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Effective Farming 



lizer manufacturers to complicate the statements of the analyses 

 more than at present. Such complicated statements are very 

 misleading and confusing. 



Most states provide for the analysis of the different brands 

 licensed for sale in the state. Officers collect samples from 

 stock in the hands of the dealers and farmers and if these samples 

 are found on analysis to contain less than the percentages 

 of the plant-foods guaranteed, the manufacturers are subject 

 to arrest. Also, the results are published, which not only 

 helps to prevent fraud, but protects the honest manufacturer. 



41. Fertilizer equivalents. In interpreting the analysis 

 of fertilizers, Table III will be helpful. 



TABLE III 



FERTILIZER EQUIVALENTS 



42. Home-mixed fertilizers. In many cases, farmers buy 

 the separate ingredients and mix their fertilizers at home. 

 This practice is discouraged by the manufacturers who assert 

 that factory-made goods are more finely ground than home- 



