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Potash Compounds. 



Those chemicals, valued chiefly for their potash, are represented by the following 



analyses : — 



Muriate and High-grade Sulfate. 



Brands Substantially Meeting their Guarantees. 



Manufacturer . 



The American Agricultural Chemical Co 



Armour Fertilizer Works . 



Beach Soap Co. 



The Berkshire Fertilizer Co. 



Consolidated Rendering Co. 



Eastern States Farmers' Exchange 



A. W. Higgins, Inc. . 



International Agricultiu-al Corp. 



Middlesex County Farm Bureau Purchasing 



Committee .... 

 Olds & Whipple, Inc. 

 Ross Bros. Co. 

 F. S. Royster Guano Co. . 

 Sanderson Fertilize^p& Chemical Co 

 Whitman & Pratt Rendering Co. 

 The Wilcox Fertilizer Co. . 



Muriate of Potash. 



Number 



of 

 Samples. 



2 

 1 

 1 



72 



1 

 3 

 1 



1 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 



Found. 



50.80 

 48.20 

 49.48 

 51.80 

 51.28 

 52.56 

 51.16 

 49.44 



51.44 

 49.44 

 50.92 

 51.52 

 50.32 

 52.08 

 51.80 



Guaran- 

 teed. 



48.00 

 48 00 

 50.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 

 48.00 



48.00 

 48.00 

 50.54 

 49.00 

 48.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 



High-grade Sulfate 

 ot Potash. 



Number 



of 

 Samples. 



Found. 



49.56 

 48.24 



50.11 



49.88 

 50.44 

 50.28 



49.76 



Guaran- 

 teed. 



48.00 

 48.00 



48.00 



48.00 

 48.00 

 48.00 



Brands showing a Commercial Shortage of $1 or over per Ton. 



Providence Farmers Exchange Inc. . 



46.44 48.00 



1 Three analyses made. 



2 Two analyses made. 



3 Sampled at Seekonk. Commercial valuation, $46.44 per ton; commercial shortage, $1.56. 



Carbonate of Potash, Kainit and Manure Salt. 



' Carbonate of potash was not generally offered to the trade. This particular lot was bought by Messrs. Fassler 

 &'Silberman for use on their own plantation and analyzed by the Experiment Station upon request. 



