The personnel of the fertiUzer agents in any State varies from year to year. Tlie 

 prospective agent should satisfy himself that the brands which he proposes to handle 

 are properly registered. Otherwise, in the event of the failure of the manufacturer 

 to comply with the law in this respect, the agent will be called upon to assume this 

 obhgation. At the end of this bulletin will be found a complete list of registrants 

 during the past season. The brands registered by each will be found alphabetically 

 arranged in the tables representing the analyses of the different products, with the 

 exception of those brands not collected, which are listed by themselves. 



COLLECTION OF SAMPLES. 



The fertilizer sampling was in charge of the same three experienced men as for 

 the previous season. The territory covered by each was as follows: Mr. James T. 

 Howard, Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties; Mr. George H. 

 Kelton, Middlesex and Worcester counties; and Mr. Byron D. Raymond, Barnstable, 

 Bristol, Essex, Norfolk, PljTXiouth and Suffolk counties. The early spring movement 

 of fertilizer was apparently somewhat delayed, as evidenced in many instances by 

 the failure of the inspectors to find stocks in the agents' possession. As late as April 

 15, many had not received their goods. In any case the quantity of fertilizer carried 

 in stock by agents is relatively small, oftentimes not over 1 ton, the average agent's 

 holdings of all brands of complete fertilizers, crude stock materials and chemicals 

 being 4f tons. 



The following statistics apply to the fertilizer collection for the year: 18,424 sacks 

 were sampled, representing 6,899 tons of fertilizer and fertilizing materials; 184 towns 

 were visited; 1,448 samples, representing 547 distinct brands, were drawn from 

 stock found in the possession of 483 agents or owners; 279 agents were called upon 

 who had discontinued handling fertilizer. 



FERTILIZER VALUATIONS. 



The wholesale prices c^uoted for fertilizer chemicals and crude stock materials 

 /or 1922 did not, as a whole, experience the wide fluctuations which prevailed during 

 the previous season. Recent changes include ammonium sulfate, which has ad- 

 vanced $22 per ton, and dried blood, which has advanced a little over $12 per ton 

 since March 1, 1922. Nitrate of soda has changed but little. The organic ammoniates, 

 with the exception of cottonseed meal, have shown a slight advance in price, while 

 acid phosphate and the potash salts are quoted somewhat lower than during the 

 spring. 



The following table is made up from data furnished by the "Oil, Paint and Drug 

 Reporter." It gives the wholesale quotations during September, 1921, and Februarj^, 

 1922, as compared with present quotations, September 12, 1922. 



