteed, 

 8 per cent.; potassium oxide found, 1.59 per cent., guaranteed, 2 per cent. 



Another sample of this brand, No. 667: nitrogen found, 3.09 per cent., 

 guaranteed, 3.38 per cent.; available phosphoric acid found, 8.39 per cent., 

 guaranteed, 8 per cent.; potassium oxide found, 1.92 per cent., guaranteed, 



2 per cent. 



Essex 4-8-4 Brand, No. 277: nitrogen found, 3.08 per cent., guaranteed, 

 3.28 per cent.; available phosphoric acid found, 8.60 per cent., guaranteed, 

 8 per cent. ; potassium oxide found, 3.71 per cent., guaranteed, 4 per cent. 



In correspondence with the company in relation to these shortages, it was 

 claimed that the same goods shipped into Maine about the same time that 

 they were shipped into Massachusetts were found well up to the minimum 

 guarantee. No explanation could be made by the company for the shortages 

 discovered. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co. — Farquhar's Sheep Manure, No. 879: nitrogen 

 found, .68 per cent., guaranteed, 1 per cent.; phosphoric acid found, .74 per 

 cent., guaranteed, .78 per cent.; potassium oxide found, 1.46 per cent., guar- 

 anteed, 1.50 per cent. The very wet condition of this material was in all 

 probability responsible for the low analysis shown. The product contained 

 67.45 per cent of water. 



Fertile Chemical Co. — Nitro-Fertile, No. 397: nitrogen found, 2.30 per 

 cent., guaranteed, 2 per cent.; available phosphoric acid found, 2.30 per cent., 

 guaranteed, 3 per cent.; potassium oxide found, 2.08 per cent., guaranteed, 



3 per cent. 



A complaint was made to the company about the low tests shown on this 

 material and a request was made that other samples of the material be taken, 

 as it was believed by the company that the sample analyzed was not represent- 

 ative of the product. Two other samples were procured in two different places 

 in Worcester, Mass. No. 931 showed no commercial shortage, but had a 



