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Chester Warner & Sons, Sunderland, Mass. — Dry Ground Fish, No, 82: 

 nitrogen found, 7.69 per cent, guaranteed, 8.64 per cent; phosphoric acid 

 found, 7.74 per cent, guaranteed, 7.22 per cent. The information was fur- 

 nished by Mr. Warner with reference to this material that none of it was 

 sold to the trade, all of it being used on his own farm. 



Castor Pomace. — Four samples were analyzed and all were found well 

 up to the guarantee. The average retail cash price for castor pomace has 

 been $57 per ton, and the average commercial valuation, $55.47. The 

 product has tested on the average 5.55 per cent of nitrogen, making the 

 pound cost of nitrogen in this substance 51.3 cents. 



Cottonseed Meal. — Sixty samples of cottonseed meal have been an- 

 alyzed, each sample representing a carload. The average ton cost has been 

 $63.39, and the average commercial valuation, $59.44, no allowance being 

 made for the valuation of the potash and phosphoric acid which the average 

 cottonseed meal carries. Cottonseed meal has tested on the average 5.94 

 per cent of nitrogen, making the pound cost of this element 53.3 cents. The 

 analysis of a composite sample made up of all of the cars sold for fertilizer 

 shows the presence of 1.81 per cent of potash and 2.37 per cent of phosphoric 

 acid. The average value of these two ingredients, therefore, in a ton of 

 cottonseed meal would be about $11 to $12. The following brands have 

 shown a commercial shortage of over $1 per ton. In figuring these com- 

 mercial shortages the value of the phosphoric acid and potash has not been 

 used to offset shortages. It may be said that in all instances proper rebates 

 have been allowed for nitrogen shortages, and the station has been asked in 

 most instances to figure these rebates. 



Berkshire Fertilizer Co. — Ground West Indian Cottonseed Meal, No. 806 : 

 nitrogen found, 3.82 per cent, guaranteed, 4.10 per cent. 



F. W. Erode & Co. — Owl Brand Cottonseed Meal, No. 22: nitrogen found, 

 6.21 per cent, guaranteed, 6.56 per cent. 



A. W. Higgins. — Cottonseed Meal, No. 53: nitrogen found, 5.54 per 

 cent, guaranteed, 5.76 per cent. No. 48: nitrogen found, 5.52 per cent, 

 guaranteed, 5.76 per cent. 



H iimphreys-Godwin Co. — Danish Brand Cottonseed Meal, No. 30: nitro- 

 gen found, 5.59 per cent, guaranteed, 5.75 per cent. No. 264: nitrogen 

 found, 5.59 per cent, guaranteed, 5.75 per cent. 



Meridian Grain & Elevator Co. — Cottonseed Meal, No. 125: nitrogen 

 found, 5.21 per cent, guaranteed, 5.75 per cent. 



George B. Robinson, Jr. — Robin Brand Cottonseed Meal, No. 123: nitro- 

 gen found, 6.30 per cent, guaranteed, 6.50 per cent. 



