84 EXPEEIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



In compliance with the above act, the necessary data have 

 been collected, and fertilizer Bulletin No. 119 gives, in detail, 

 the required information as well as the method employed in 

 obtaining the same. 



During the* season 513 samples, representing 358 distinct 

 brands, have been analyzed and the results have been published. 

 (See Bulletin No. 119, December, 11)07.) Forty-five more 

 licensed brands were analyzed than during the previous year. 

 Seventy-seven manufacturers, importers and dealers have secured 

 licenses for 317 distinct brands of fertilizer during 1907. 



Samples were taken in about -SO different towns and cities in 

 the State. Of the 358 brands analyzed, 275 were complete 

 fertilizers; 38 were materials furnishing nitrogen and phos- 

 phoric acid, such as ground hone, tankage and dry ground fish ; 

 14 were potash compounds ; 9 were phosphoric acid com- 

 pounds ; 15 were compounds furnishing nitrogen; and 7 were 

 compounds furnishing potash and phosphoric acid. 



Trade Values of Fertilizing Ingredients for 1007. 



Mtrogcn : Cents per Pound. 



In ammonia salts, ........ 17^ 



In nitrates, ......... l8 1 / 2 



Organic in dry and fine-ground fish, meat, blood, and in 



high-grade mixed fertilizers, ..... 20'A 



Organic nitrogen in fine bone and tankage, . . . i'(ii 2 



Organic nitrogen in coarse bone and tankage, . . 15 



Phosphoric acid : — 



Soluble in water, ........ 5 



Soluble in ammonium citrate (reverted), . . . 4^ 



In fine bone and tankage, ...... 4 



In coarse bone and tankage, ...... 3 



In cotton-seed meal, linseed meal, castor pomace and 

 wood ashes, ........ 4 



Insoluble (in neutral citrate of ammonia in mixed fer- 

 tilizers), .2 



Potash : — 



As sulfate, free from chloride, ..... 5 



As muriate (chloride), ....... 4*4 



As carbonate, ........ 8 



The above prices were made up from quotations obtained for 

 the six months preceding March 1, 1907, and actually show the 

 price at which the various ingredients were retailed in markets 





